US3721555A - Diffusion transfer reception elements,film units and processes therefor - Google Patents

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US3721555A
US3721555A US00174505A US3721555DA US3721555A US 3721555 A US3721555 A US 3721555A US 00174505 A US00174505 A US 00174505A US 3721555D A US3721555D A US 3721555DA US 3721555 A US3721555 A US 3721555A
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  • U.S. Pat. No. 3,445,228 issued May 20, 1969 of Beavers et al. discloses that a white pigment contained in an interlayer of a dye image-receiving element for use in the above-described process conceals the stain formed in an acid layer and functions also as a timing layer.
  • Specific binders mentioned include gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol and other vinyl polymers. It would be desirable to provide an image-receiving element wherein higher maximum dye densities are obtainable both initially and after incubation.
  • a photographic film unit according to our invention which is adapted to be processed by passing the unit between a pair of juxtaposed pressure'applying members, such as would be found in a camera designed for in-camera processing, comprising:
  • a photosensitive element comprising a support having thereon at least one, and preferably three, photosensitive silver halide emulsion layers, each silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye image-providing material;
  • a dye image-receiving layer having a light-reflecting layer associated therewith comprising a vinyl polymer containing anionic solubilizing groups and an opacifying agent
  • a rupturable container containing an alkaline processing composition and which is adapted to be positioned during processing of the film unit so that a compressive force applied to the container by pressure-applying members in a camera will effect a discharge of the containers contents within the film unit.
  • Our invention can be used not only in diffusion transfer systems wherein the image-receiving element is located on a separate support from the photosensitive element, but also in diffusion transfer systems wherein the image-receiving element is integral with the photosensitive element.
  • the novel dye image-receiving element comprises a support having thereon the following layers:
  • a light-reflecting layer comprising a vinyl polymer containing anionic solubilizing groups and an opacifying agent
  • the above-described dye image-receiving element of the film unit is adapted to be superposed on the photosensitive element after exposure thereof.
  • the development and transfer operations can be effected by bathing either or both the exposed photosensitive element and the dye image-receiving element in a developing solution before rolling into contact with each other, or a viscous developing composition can be placed between the elements for spreading in a predetermined amount across and into contact with the exposed surface of the photosensitive element.
  • the viscous developing composition is desirably utilized in one or more pods attached to the reception sheet or photosensitive element that can be readily ruptured when development is desired as described, for example, in U.S. Pats. Nos. 2,559,643; 2,647,049; 2,661,293; 2,698,244; 2,698,798 and 2,774,668.
  • the dye image-providing material formed in the respective blue-, greenand red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers diffuse out of the photosensitive element through the viscous developer composition and into the dye image-receiving layer, e.g., into the dye image-receiving element described above, where the dyes are mordanted to form the transferred image.
  • the dye image-receiving layer is located integral with the photosensitive element between the support and the lowermost photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer.
  • integral receiver-negative photosensitive elements are described in copending U.S. application Ser. No. 115,459 of Barr, Bush and Thomas filed Feb. 16, 1971 and now abandoned.
  • the support for the photosensitive element is transparent and is coated with the dye image-receiving layer, the light-reflective layer described above and the various layers forming the color-forming units. After exposure of the photosensitive element, a rupturable container containing an alkaline processing composition and an opaque process sheet are brought into superposed position.
  • the support for the color diffusion transfer system is transparent and is coated with the imagereceiving layer, the light-reflective layer described above and then the various layers forming the colorforming units and a top transparent sheet.
  • a rupturable container containing an alkaline processing composition and an opacifier is positioned adjacent to the top layer and sheet. The film unit is placed in a camera, exposed through the top transparent sheet and then passed between a pair of pressure-applying members in the camera as it is being removed therefrom.
  • the pressure-applying members rupture the container and spread processing composition and opacifier over the negative portion of the film unit to render it light insensitive.
  • the processing composition develops the exposed silver halide layers and dye images are formed as a result of development which diffuse to the imagereceiving layer to provide a positive, right-reading image which is viewed through the transparent support on the opaque reflecting layer background.
  • Any vinyl polymer containing anionic solubilizing groups such as carboxyl groups or sulfonic acid groups can be employed in the light-reflecting layer according to our invention with good results.
