WO2004046823A1 - Deformable colour photographic silver halide material - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a deformable material for producing a deformed image without significant image degradation and is suitable for large formats and automatic processing.
- Deformable materials with colour and/or black and white motives are used e.g. as protective and/or decorative foils particularly in the furniture industry, in which they are used as design elements to cover low- priced and/or light weight carrier materials and/or carrier materials that are critical to the conditions of their use; the configuration of deformable material and carrier material replacing much more expensive and/or heavier and/or less easier to handle and/or less resistant materials such as real wood, stainless steel or marble.
- the manufacture of deformed plastic pieces with any kind of representations like images, designs, patterns, letters ' and so forth usually proceeds by printing on an undeformed flat foil of a thermoplastic polymer and is then deformed using heat and pressure.
- the results obtained are unsatisfactory, because the printed pieces after deformation exhibit a loss in image quality, that is visible at all parts where the deformation has led to an elongation of the deformed material.
- a significant loss in image quality is observed after deformation at curved parts and still more so at sharp edges, which is particularly noticeable as a bright line and/or increased granularity following the curves and/or edges in homogeneously coloured dark areas, which is unacceptable, particularly in the case of decorated furniture.
- Photographic layers which were laminated onto a, support, have, for example, been disclosed in EP-A 0 250 657, US 3,871,119, EP-A 0 490 416 and EP-A 0 276 506 for the manufacture of materials for identity cards and in EP-A 1 189 108 have been disclosed for materials with a broader colour gamut.
- the layers can subsequently be covered with a protective foil, as disclosed, for example, in US 4,370,397 and GB 2,121,812.
- the disclosed ID-cards are all flat, so that there are no requirements regarding deformability and their suitability or otherwise therefor was not disclosed.
- laminatable photographic layers those with special binders have been disclosed, although neither of these options produces an optimum image quality.
- graininess realized with state of the art laminatable materials is unacceptably high.
- the DTR materials that are also known to be laminatable are not suitable for the furniture industry, because the two-sheet process has not been adapted to the large format automated processing needed in this field.
- colour photographic materials comprising on a support at least one blue- sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler and at least one red- sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler.
- a support for reflective material paper coated on both sides with polyethylene and for transparent materials longitudinally and laterally stretched polyester is usually used. The deformation according to the present invention of such colour photographic materials is not possible.
- GB 2,321,977 and the corresponding 098/35269 disclose a mouldable photographic material comprising a thermoplastic base sheet, a primer layer providing a key for a light sensitive layer, and a protective thermoplastic foil, the foil being bonded to the light sensitive layer with an optical quality adhesive.
- Digital exposure proceeds pixel-wise, line-wise or area-wise with high intensity strongly focussed beam of light beam e.g. from lasers, light emitting diodes (LED) , DMD (digital micromirror devices) apparatuses, cathode ray tubes and such like and with short to very short exposure times per pixel.
- a pixel is the smallest image area on the copying material, which can be addressed by the exposure apparatus .
- Conventional silver halide emulsions exhibit a too low sensitivity, due to an unsatisfactory reciprocity, which results in a too low contrast and- insufficient maximum density at such short exposure times .
- a further advantage of the present invention compared to printing processes is the possibility to produce even single pieces as a proof or demonstration example.
- the deformable colour photographic recording material of the present invention is suitable for digital exposure and gives high quality images
- said colour photographic silver halide material comprising on a deformable plastic support at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler.
- gelatin can be successfully used in the materials used in the process according to the present invention.
- the reason why the use of gelatin failed according to FR 968 638, but surprisingly was very successful for the present invention, may be the difference between single layer black and white materials like those described in FR 968 638, that essentially only contain silver halide crystals dispersed in the binder, and multilayer colour photographic materials according to the present invention, that also comprise softer materials like couplers in their layers.
- aspects of the present invention are realized with a deformable colour photographic silver- halide material, the colour photographic silver halide material comprising on a deformable plastic support at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, at least one green- sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler.
- aspects of the present invention are also realized with a process for producing a deformed image comprising the steps of: exposing the above-mentioned colour photographic silver halide material; conventionally processing the exposed colour photographic material to produce an image; and deforming the colour photographic material .
- deformation also known as moulding
- deformation refers to three-dimensional deformation in which an initially flat object e.g. a plate or a sheet is deformed to a three dimensional shape using a shaping tool to which pressure and/or heat is applied, in the course of which at least a part of the initially flat object is elongated (stretched) , the shape being maintained upon cooling and/or upon releasing the pressure.
- the out-of-plane deformation is usually of a greater measure than the thickness of the initially flat object, the thickness being defined as the distance between the surface to which the tool is applied and the opposite surface of the initially flat object.
- deformable as used in qualifying colour photographic silver halide material is the ability to undergo deformation as defined above.
- deform means the process of deformation.
- deformable plastic as used in disclosing the present invention includes all polymers, which can be deformed, without fracturing, exhibiting cracks or thermally decomposing. .
- deformable plastic includes all polymers, that are available in foil form and that are not stretched.
- conventional processing as used in disclosing the present invention means chromogenic chemical colour processing as used for the processing of conventional photographic materials such as color papers, color films or display materials and is further specified in the following description.
- immediate and fast hardeners mean that the hardener is capable of hardening gelatin immediately after coating or at least several days after coating to such an extent that no further changes in sensitometry and swelling behaviour due to the presence of hardener occur. By swelling is meant the difference between wet layer thickness and dry layer thickness upon aqueous processing of the material.