  • highly preferred polymers are copolymers comprising recurring units of acrylic acid, sulfoalkyl acrylate or sulfoalkyl methacrylate with the remaining units of these copolymers derived from other ethylenically unsaturated monomers such as, for example, allryl acrylates, alkyl methacrylates, etc.
  • each silver halide emulsion layer of the film assembly of our invention will have associated therewith a dye image-providing material possessing a spectral absorption range substantially complementary to the predominant sensitivity range of its associated emulsion, i.e., the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer will have a yellow dye image-providing material associated therewith, the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer will have a magenta dye image-providing material associated therewith, and the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer will have a cyan dye imageproviding material associated therewith.
  • the dye image-providing material associated with each silver halide emulsion layer can be contained either in the silver halide emulsion layer itself or in a layer contiguous to the silver halide emulsion layer.
  • Spectral sensitizing dyes can be used conveniently to confer additional sensitivity to the light sensitive silver halide emulsion of the multilayer photographic elements of the invention.
  • additional spectral sensitization can be obtained by treating the emulsion with a solution of a sensitizing dye in an organic solvent or the dye may be added in the form of a disper sion as described in Owens et al. British Pat. No. 1,154,781 issued June 11, 1969.
  • the dye can either be added to the emulsion as a final step or at some earlier stage.
  • Sensitizing dyes useful in sensitizing such emulsions are described, for example, in Brooker et al., U.S. Pat. No. 2,526,632, issued Oct. 24, 1950; Sprague U.S. Pat. No. 2,503,776, issued Apr. 11, 1950; Brooker et a1. U.S. Pat. No. 2.493,748,.issued Jan. 10, 1950; and Taber et al., U.S. Pat. No. 3,384,486 issued May 21, 1968.
  • Spectral sensitizers which can be used include the cyanines, merocyanines, complex (tri or tetranuclear) merocyanines, complex (tri or tetranuclear) cyanines, holopolar cyanines, styryls, hemicyanines, (e.g,, enamine hemicyanines), oxonols and hemioxonols.
  • Dyes of the cyanine classes can contain such basic nuclei as the thiazolines, oxazolines, pyrrolines, pyridines, oxazoles, thiazoles, selenazoles and imidazoles.
  • Such nuclei can contain alkyl, alkylene, hydroxyalkyl, sulfoalkyl, aminoalkyl and enamine groups and can be fused to carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring systems either unsubstituted or substituted with halogen, phenyl, alkyl, haloalkyl, cyano, or alkoxy groups.
  • the dyes can be symmetrical or unsymmetrical and can contain alkyl, phenyl, enamine or heterocyclic substituents on the methine or polymethine chain.
  • the merocyanine dyes can contain the basic nuclei mentioned above as well as acid nuclei such as thiohydantoins, rhodanines, oxazolidenediones, thiazolidenediones, barbituric acids, thiazolineones, and malononitrile.
  • acid nuclei can be substituted with alkyl, alkylene, phenyl, carboxyalkyl, sulfoalkyl, hydroxyallryl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylamino groups, or heterocyclic nuclei. Combinations of these dyes can be used, if desired.
  • supersensitizing addenda which do not absorb visible light can be included, for instance, ascorbic acid derivatives, azaindenes, cadmium salts, and organic sulfonic acids as described in McFall et a1.
  • ascorbic acid derivatives for instance, ascorbic acid derivatives, azaindenes, cadmium salts, and organic sulfonic acids as described in McFall et a1.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 2,937,089 issued May 17, 1960.
  • the various silver halide emulsion layers of a color film assembly of the invention can be disposed in the usual order, i.e., the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer first with respect to the exposure side, followed by the green-sensitive and red-sensitive silverhacarboxyalkyl,
  • lide emulsion layers e.g., a yellow dye layer or a Carey Lea silver layer can be present between the bluesensitive and green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer for absorbing or filter-ing blue radiation that may be transmitted through the blue-sensitive layer.
  • the selectively sensitized silver halide emulsion layers can be disposed in a different order, e.g., the blue-sensitive layer first with respect to the exposure side, followed by the red-sensitive and green-sensitive layers.
  • the silver halide emulsions used in this invention can comprise, for example, silver chloride, silver bromide, silver chlorobromide, silver bromoiodide, silver chlorobromoiodide or mixtures thereof.