- silver nitrate (equivalent to AgX present) is used in the examples to characterize the silver halide emulsions means the weight of silver nitrate in a given amount of silver halide emulsion that results when the quantity of silver halide in the emulsion is hypothetically converted into the equivalent weight of silver nitrate.
- aspects of the present invention are realized with a process for producing a deformed image comprising the steps of: exposing the colour photographic silver halide material, according to the present invention; conventionally processing the exposed colour photographic material to produce an image; and deforming the colour photographic material.
- Exposure preferably is carried out digitally and proceeds preferably from the side remote from the support, but in the case of a transparent or slightly coloured support exposure can also be carried out through the support if a loss in sharpness is tolerable.
- the material comprises an antihalation layer, that is bleached during the chemical processing of the material.
- Suitable absorbing material for said antihalation layer is described in Research Disclosure 38 957, 1996, VIII., from page 610, herein incorporated by reference.
- the antihalation layer has to be arranged on the side of the emulsion layers remote from the light source.
- the support is provided on the image side between the silver halide layers and the support with a layer reflecting white light and on the opposite side with a non-bleachable black antihalation layer as described in US 4 224 402, herein incorporated by reference.
- the colour photographic material is appropriately processed. Details of processing and the chemicals required therefor together with exemplary colour photographic materials are to be found in Research Disclosure 37254, part 10 (1995) page 294 and in Research Disclosure 37038, parts XVI to XXIII (1995), from page 95, herein incorporated by reference.
- Conventional processing of the colour photographic material comprises the steps of chromogenic development, bleaching and fixing and for colour reversal materials in addition a reversal step and a black and white development.
- the bleaching and fixing steps can be carried out within one bleach/fixing step.
- Processes and the compounds especially suitable for the process of the present invention are commonly known in the art and described e.g. in Ullmann' s Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 5 edition, Vol.
- the conventional processing of the colour photographic material is carried out with development times between 15 and 130 s. Longer development times are necessary, if, for example, silver-rich materials are processed in order to attain a particularly high colour density.
- Deformable plastics are those which can be deformed, without fracturing, exhibiting cracks or thermally decomposing. All polymers, that are available in foil form and that are not stretched fall under the term deformable plastics.
- a good reference point for the temperature necessary for deformation is the glass transition temperature (Tg) .
- Deformation is usually done between the glass transition temperature and the melting point of the deformable plastic.
- the pressure needed for deformation can easily be tested; the higher the deformation temperature is with respect to the glass transition temperature, the lower the pressure needed. Just below the melting point only a very low pressure is needed.
- the time needed for the deformation can also be easily tested and adjusted. A higher temperature and/or a higher pressure results in a shorter time.
- Suitable support materials e.g.
- thermoplastics include poly(vinylchloride) ' (PVC) , polycarbonate (PC), non- oriented polyester, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) , polyolefin, copolymers and mixtures of said polymers .
- Suitable copolymers include vinylchloride copolymer, in particular ABS copolymerized with vinylchloride and polyolefin copolymer.
- deformable plastic support is a polycarbonate, poly (vinylchloride) , vinylchloride copolymer or a polyester; or a copolyester based on PET.
- Suitable polycarbonates for use in the colour photographic material of the present invention contain repeating units represented by the formula
- R lf R 2 , R3, R 4 , R 7 and R 3 independently represent a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl- or aryl- group; and
- R 5 and Rg independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl- or aryl- group or together represent the atoms necessary to form a cycloaliphatic ring, e.g. a cyclohexane ring.
- the polycarbonates preferably have weight averaged molecular weights between 10,000 and 500,000. Polycarbonates based on bisphenol A are particularly preferred.
- Poly (vinylchloride) for use in the colour photographic material of the present invention preferably contain at least 50% by weight vinylchloride units and optionally contain further hydrophobic units.
- Preferred coirtonomers are vinylidene chloride, vinyl acetate, acrylonitrile, styrene, butadiene, chloroprene, dichlorobutadiene, vinyl fluoride, vinylidene fluoride and trifluroethylene.
- the poly (vinylchloride) preferably contains 60 to 65% by weight of chlorine.
- a PVC support used in the colour photographic material of the present invention can contain plasticizers, but for ecological reasons and for reasons of stability of the photographic material preferably contains no plasticizers.
- the PVC can contain stabilizers and antioxidants with inorganic heavy metal salts, metal soaps (particularly of Ba, Cd, Pb, Zn and Ca) , dibutyl and dioctyl tin compounds and epoxidized soya oil.
- Further optional ingredients of PVC include lubricants, impact modifier, process aids, fillers, fire retardants, smoke repressants, blowing agents, colourants, antistatic agents, viscosity modifier, biostabilizers and UV absorber.
- Suitable polyesters include condensation products of aromatic, aliphatic or cycloaliphatic dicarboxylic acids with aliphatic or alicyclic glycols, whereby the dicarboxylic acids have preferably 4 to 20 C-atoms and the glycols preferably 2 to 24 C-atoms.
- the polyesters can also be modified by adding small quantities of other monomers.
- Preferred polyesters are poly (ethylene terephthalate)
- PET PET or copolyesters based on PET (CoPET) like the preferred CoPET Eastar P ⁇ TG Copolyester 6763 delivered by Eastman (PETG) .
- stretched (oriented) polyesters are unsuitable, because they form micro-cracks upon deformation.
- Suitable polyolefins include polypropylene, polyethylene and polymethylpentene either individually or as mixtures .
- Preferred polyolefins include copolymers of propylene and/or ethylene with hexene and/or butene and/or octene.
- Preferred deformable plastics for deformable colour photographic materials are PVC, vinylchloride copolymer and PC, because they bend well and the photographic layer is particularly little affected.
- PC is particularly preferred due to its high tensile strength and ensures a good storage stability.
- the support can be a single layer foil, but can also consist of a compound arrangement of several plastic foils . All plastic foils must be of a deformable plastic.
- the thickness of the support is preferably between 0.05 and 0.75 mm.
- the support can be coated with one or several layers to provide the support with e.g. a colour layer or an adhesive layer.
- the support can be white, transparent, translucent or coloured with dyes or pigments and may also have structure or roughness on either or both sides. Structure or roughness in the foil is preferably realized during its manufacture.
- the support may contain pigments or other colorants .
- An opaque, white colour can be realized by coextrusion of white pigments such as titanium dioxide.
- Suitable colorants include dyes such as Ultramarine Blue.
- the deformable colour photographic material further contains a subbing layer containing 1.3 to 80% by weight of a proteinaceous colloid, 0 to 85% by weight of colloidal silica and 0 to 30% by weight of a siloxane, which can form a reaction product with the colloidal silica.
- the deformable colour photographic material further contains a subbing layer on the same side of the support as the silver halide emulsion layers.
- a subbing layer that further contains 1.0 to 70% by weight of an ionogenic polyester-polyurethane, which is coated from an aqueous dispersion, in which isocyanate groups in its structure have reacted with an ionomer compound, which contains at least one active hydrogen atom and a carboxylate or sulphonate salt group, and in which the number of salt groups is sufficiently high to render the polyester-polyurethane dispersible in an aqueous medium.
- Preferred proteinaceous colloids are gelatin and casein, with gelatin being particularly preferred.
- polyester-polyurethanes are disclosed in US 3,397,989, US 4,388,403 and DE-OS 3 630 045, herein incorporated by reference, with those with carboxylate and sulphonate groups, such as disclosed in US 3,397,989, being particularly preferred.
- the polyester-polyurethanes preferably contain a linear polyester with OH-end groups and a molecular weight between 300 and 2,000.
- the polyester-polyurethanes are preferably employed as an aqueous dispersion, with a particularly preferred dispersion containing the reaction products of the following components with respect to the end dispersion: 23% by weight of a polyester based on adipic acid and hexandiol with an average molecular weight of 840, 14% by weight 4, 4 '-diisocyanatodicyclohexylmethane, 2% by weight dimethylolpropionic acid and 1.5% by weight of trimethylamin, with the composition further containing 7.5% by weight N-Methyl- pyrrolidon and 52% by weight water.
- Said particularly preferred dispersion is called hereinafter dispersion (D-l) .
- Suitable polyester-polyurethane dispersions include Dispercoll® products from BAYER.
- Suitable colloidal silica' s include products marketed under the trade names LUDOX® (Du Pont), SYTON® (Du Pont) and KIESELSOLE® (Bayer) . Their average particle size is preferably between 5 and 100 n .
- Suitable siloxanes are -represented by the formula:
- R 1 represents a polymerizable group or has a OH- and/or NH 2 - group which can react with the protein-containing colloid, particularly a group which contains a reactive halogen, an epoxy group or an ⁇ , ⁇ -ethylenically unsaturated group.
- A represents an alkylene group
- Y represents a bivalent hydrocarbon chain, which can be interrupted by oxygen .
- R 2 , 3 and R 4 independently represent an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group such as methyl or ethyl .
- Suitable siloxane compounds include :
- the adhesion of the subbing layer to the support can be improved by corona-pretreatment of the support.
- a surfactant wetting agent
- Suitable wetting agents include those containing saponines and products marketed under the trade names TERGITOL® (supplied by Union Carbide Corp. and Niacet Corp.) or Manoxol® (supplied by e.g. Rohm and Haas) .
- the deformable plastic support is laminatable e.g. by coating the backside of the support with an adhesive layer suitable is for pressure and/or heat adhesion processes.
- an adhesive layer suitable is for pressure and/or heat adhesion processes.
- Such pressure sensitive adhesive layers are preferably covered with a protective foil.
- the adhesive layer, with or without protective foil, can be applied to the support at any time before lamination, thus even before the coating of the support with light-sensitive layers .
- the outermost on the image side of the deformable colour photographic material is provided with a protective foil, preferably via an adhesive layer, which, for example, protects the
- the protective foil provided on the image side of the support preferably comprises homopolymers such as PVC, PC, a polyalkylene or a polyester like PET or CoPET, in particular PVC.
- the protective foil can also comprise block copolymers with polymer
- 35 subunits that are preferably selected from the aforementioned homopolymers; mixed copolymers obtained by mixed polymerization of at least two monomers, in particular of at least two different vinyl monomers such as a vinylchloride, an alkylene or a styrene; or blends of at least two polymers selected from the aforementioned
- the adhesive layer is a polyalkylene foil (adhesive foil) , in particular a polyethylene foil, that can be laminated in direct contact to the protective foil or that is adhered to the protective foil using a glue layer.
- the protective foil and/or the adhesive layer and/or the glue layer if present contain a UV-absorber such as hydroxybenzophenone or hydroxybenzotriazole.
- Preferred UV-absorber are those known under the trade name Tinuvin and are delivered by Ciba-Geigy.
- Suitable protective foils, adhesives and glues include those disclosed in EP-A 0 348 310, US 4,456,667, US 4,455,359, US 4,378,392, US 4,370,397, US 3,871,119 and GB-A 2,321,977 herein incorporated by reference.
- the protective foil can consist of a single polymer composition or can be a mixture or a laminate of the same or different polymers, taken from the group of PVC, PC, PET, CoPET or a polyalkylene. It is preferred, that at least one of the polymers used for the protective foil is of the same plastic material that is used for the support.