  • the emulsions can be coarse or fine grain and can be prepared by any of the well-known procedures, e.g., single jet emulsions such as those described in Trivelli and Smith, The Photographic Journal, Vol. LXXIX, May, 1939 (pp 330-338), double jet emulsions, such as Lippmann emulsions, ammoniacal emulsions, thiocyanate or thioether ripened emulsions such as those described in Nietz et al. U.S.
  • the emulsions may be regular grain emulsions such as the type described in Klein and Moisar, J. Phot. Sci., Vol. 12, No. 5, Sept./Oct., 1964, (pp. 242-251). Negative type emulsions may be used or direct positive emulsions may be used such as those described in Leermakers U.S. Pat. No. 2,184,013 issued Dec. 19, 1939; Kendall et al. U.S. Pat. No. 2,541,472 issued Feb. 13, 1951; Berriman U.S. Pat. No. 3,367,778 issued Feb. 6, 1968; Schouwenaars British Pat. No. 723,019 issued Feb. 2, 1955; lllingsworth et al. French Pat.
  • the emulsions used with this invention may be sensitized with chemical sensitizers, such as with reducing agents; sulfur, selenium or tellurium compounds; gold, platinum or palladium compounds; or combinations of these.
  • chemical sensitizers such as with reducing agents; sulfur, selenium or tellurium compounds; gold, platinum or palladium compounds; or combinations of these.
  • Suitable procedures are described in Sheppard et al. U.S. Pat. No. 1,623,499 issued Apr. 5, 1927; Waller et al. U.S. Pat. No. 2,399,083 issued Apr. 23, 1946; McVeigh U.S. Pat. No. 3,297,447 issued Jan. 10, 1967; and Dunn U.S. Pat. No. 3,297,446 issued Jan. 10, 1967.
  • the silver halide emulsions used with this invention may contain speed increasing compounds such as polyalkylene glycols, cationic surface active agents and thioethers or combinations of these as described in Piper U.S. Pat. No. 2,886,437 issued May 12, 1959; Dann et al. U.S. Pat. No. 3,046,134 issued July 24, 1962; Carroll et al. U.S. Pat. No. 2,944,900 issued July 12, 1960; and Goffe U.S. Pat. No. 3,294,540 issued Dec. 27, 1966.
  • the silver halide emulsions used in the practice of this invention can be protected against the production of fog and can be stabilized against loss of sensitivity during keeping.
  • Suitable antifoggants and stabilizers each used alone or in combination include thiazolium salts described in Brooker et al. U.S. Pat. 2,131,038 issued Sept. 27, 1938; and Allen et al. U.S. Pat. No. 2,694,716 issued Nov. 16, 1954; the azaindenes described in Piper U.S. Pat. No. 2,8 86,437 issued May 12, 1959; and l-leimbach et al. U.S. Pat. No. 2,444,605 issued July 6, 1948; the mercury salts as described in Allen et al.
  • any dye image-providing material can be employed in this invention as long as an imagewise distribution of the material will be formed after development as a function of the imagewise exposure of the silver halide emulsion to which the dye image-providing material is associated.
  • dye developers as illustrated by U.S. Pat. No. 2,983,606; coupling dyes as disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 3,087,817; shifted or leuco dye developers; dye developer precursors; metal dye complexes as disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pats. Nos.
  • the dye image-providing material associated with each silver halide emulsion layer is a nondiffusible coupler which produces a diffusible dye upon reaction with oxidized aromatic primary amino color developing agents, such as p-phenylenediamine developing agents.
  • oxidized aromatic primary amino color developing agents such as p-phenylenediamine developing agents.
  • DYE LINK COUP BALL
  • BALL LINK COUP SOL
  • LINK is a connecting radical such as an azo radical, a mercuri radical, an oxy radical, an alkylidene radical, a thio radical, a dithio radical or an azoxy radical;
  • COUP is a coupler radical such as a S-pyrazolone coupler radical, a pyrazolotriazole coupler radical, a phenolic coupler radical or an open-chain ketomethylene coupler radical, COUP being substituted in the coupling position with LINK;
  • BALL is a photographically inert organic ballasting radical of such molecular size and configuration as to render such coupler nondiffusible during development in the alkaline processing composition;
  • SOL is a hydrogen atom or an acidic solubilizing group when the color developing agent contains an acidic solubilizing group, and SOL is an acidic solubilizing group when the color developing agent is free of an acidic solubilizing group;
  • n is an integer of l to 2 when LINK is an alkylidene radical, and n is 1 when LINK is an azo radical, a mercuri radical, an oxy radical, a thio radical, a dithio radical or an azoxy radical.