- the protective foil In a preferred embodiment of the protective foil .used for the material, according to the present invention, the protective foil has a T g that is similar to the T g of the deformable plastic support.
- Particularly preferred adhesive foils of polyethylene have a melting point of ca. 90 to 100°C.
- the protective foil used for the material, according to the present invention, can be coloured and/or printed with any kind of design, image or text.
- the sandwich of protective foil, optionally a glue layer and the adhesive layer is preferably laminated to the image side of the photographic material using a roller laminator.
- the deformable colour photographic silver halide material is provided with a protective foil before deforming the colour photographic material with a work piece.
- the deformation of the colour photographic material is usually carried out after conventional processing of the exposed colour photographic material, but can also be performed before processing and even before exposure. However, it is preferred to carry out the deformation after conventional processing of the exposed colour photographic material .
- the deforming step comprising the application of heat and pressure and wherein at least part of the deformable colour photographic material is elongated during the process.
- the tool used in the deformation step can, for example, be a mould into which the heated plastic is sucked, blown or pressed.
- the piece of furniture to which the colour photographic material is to be applied can itself be the shaping tool .
- the shaping tool is termed the "work piece”.
- the colour photographic material is thereby pressed onto the piece of furniture (the work piece) , for example with the aid of a membrane press, and thereby intimately attached to the piece of furniture.
- the work piece covered with the photographic material is pressed onto an elastic membrane (usually made of rubber) which itself is placed on top of a tank completely filled with hot water of about 95°C or filled with hot oil to enable the process, according to the present invention, to be carried out at higher temperatures .
- an elastic membrane usually made of rubber
- the deforming step comprises deforming the deformable colour photographic material by vacuum deformation.
- Adhesion of the deformed colour photographic material to the piece of furniture is preferably supplemented with an adhesive.
- a pressure adhesive is sufficient (e.g. a contact adhesive) .
- the piece of furniture e.g. a piece of chipwood, has only been taken as an example.
- the deformable colour photographic material, according to the present invention can easily been used in other technical areas, e.g. the automotive industry, by just replacing the work piece and using adhesives that are known to work for the material the work piece is made of.
- the deforming step comprises deforming the deformable colour photographic material by injection moulding, wherein the photographic material is placed in a die mould and the injected plastic material deforms the deformable colour photographic material and forms a single entity with the deformable colour photographic material.
- the deforming step comprises deforming the deformable colour photographic material in contact with a work piece.
- a work piece e.g. a piece of furniture.
- the image side of the processed colour photographic material is provided with a transparent protective foil as described above just before the deformation step so as to prevent damage during the deformation step.
- the silver halide emulsion-side of the deformable colour photographic material can be applied to the work piece.
- a gelatin solution containing a gelatin-hardening agent can also be used as an adhesive.
- a preferably reflective, e.g. white or opaque protective foil can be placed in between the silver halide emulsion side of the colour photographic material and the work piece.
- the adhesion of the deformed photographic material to the work piece is further improved, particularly at the corners and edges of the work piece and where the deformed material ends, e. g. at the corners and the edges on the back side of a piece of furniture.
- This can be carried out by pretreatment of the work piece, particularly at the corners and edges, with a glue before the deformation; or processing the work piece coated with the deformable photographic material with a hot-knife and/or applying glue after deformation and if necessary after having cut-off surplus photographic material to seal the corners and edges and to prevent peeling of the deformed material.
- a colour photographic silver halide material able to undergo deformation without significant image degradation, the colour photographic silver halide material comprising on a deformable plastic support at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one yellow coupler, at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one magenta coupler and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer containing at least one cyan coupler.
- the silver halide emulsions have an overall silver chloride content of at least 70 mol% to enable short development times, a silver chloride content of at least 98 mol% being particularly preferred.
- Silver halide emulsions which are substantially free from silver iodide are preferred, emulsions with less than 1 mol% iodide and in particular emulsions with less than 0.1 mol% iodide being particularly preferred.
- At least one silver halide emulsion used in the material, according to the present invention preferably contains silver halide crystals that are doped with at least one dopant.
- At least one blue-, at least one green- and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer in each case comprises at least one silver halide emulsion whose silver halide crystals are doped with at least one dopant.
- Suitable dopants and processes for their addition are to be found in Research Disclosure 37038, parts XV-B (1995), from page 90 herein incorporated by reference.
- the preferred dopants are ⁇ r-, Rh- and Hg- salts.
- the silver halide emulsions used in the colour photographic material of the present invention are preferably prepared by a simple double jet process, a double jet process with separate preprecipitation (formation of crystal nuclei) and precipitation thereon or a combined double jet recrystallization process.
- At least one silver halide emulsion preferably contains silver halide crystals with at least two different zones (structured crystals) , in which the outermost zone has a higher molar content of silver bromide than the rest of the crystal.
- the nucleus of the structured crystals is preferably prepared by a double jet process with a silver nitrate solution and a halide solution, predominantly chloride, and precipitation thereon preferably occurs by recrystallization of a fine-grained silver bromide-chloride emulsion (Lippmann emulsion) with a molar silver bromide content of at least 5 percent.
- At least one silver halide emulsion contains structured crystals with a silver chloride content of at least 70 mol% and with at least two different zones, the outermost zone having a higher molar content of silver bromide than the rest of the crystal .
- at least one blue-, at least one green- and at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer in each case comprises at least one silver halide emulsion which contains the structured crystals.
- the green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer and/or the red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains at least one silver halide emulsion with silver halide crystals having an average grain size (volume averaged, diameter of a sphere with an equivalent volume) of at least 0.40 Urn.
- the silver halide emulsions contain one or more binders, with the binders being at least 80% by weight of gelatin being particularly preferred.
- yellow couplers, purple couplers and blue-green couplers represented by formulae (IV) , (V) , (VI), (XIV), (VII) and (VIII) are used.
- R 1 represents alkyl, alkoxy, aryl or hetero-aryl groups
- R 2 represents alkoxy or aryloxy groups or halogen
- R 3 represents -C0 2 R 6 , -CONR 6 R 7 , -NHC0 2 R 6 , -NHS0 2 -R 6 , -S0 2 NR 6 R 7 , -S0 2 NHCOR ⁇ , -NHCOR 6 groups, Cl
- R 4 represents hydrogen or a substituent
- R 5 represents hydrogen or a group which can be split off during coupling
- R 6 , R 7 independently represent hydrogen or alkyl or aryl groups and one of the R 2 , R 3 and R 4 group is a ballast group.
- R 8 and R 9 independently represent hydrogen or alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, aryloxy, alkylthio, arylthio, amino, anilino, acylamino, cyano, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylcarbamoyl or alkylsulfamoyl groups, wherein these groups are optionally further substituted and wherein at least one of these groups contains a ballast group, and R10 represents hydrogen or a group which can split off during chromogenic coupling.
- R8 is preferably a tert. -butyl group; R-'-O is preferably chlorine.
- r is an integer from 1 to 5; q is 1, 2 or 3; R represents a group which can split off during chromogenic coupling; R represents halogen or alkoxy or acylamino groups; and R represents halogen or cyano, thiocyanato, alkoxy, alkyl, acylamino or alkoxycarbamyl groups.
- R is preferably hydrogen or a group which can split off as an anion under the basic conditions of chromogenic coupling.
- Cyan coupler :
- R 11 , R 12 , R 13 and R 14 independently represent hydrogen or a C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl group.
- R 11 is preferably a CH 3 or C 2 H 5 ;
- R 12 is preferably a C 2 ⁇ Cg-alkyl group; and 13 and R 14 are preferably t-
- R 15 represents alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or hetero-aryl groups
- R 16 , R 17 independently represent hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or hetero-aryl groups
- R 18 represents hydrogen or a group which can split off during chromogenic coupling
- R 19 represents -COR 20 , -C0 2 R 2 °, -CONR 20 R 21 , -S0 2 R 2 °, -SO 2 NR 20 R 21 , -CO-C0 2 R 2 °, -COCONR 20 R 21 or a group with the formula
- R 20 represents alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or hetero-aryl groups
- R 21 represents hydrogen or R 20
- R 23 , R 24 and R 25 independently represent -OR 21 , -SR 21 , -NR 20 R 21 , -R 21 or Cl
- p is 1 or 2.
- R 27 represents alkyl, aryl, alkenyl or hetero-aryl groups and R 15 to R 18 have the meanings given above.
- couplers in which p 2, R 19 represents a group with the formula
- R 15 to R 18 and R 22 to R 24 have the meanings given above.
- R 2 8 represents hydrogen, Cl, CN, Br, F, -COR 29 , -CONHR 29 or C0 2 R 29 and R 29 represents alkyl or aryl groups .
- (6) couplers in which p 2 and R 19 represents a group with the formula
- R 1 represents halogen, CN, -CF 3 or alkoxycarbonyl groups
- R 11 represents hydrogen or has the same meaning as R 1
- R 15 to R 18 have the meanings given above.
- couplers in which p 2 and R 19 represents -COR 20 ; R 20 represents alkyl, aryl or hetero-aryl groups and R 15 to R 18 have the meanings given above.
- R 1 represents -OR 11 or -NR I ⁇ : ⁇ : R IV ;
- R 11 and R 111 represent an optionally substituted C ⁇ Cg-alkyl group;
- R IV represents hydrogen or has the same meaning as R 111 ; and
- R 15 to R 18 have the meanings given above.
- R 15 represents alkyl or aryl groups
- R 16 and R 17 independently represent H or alkyl or aryl groups
- R 18 represents H, Cl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkylthio or arylthio groups
- R 23 and R 24 independently represent -OR 21 , -NR 20 R 21 or -Cl.
- R 1 ⁇ is a group according to one of formulae (15-1) , (15-2) and (15-3) :
- R represents an alkyl group with at least 8 C- atoms
- R 1 represents alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, acyloxy, acylamino, sulfonyloxy, sulfamoylamino, sulfonamido, ureido, hydroxycarbonyl, hydroxy, carbonylamino, carbamoyl, alkylthio, arylthio, alkylamino, arylamino groups or hydrogen;
- R 11 represents an alkyl or aryl group;
- X represents S, NH or NR 111 and R 111 represents an alkyl or aryl group;
- R 1 represents an optionally substituted alkyl group
- R 16 represents an alkyl group, in particular C 1 -C 4 -alkyl group
- R 17 represents H
- R 20 represents an alkyl or aryl group.
- Couplers are group (6) couplers according to formula (VIII) m which R 15 is represented by formula (15-1) ;
- Alkyl- and alkenyl- groups can be straight chain, branched, cyclic and optionally substituted.
- Aryl- and hetero-aryl- groups are optionally substituted and the aryl group is preferably a phenyl group.
- Possible substituents for the alkyl, alkenyl, aryl and hetero-aryl groups are: alkyl, alkenyl, aryl, hetero-aryl, alkoxy, aryloxy, alkenyloxy, hydroxy, alkylthio, arylthio, halogen, cyano, acyl, acyloxy or acylamino groups, wherein an acyl group can be derived from an aliphatic, olefinic or aromatic carbonic, carboxylic, carboxylamino, sulfonic, sulfonamido, sulfinic, phosphoric, phosphonic or phosphorous acid.