  • the silver halide emulsion employed with the nondiffusible couplers described above is a direct positive silver halide emulsion, such as an internal image emulsionor a solarizing emulsion, which is developable in unexposed areas, a positive image can be obtained on the dye image-receiving layer.
  • the nondiffusible coupler can be located in the silver halide emulsion itself. After exposure of the film unit, the alkaline processing composition permeates the various layers to initiate development of the exposed photosensitive silver halide emulsion layers.
  • the aromatic primary amino color developing agent present in the film unit develops each of the silver halide emulsion layers in the unexposed areas (since the silver halide emulsions are direct positive ones), thus causing the developing agent to become oxidized imagewise corresponding to the unexposed areas of the direct positive silver halide emulsion layers.
  • the oxidized developing agent then reacts with the nondiffusible coupler present in each silver halide emulsion layer to form imagewise distributions, respectively, of diffusible cyan, magenta and yellow dye as a function of the imagewise exposure of each of the silver halide emulsion layers. At least aportion of the imagewise distributions ofdiffusible cyan, magenta and yellow dye diffuse to the image-receiving layer to provide a positive dye image upon separation of the receiver from the negative.
  • Internal image silver halide emulsions useful in the above-described embodiment are direct positive emulsions that form latent images predominantly inside the silver halide grains, as distinguished from silver halide grains that form latent images predominantly on the surface thereof.
  • Such internal image emulsions were described by Davey et al. in US. Pat. No. 2,592,250 issued Apr. 8, 1952, and elsewhere in the literature.
  • emulsions can also contain fogging or nucleating agents such as those described in U.S. Pats. Nos. 2,588,982; 2,563,785; 3,227,552; etc.
  • the aromatic primary amino color developing agent employed in the abovedescribed embodiment is preferably present in the alkaline processing composition in the rupturable pod.
  • the color developing agent can also be incorporated into the negative portion of the film unit as a separate layer, e.g., by employing a Schiff base derivative of an aromatic primary amino color developing agent such as that formed by reacting o-sulfobenzaldehyde and N,N- diethyl-3-methyl-4-aminoaniline. Such incorporated developing agent will be activated by the alkaline processing composition.
  • the incorporated developing agent can be positioned in any layer of the photosensitive element from which it can be readily made available for development upon activation with alkaline processing composition, it is generally either incorporated in the light-sensitive silver halide emulsion layers or in layers contiguous thereto.
  • aromatic primary amino color developing agents employed in certain embodiments of this invention are preferably p-phenylenediamine developing agents.
  • These developing agents are well known to those skilled in the art and include the following compounds and salts thereof: 4-amino-N,N-diethyl-3- methyl aniline, N,N-diethyl-p-phenylenediamine, N- ethyl-B-methane-sulfonamido-ethyl-3-methyl-4- aminoaniline, 4-amino-N-ethyl-3-methyl-N-B-sulfoethyl)aniline, 4-amino-N-ethyl-3-methoxy-N-(B-sulfoethyl)aniline, 4-amino-N-ethyl-N-(B-hydroxyethyl)aniline, 4-amino-N,N-diethyl-3-hydroxymethyl aniline, 4-amino-N-methyl-N-(B-carboxyethyl)aniline, 4-amino-N,N-bis-(B-hydroxyethyl)aniline,
  • each silver halide emulsion layer containing a dye imageproviding material or having the dye image-providing material present in a contiguous layer may be separated from the other silver halide emulsion layers in the negative portion of the film unit by materials in addition to those described above, including gelatin, calcium alginate, or any of those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,384,483, polymeric materials such as polyvinylamides as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,421 ,892,or any of those disclosed in U.S. Pats. Nos. 2,992,104; 3,043,692; 3,044,873; 3,061,428; 3,069,263; 3,069,264; 3,l21,0ll;and 3,427,158.