- magenta couplers according to formula (V) are:
- magenta couplers according to formula (VI) are :
- magenta couplers according to formula (XIV) are :
- Examples of yellow couplers according to formula (IV) are: IV- 6
- the blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer contains a blue sensitizer represented by formula (IX) :
- X 1 and X 2 independently represent S or Se
- R 31 to R 36 independently represent hydrogen, halogen or an alkyl-, alkoxy, aryl or hetero-aryl group or R 31 and R 32 ; R 32 and R 33 ; R 34 and R 35 ; R 35 and R 3 ⁇ together represent the atoms necessary to form an anellated benzo-, naphtho- or heterocyclic ring
- R 37 and R 38 independently represent an alkyl-, sulfoalkyl-, carboxyalkyl,- (CH 2 ) 1 S0 2 R 39 S0 2 -alkyl, - (CH 2 ) 1 S0 2 R 39 CO-alkyl, - (CH 2 ) 1 COR 3 S0 2 -alkyl or - (CH 2 ) ⁇ -COR 39 CO-alkyl group
- R 39 represents -N ⁇ - or -NH-, 1 is a whole number between 1 and 6 and M is an optional counter-ion providing charge compensation.
- R 31 to R 3 ⁇ preferably independently represent hydrogen, F, Cl, Br or alkyl, CF 3 , OCH 3 or phenyl groups; or R 31 and R 32 ; R 32 and R 33 ; R 34 and R 35 ; or R 35 and R 36 together represent the atoms necessary to form an anellated benzo- or naphtho-ring.
- blue sensitizers include the following compounds, in which "Et" represents Ethyl:
- the colour photographic material contains at least one blue-sensitive layer comprising a blue sensitizer according to formula (IX) wherein: X 1 and X 2 represent S, R 35 represents a trifluormethyl group or a halogen atom, in particular a chlorine atom, R 32 and R 33 together represent the atoms necessary to form an anellated benzo-, naphtho- or heterocyclic ring, particularly an anellated benzo-ring and R 37 and R 38 independently represent sulfoalkyl-, carboxyalkyl,
- a blue sensitizer according to formula (IX) wherein: X 1 and X 2 represent S, R 35 represents a trifluormethyl group or a halogen atom, in particular a chlorine atom, R 32 and R 33 together represent the atoms necessary to form an anellated benzo-, naphtho- or heterocyclic ring, particularly an anellated benzo-ring and R 37 and R 38 independently represent sulfoalkyl-, carboxyalky
- red sensitizers include compounds according to formula (X) and (XI) :
- R 41 to R 46 independently represent hydrogen, halogen or an alkyl-, alkoxy, aryl or hetero-aryl group; or R 41 and R 42 ; R 42 and R 43 ; R 44 and R 45 ;or R 45 and R 46 together represent the atoms necessary to form an anellated benzo-, naphtho- or heterocyclic ring
- R 47 and R 48 independently represent an alkyl-, sulfoalkyl-, carboxyalkyl, - (CH 2 ) 1 S0 2 YS0 2 -alkyl, - (CH 2 ) 1 S0 2 YC0-alkyl, - (CH 2 ) ⁇ COYS0 -alkyl or - (CH ) i-COYCO-alkyl group
- Y represents -N ⁇ - or -NH-
- R 49 and R 50 independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl- or an aryl group
- R 51 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen
- the deformable colour photographic silver halide material contains a layer containing at least one compound represented by formula (XII)
- R 52 represents H, CH 3 or 0CH 3 ;
- R53 represents H, OH, CH 3 ,
- the colour photographic material contains a compound according to formula (XII) in a blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer.
- the colour photographic material contains at least one layer containing a compound according to formula (XIII) :
- R represents a substituent and n is 1, 2 or 3.
- R represents a polar group, in particular a sulfo group, a sulfonate group, or a substituted or unsubstituted sulfonamido group.
- the sulfonamido group can be bonded through the S- or the N-atom of the group.
- Compounds according to formula (XIII) are preferably present in a red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer in a quantity of
- Stabilizers according to formula (XIII) are particularly preferred in
- R and R independently represent H, Cl or C ⁇ -C-alkyl, phenyl or chlorophenyl groups.
- Particularly preferred compounds according to formula (XIII) include:
- the red-sensitive layer contains at least one compound according to formula (XII) and at least one compound according to formula (XIII) .
- the main ingredients of photographic emulsion layers are binders, silver halide crystals and colour couplers. Details over suitable binders are to be found in Research Disclosure 37254, part 2 (1995) page 286, herein incorporated by reference.
- hydrophobic colour couplers as well as other hydrophobic ingredients in the layer, are usually dissolved or dispersed in high boiling point organic solvents. These solutions or dispersions are then emulsified in an aqueous binder solution (usually gelatin) and remain in the layers after drying as fine droplets (0.05 to 0.8 ⁇ m in diameter).
- aqueous binder solution usually gelatin
- fine droplets 0.05 to 0.8 ⁇ m in diameter
- the light-insensitive layers generally coated between the light-sensitive layers with different spectral sensitivities can contain ingredients, which hinder undesirable diffusion of developer oxidation products from one light-sensitive layer to another such layer with different spectral sensitization.
- Suitable compounds white couplers, scavengers for developer oxidation products (also called DOP scavengers, Dox scavengers, interlayer scavengers or just scavengers) are to be found in Research Disclosure 37254, part 7 (1995) page 292 and in Research Disclosure 37038, part III, page 84 herein incorporated by reference.