  • the silver halide emulsion layers in the invention comprise photosensitive silver halide dispersed in gelatin and are about 0.6 to 6 microns in thickness; the dye image-providing materials are dispersed in an aqueous alkaline solution-permeable polymeric binder, such as gelatin, as a separate layer about 1 to 7 microns in thickness; and the alkaline solution-permeable polymeric interlayers, e.g., gelatin, are about 1 to 5 microns in thickness.
  • these thicknesses are approximate only and can be modified according to the product desired.
  • hydrophilic materials include both naturally-occurring substances such as proteins, cellulose derivatives, polysaccharides such as dextran, gum arabic and the like; and synthetic polymeric substances such as water soluble polyvinyl compounds like poly(vinylpyrrolidone), acrylamide polymers and the like.
  • the photographic emulsion layers and other layers of a photographic element employed in the practice of this invention can also contain alone or in combination with hydrophilic, water-permeable colloids, other synthetic polymeric compounds such as dispersed vinyl compounds such asin latex form and particularly those which increase the dimensionl stability of the photographic materials.
  • Suitable synthetic polymers include those described, for example, in Nottorf U.S. Pat. No. 3,142,568, issued July 28, 1964; White U.S. Pat. No. 3,193,386, issued July 6,1965; Houck et al. U.S. pat. No. 3,062,674, issued Nov. 6, 1962; Houck et al. U.S. Pat. No. 3,220,844, issued Nov. 30, 1965; Ream et al.
  • the image-receiving layer can contain basic polymeric mordants such as polymers of amino guanidine derivatives of vinyl methyl ketone such as described in Minsk U.S. Pat. No. 2,882,156 issued Apr. 14, 1959, and basic polymeric mordants such as described in copending U.S. Application Ser. No. 100,491. of Cohen et al. filed Dec. 21, 1970 and now abandoned.
  • basic polymeric mordants such as polymers of amino guanidine derivatives of vinyl methyl ketone such as described in Minsk U.S. Pat. No. 2,882,156 issued Apr. 14, 1959, and basic polymeric mordants such as described in copending U.S. Application Ser. No. 100,491. of Cohen et al. filed Dec. 21, 1970 and now abandoned.
  • mordants useful in our invention include poly4-vinylpyridine, the 2-vinyl pyridine polymer metho-p-toluene sulfonate and similar compounds described in Sprague et al. U.S. Pat. No. 2,484,430 issued Oct. 1 1, 1949, and cetyl trimethylammonium bromide, etc. Effective mordanting compositions are also described in Whitmore U.S. Pat. No. 3,271,148 andv Bush U.S. Pat. No. 3,271,147, both issued Sept. 6, 1966.
  • the image-receiving layer can be sufficient by itself to mordant the dye as in the case of use of an alkaline solution-permeable polymeric layer such as N-methoxy methyl polyhex ylmethylene adipamide; partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate; polyvinyl alcohol with or without plasticizers; cellulose acetate; gelatin; and other materials of a similar nature.
  • an alkaline solution-permeable polymeric layer such as N-methoxy methyl polyhex ylmethylene adipamide; partially hydrolyzed polyvinyl acetate; polyvinyl alcohol with or without plasticizers; cellulose acetate; gelatin; and other materials of a similar nature.
  • the imagereceiving layer preferably alkaline solutionpermeable, is transparent and about 0.25 to about 0.04 mil in thickness. This thickness, of course, can be modified depending upon the result desired.
  • the image-receiving layer can also contain ultra-violet absorbing materials to protect the
  • dye stabilizers such as the chromanols, alkylphenols, etc.
  • pH-lowering material associated with the dye image-receiving element of the invention will usually increase the stability of the transferred image.
  • the pH-lowering material will effect a reduction in the pH of the image layer from about 13 or 14 to at least 1 l and preferably 5-8 within a short time after imbibition.
  • polymeric acids as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,362,819; or metallic salts, e.g., zinc acetate, zinc sulfate, magnesium acetate, the formates, acetates, propionates, stearates, nitrates, or sulfates of zinc, aluminum, iron, manganese, cobalt of nickel, etc.; or solid acids as disclosed in U.S.
  • pH-lowering materials reduce the pH of the film unit after development to terminate development and substantially reduce further dye transfer and thus stabilize the dye image.
  • the pH-lowering material can be present as a separate layer between the light-reflecting layer and its support where the image-receiving element is separate from the photosensitive element or can be located between the light-reflecting layer and the lowermost silver halide emulsion layer in an integral receivernegative element.
  • any opacifying agent can be employed in the lightreflecting layer according to our invention.
  • white opacifying agents since they would provide an esthetically pleasing background on which to view a transferred dye image and would possess the optical properties desired for reflection of incident radiation.
  • Suitable opacifying agents include: titanium dioxide, barium sulfate, zinc oxide, barium stearate, silver flake, silicates, alumina, zirconium oxide, zirconium acetyl acetate, sodium zirconium sulfate, kaolin, mica, or mixtures thereof in widely varying amounts depending upon the degree of opacity desired. Especially good results are obtained with titanium dioxide.
  • Zinc oxide in combination with titanium dioxide may also be employed to great advantage as disclosed and claimed in copending application Ser. No. 174,443 of Abbott, Dappen and lrani filed of even date herewith.
  • Brightening agents such as the stilbenes, coumarins, triazines and oxazoles can also be added to the opacifying layer if desired. It is believed that any stain resulting from excess developing agent or oxidized developing agent is hidden in or masked by this layer.
  • the vinyl polymer containing anionic solubilizing groups in the opacifying layer will function as a timing" layer and will control the pH reduction of the dye image-receiving element as a function of the rate at which the alkali diffuses through the layer.
  • a timing layer and will control the pH reduction of the dye image-receiving element as a function of the rate at which the alkali diffuses through the layer.
  • widelyvarying amounts of the vinyl polymer containing anionic solubilizing groups can be employed in the opacifying layer, depending upon the results desired.
  • the alkaline processing composition employed in this invention is the conventional aqueous solution of an alkaline material, e.g., sodium hydroxide, sodium carbonate or an amine such as diethylamine, preferably possessing a pH in excess of 12.
  • the solution also preferably contains a viscosity-increasing compound such as a high molecular weight polymer, e.g., a watersoluble ether inert to alkaline solutions such as hydroxyethyl cellulose or alkali metal salts of carboxymethyl cellulose such as sodium carboxymethyl cellulose.
  • a concentration of viscosity-increasing compound of about 1 to about 5 percent by weight of the processing solution is preferred which will impart thereto a viscosity of about 100 cps. to about 200,000 cps.
  • alkaline processing composition used in this invention can be employed in a rupturable container, as described previously, other methods of applying processing composition could also be employed, e.g., bathing the photosensitive element in a processing bath, interjecting processing composition with communicating members similar to hypodermic syringes which are attached either to a camera or camera cartridge,
  • film units of our invention can be modified so as to be employed in roll form, they are preferably used in cartridges similar to those described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,080,805; 3,161,118; and 3,161,122; said patents 7 also illustrating typical cameras for performing color diffusion transfer processes of our invention.
  • the supports for the photographic elements of this invention can be any material as long as it does not deleteriously effect the photographic properties of the film unit and is dimensionally stable.
  • Typical materials include cellulose nitrate film, cellulose acetate film, po1y(vinyl acetal) film, polystyrene film, poly(ethyleneterephthalate) film, polycarbonate film, poly-a-olefins such as polyethylene and polypropylene film, and related films or resinuous materials as well as glass, paper, metal, etc.
  • the support is usually about 2 to 6 mils in thickness.
  • dotwise coating such as would be obtained using a gravure printing technique, could also be employed.
  • small dots of blue, green and red-sensitive emulsions have associated therewith, respectively, dots of yellow, magenta and cyan color-providing substances. After development, the transferred dyes would tend to fuse together into a continuous tone.
  • the photographic layers employed in the practice of this invention may contain surfactants such as saponin; anionic compounds such as the alkyl aryl sulfonates described in Baldsiefen U.S. Pat. No. 2,600,831 issued June 17, 1952; amphoteric compounds such as those described in Ben-Ezra U.S. Pat. No. 3,133,816 issued May 19, 1964; and water soluble adducts of glycidol and an alkyl phenol such as those described in Olin Mathieson British Pat. No. 1,022,878 issued Mar. 16, 1966; and Knox U.S. Pat. No. 3,514,293 issued May 26, 1970.