- the colour photographic material may further contain UV-light absorbing compounds, brighteners, spacing agents, filter dyes, formaldehyde captors, anti-fading agents, antioxidants, D m j_ n -dyes, additives to improve the dye, coupler and white image area stability, additives to reduce colour fog, plasticizers (latices) , biocides and polyvinylpyrrolidone .
- Such additives and other additives can be contained in the emulsion and interlayers, but can also be contained in additional layers between the support and emulsion layers and/or on the non-emulsion layer-bearing side of the support. Suitable compounds are to be found in Research Disclosure 37254, part 8 (1995) page 292 and in Research Disclosure 37038, parts IV, V, VI, VII, X, XI and XIII (1995), from page 84 herein incorporated by reference.
- the layers of the colour photographic material are usually hardened i.e. the binders used, preferably gelatin, is crosslinked by a suitable chemical process.
- Immediate or fast hardeners are preferably employed. Suitable immediate and fast hardeners are to be found in Research Disclosure 37254, part 9 (1995), page 294 and in Research Disclosure 37038, part XII (1995), page 86, herein incorporated by reference.
- outermost layers of the photographic material and in particular the outermost layer on the image side can be embossed and/or coloured and/or printed with any kind of design, image or text.
- the process for producing a deformed image can be used to apply any kind of representations like images, designs, patterns, letters and so forth to a wide variety of work pieces including pieces of furniture.
- Solutions 02 and 03 at 40°C were simultaneously added at a constant rate to Solution 01 in a precipitation vessel at a pAg of 7.7 and a 0 pH of 5.3 with vigorous stirring over a period of 30 minutes.
- the pAg-value was maintained by adding a sodium chloride solution and the pH maintained by adding dilute sulphuric acid to the precipitation vessel.
- a silver chloride emulsion was obtained with an average silver chloride grain size 5 of 0.09 ⁇ m.
- the weight ratio of gelatin to silver nitrate was 0.14.
- the emulsion was then subjected to ultrafitration at 50°C and redispersed with sufficient gelatin and deionized water to yield a dispersion containing 200g of silver chloride per kg dispersion, a weight ratio of gelatin to silver nitrate (equivalent 0 to AgX present) of 0.3 and an average silver chloride grain size of 0.13 ⁇ m.
- EmM2 Lippmann emulsion EmM2 was prepared as described for Em l except that Solution 04 was used instead of Solution 02.
- the emulsion obtained contained 90 mol% silver chloride, 10 mol% 0 silver bromide and 500 x 10 -9 mol Ir4+ per mol silver chloride.
- Solutions 12 and 13 at 50°C were simultaneously added to Solution 10 11 in a precipitation vessel at a pAg of 7.7 with vigorous stirring over a period of 150 minutes.
- the pAg- value was maintained by adding a sodium chloride solution and a pH of 5.3 was maintained by adding dilute sulphuric acid to the precipitation vessel.
- the addition rate of both Solutions 12 and 15 13 was so regulated that in the first 100 minutes it increased linearly from 2 mL/min to 16 mL/min and during the final 50 minutes was held constant at 20 mL/min.
- a silver chloride emulsion was thereby obtained with an average silver chloride grain size of 0.85 ⁇ m.
- the weight ratio of gelatin to silver nitrate (equivalent to 20 AgX) was 0.14.
- the emulsion was then subjected to ultrafiltration at 50°C and redispersed with sufficient gelatin and deionized water to yield a dispersion containing 200g of silver chloride per kg dispersion and a weight ratio of gelatin to silver nitrate (equivalent to AgX present) of 0.56.
- the emulsion thereby obtained
- the emulsion was then chemically ripened at a pH of 5.3 with 0.13 x 10 mol ammonium tetrachloroaurate and 5.4 x 10 mol sodium thiosulphate per mole of silver chloride for 180 minutes at a temperature of 47°C. After chemical ripening the following
- the precipitation, desalting and redispersion were carried out as described for EmBl .
- the emulsion thereby obtained contained 5 x 10 -9 mol Ir4+ per mole silver chloride.
- Emulsion EmM2 within 20 minutes before chemical sensitization.
- the emulsion thereby produced contained 10 mmol silver bromide and 5 x 10 -9 mol Ir4+ per mole silver chloride, which was localised in the outermost zone (the shell) of the emulsion crystals.
- Solutions 22 and 23 at 48°C were simultaneously added to Solution 21 in a precipitation vessel at a pAg of 7.7 with intensive stirring over a period of 75 minutes.
- the pAg-value was maintained by adding a sodium chloride solution and a pH-value of 5.3 was maintained by adding dilute sulphuric acid to the precipitation vessel.
- the addition rate of both solutions 22 and 23 was so regulated that in the first 50 minutes it increased linearly from 4 mL/min to 36mL/min and during the final 25 minutes was held constant at 40 mL/min.
- a silver chloride emulsion was thereby obtained with an average silver chloride grain size of 0.37 ⁇ m.
- the weight ratio of gelatin to silver nitrate (equivalent to AgX) was 0.14.
- the emulsion was then subjected to ultrafitration at 50°C, washed and redispersed with sufficient gelatin and deionized water to yield a dispersion containing 200g of silver chloride per kg dispersion, 5 x 10 -9 mol Ir4+ and 2.5 x 10-9 mol Rh 3+ per mol silver chloride and a weight ratio of gelatin to silver nitrate (equivalent to AgX present) of 0.56.