  • surfactants such as saponin
  • anionic compounds such as the alkyl aryl sulfonates described in Baldsiefen U.S. Pat. No. 2,600,831 issued June 17, 1952
  • amphoteric compounds such as those described in Ben-Ezra U.S. Pat. No. 3,133,816 issued May
  • the various layers, including the photographic layers, employed in the practice of this invention can contain light absorbing materials and filter dyes such as those described in Sawdey U.S. Pat. No. 3,253,921 issued May 31, 1966; Gaspar U.S. Pat. No. 2,274,782 issued Mar. 3, 1942; Silberstein et al. U.S. Pat. No. 2,527,583 issued Oct. 31, 1950; and VanCampen U.S. Pat. No. 2,956,879 issued Oct. 18,1960.
  • the sensitizing dyes and other addenda used in the 65 practice of this invention can be added from water solutions or suitable organic solvent solutions may be used.
  • the compounds can be added during various procedures including those described in Collins et a1.
  • the photographic layers used in the practice of this invention may be coated by various coating procedures including dip coating, air knife coating, curtain coating, or extrusion coating using hoppers of the type described in Beguin U.S. Pat. No. 2,681,294 issued June 15, 1954. If desired, two or more layers may be coated simultaneously by the procedures described in Russell U.S. Pat. No. 2,761,791 issued Sept. 4, 1956; Hughes U.S. Pat. No. 3,508,947 issued Apr. 28, 1970; and Wynn British Pat. No. 837,095 issued June 9, 1960.
  • This invention also can be used for silver halide layers coated by vacuum evaporation as described in British Pat. No. 968,453 issued Sept. 2, 1964 and Lu- Valle et a1.
  • the photographic and other hardenable layers used in the practice of this invention can be hardened by various organic or inorganic hardeners,'alone or in combination, such as the aldehydes, and blocked aldehydes as described in Allen et a1.
  • active halogen compounds epoxy compounds, aziridines, active olefins, isocyanates, carbodiimides, polymeric hardeners such as oxidized polysaccharides like dialdehyde starch and oxyguargum and the like.
  • Dye image-receiving elements are prepared by coating the following layers in the order recited on a transparent cellulose acetate film support:
  • Light-reflecting layer of titanium dioxide (3000 mg/ft) and the compounds identified in Table 1 50 below (300 mg/ft)
  • a photographic element is prepared by coating the following layers in the order recited on a transparent support:
  • Gelatin-silver bromoiodide emulsion 300 mg of gelatin/ft and 100 mg. of silver/ft
  • magenta dye image transfer coupler l-phenyl-3-(3,5-disulfobenzamido)-4-(6-hydroxy-4-pentadecylphenylazo)-5-pyrazolone, dipotassium salt (75 mg/ft')
  • AD max. Polymer in Lightappea Fresh 1 wk.at 5 wks.at Reflecting Layer rance
  • Dye image-receiving elements are prepared similar to those of Example 1 except that layer 3 contains titanium dioxide (2,500 mg/ft and the compounds identified in Table 11 below (125 mg/ft These dye image-receiving elements are then tested in accordance with the procedure described in Example 1 to give the following results:
  • a photographic film unit which is adapted to be processed by passing said unit between a pair of juxtaposed pressure-applying members comprising:
  • a photosensitive element comprising a support having thereon at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, each said silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye image-providing material;
  • a dye image-receiving layer having a light-reflecting layer associated therewith;
  • a rupturable container containing an alkaline processing composition and which is adapted to be positioned during processing of said film unit so that a compressive force applied to said container by said pressure-applying members will effect a discharge of the containers contents within said film unit;
  • the improvement comprising employing assaid lightreflecting layer a vinyl polymer containing anionic solubilizing groups and an opacifying agent.
  • said photosensitive element comprises a support having thereon a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a cyan dye image-providing material comprising a nondiffusible coupler capable of reacting with oxidized aromatic primary amino color developing agent to produce a diffusible cyan dye, a green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a magenta dye image-providing material comprising a nondiffusible coupler capable of reacting with oxidized aromatic primary amino color developing agent to produce a diffusible magenta dye, and a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a yellow dye image-providing material comprising a nondiffusible coupler capable of reacting with oxidized aromatic primary amino color developing agent to produce a diffusible yellow dye; said film unit containing an aromatic primary amino color developing agent.
  • the film unit of claim 1 which also contains a pH- lowering material.
  • said vinyl polymer is a copolymer comprising units of acrylic acid, sulfoalkyl acrylate or sulfoalkyl methacrylate.
  • vinyl polymer is copoly(ethylacrylate, acrylic acid, 2-acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate), copoly(ethylacrylate, acrylic acid) or copoly(n-butyl acrylate, 3-acryloxypropane-lsulfonic acid sodium salt, 2-acetoacetoxy ethyl methacrylate).
  • a photographic film unit which is adapted to be processed by passing said unit between a pair of juxtaposed pressure-applying members comprising:
  • a photosensitive element comprising a support having thereon the following layers in sequence:
  • analkaline solution-permeable interlayer containing a compound capable of scavenging ox idized aromatic primary amino color developing agent
  • each said nondiffusible coupler having the formula:
  • DYE is a dye radical exhibiting selective absorption in the visible spectrum and containing an acidic solubilizing group
  • LINK is a connecting radical selected from the group consisting of an azo radical, a mercuri radical, an oxy radical, an alkylidene radical, a thio radical, a dithio radical and an azoxy radical;
  • COUP is a coupler radical selected from the group consisting of a S-pyrazolone coupler radical, a pyrazolotriazole coupler radical, a phenolic coupler radical and an open-chain ketomethylene coupler radical, said COUP being substituted in the coupling position with said LINK;
  • BALL is a photographically inert organic ballasting radical of such molecular size and configuration as to render said coupler nondiffusible during development in said alkaline processing composition;
  • SOL is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom and an acidic solubilizing group when said color developing agent con-tains an acidic solubilizing group, and SOL is an acidic solubilizing when said color developing agent is free of an acidic solubilizing group;
  • n is an integer of l to 2 when said LINK is an alkylidene radical, and n is 1 when said LINK is a radical selected from the group consisting of an azo radical, a mercuri radical, an oxy radical, a thio radical, a dithio radical and an azoxy radical;
  • a dye image-receiving element comprising a support having thereon a dye image-receiving layer, said element being adapted to be superposed over said blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer after exposure of said photosensitive element;
  • a rupturable container containing an alkaline processing composition and which is adapted to be positioned during processing of said film unit so that a compressive force applied to said container by said pressure-applying members will effect a discharge of the containers contents between said dye image-receiving layer and said blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer of said photosensitive element;
  • said film unit containing an aromatic primary amino color developing agent; the improvement comprising employing as said dye image-receiving element a support having thereon a polymeric acidic material layer, a light-reflecting layer, comprising a vinyl polymer con taining anionic solubilizing groups and an opacifying agent, and a dye image-receiving layer.
  • said vinyl polymer is a copolymer comprising units of acrylic acid, sulfoalkyl acrylate or sulfoalkyl methacrylate and said opacifying agent is titanium dioxide.
  • said vinyl polymer is copoly(ethylacrylate, acrylic acid, 2-acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate), copoly(ethylacrylate, acrylic acid) or copoly(n-butyl acrylate, 3- acryloxypropane-l-sulfonic acid sodium salt, 2- acetoacetoxy ethyl methacrylate).
  • a reception element comprising a support having thereon a. a light-reflecting layer comprising a vinyl polymer containing anionic solubilizing groups and an opacifying agent, and
  • the reception element of claim 13 which includes a pH-lowering layer between said support and said layer a.
  • said vinyl polymer is a copolymer comprising units of acrylic acid, sulfoalkyl acrylate or sulfoalkyl methacrylate.
  • said vinyl polymer is copoly(ethylacrylate, acrylic acid, 2- acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate), copoly(ethylacrylate, acrylic acid) or copoly(n-butyl acrylate, 3- acryloxypropane-l-sulfonic acid sodium salt, 2- acetoacetoxy ethyl methacrylate).
  • a transfer image comprising a support having thereon at least one photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer, each said silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith a dye image-providing material;
  • the improvement comprising employing as said lightreflecting layer a vinyl polymer containing anionic solubilizing groups and an opacifying agent.
  • vinyl polymer is copoly(ethylacrylate, acrylic acid, 2- acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate), copoly(ethylacrylate, acrylic acid) or copoly(n-butyl acrylate, 3- salt, 2- acetoacetoxy ethyl methacrylate).

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