- the emulsion was then chemically ripened at a pH of 5.3 with 0.82 x 10 —6 mol ammonium tetrachloroaurate and 2.74 x 10—6 mol sodium thiosulphate per mole of silver chloride for 240 minutes at a temperature of 45°C.
- the following ingredients were added per mole AgCl at 40°C: 1.2 mmol of the green sensitizing compound (GS-1), 2.4 mmol of the stabilizing compound EST-3, 1.2 mmol of the stabilizing compound (XII-1) and finally 10 mmol of potassium bromide.
- the precipitation, desalting and redispersion were carried out as described for EmGl except that the amount of EmMl in Solution 21 was reduced from 480 g to 195 g. After desalting and redispersion the silver chloride crystals had an average diameter of 0.50 ⁇ m.
- the emulsion was mixed at 40°C with 50 g of Lippmann Emulsion
- EmM2 within 20 minutes before chemical sensitization.
- the precipitation, desalting and redispersion were carried out as described for EmGl .
- the emulsion was chemically ripened at a pH of 5.3 with 2.2 x 10 mol ammonium tetrachloroaurate and 9.0 x 10 mol sodium thiosulphate per mole silver chloride for 280 minutes at a temperature of 55°C.
- After chemical ripening the following ingredients were added per mole AgCl at 40°C: 150 ⁇ mol of the spectral sensitizing compound (X-l) , 5.0 mmol of the stabilizing compound ⁇ ST-4 and finally 10 mmol of potassium bromide.
- the precipitation, desalting and redispersion were carried out as described for EmG2.
- the emulsion was chemically ripened at a pH of
- EmR2 The precipitation, desalting and redispersion were carried out as described for EmR2.
- the emulsion was chemically ripened at a pH of 5.5 with 1.8 x 10 mol ammonium tetrachloroaurate and 7.5 x 10 mol sodium thiosulphate per mole of silver chloride for 330 minutes at a temperature of 50°C.
- After chemical ripening the following ingredients were added per mole AgCl at 40°C: 75 ⁇ mol of the spectral sensitizing compound (X-2) , 1.2 mmol of the stabilizing compound (XII-8), 0.4 mmol of the stabilizing compound (EST-5) and finally 10 mmol of potassium bromide.
- EmR4 the following ingredients were added per mole AgCl at 40°C: 75 ⁇ mol of the spectral sensitizing compound (X-2) , 1.2 mmol of the stabilizing compound (XII-8), 0.4 mmol of the stabilizing compound (EST-5)
- the precipitation, desalting and redispersion were carried out as described for EmG4.
- the emulsion was mixed at 40°C with 50 g of Lippmann Emulsion
- EmM2 within 20 minutes before chemical sensitization.
- the emulsion thereby produced contained 10 mmol silver bromide and 5 x 10 -9 mol
- a colour photographic material suitable for photographic processing, was prepared by coating the following layers in the following order onto a PVC plastic foil.
- the silver halide coverage is given as equivalent quantities of silver nitrate.
- Layer 5 (UV-protection layer) 1.05 g/m gelatin 0.35 g/m 2 UV-Absorber UV-1 0.20 g/m 2 UV-Absorber UV-2 0.13 g/m 2 UV-Absorber UV-3 0.06 g/m Dox-scavenger SC-1 0.06 g/m Dox-scavenger SC-2 0.33 g/m 2 TKP
- UV-Absorber UV-1 0.10 g/m UV-Absorber UV-2 0.05 g/m 2 UV-Absorber UV-3 0,15 g/m 2 TKP
- Table 2 gives the particle size M*, the type and quantity of doping agent, the stabilizers and sensitizers used in the silver halide emulsion layers given in Table 1.
- the Hg-, Ir- and Rh-quantities are molar ratios with respect to silver halide.
- Gamma-value GI threshold gradation x 100, i.e. 100 times the slope of the sensitometric curve between a density of D m i n + 0.10 and a density of D m i n + 0.85
- Gamma-value G2 middle gradation x 100, i.e. 100 times the slope of the sensitometric curve between a density of D m i n + 0.85 and a density of D m j. n + 1.60
- the sensitometric properties of the colour photographic material 5 upon analogue exposure were determined by exposing it through a graduated grey wedge with a density change per density step of 0.1 with a halogen lamp with a constant exposure (light intensity x time) for exposure times of 0.04 s, 0.82 s, 4.91 s and 76 s.
- the sensitometric properties of the colour photographic material upon digital exposure were determined by exposing it with an digital printer with the following technical specifications :
- Red laser wavelength of 683 nm
- Green laser wavelength of 543 nm
- Blue laser wavelength of 458 nm
- Layer configurations 102 to 104 are usable without loss in image quality in the whole exposure range and are supremely suitable for both digital and long time exposures .
- the deformable colour photographic recording materials of the present invention are suitable for digital exposure and give high quality images . Particularly good results have been realized with colour photographic materials containing stabilizers according to formula (XII) . Furthermore, it has been found advantageous to use blue sensitizers according to formula (IX) and red sensitizers according to formula (X) , and in particular to use silver halide emulsions with a higher silver halide grain size.
- EXAMPLE 5 polyethylene coated paper (photographic support supplied by Schoeller; weight 258 g/m2; 35 g/m2 polyethylene containing about 11 % by weight of Ti ⁇ 2 pigments are coated on the front-side (the side the photographic layers are applied to) ; 28 g/m2 polyethylene are coated on the back-side; and the back-side of the coated paper is provided with an antistatic layer.
- EXAMPLE 6 PC foil (175 ⁇ m thick; supplied by General Electric)
- EXAMPLE 7 PET foil (175 ⁇ m thick; longitudinally and laterally stretched) ; such a foil is commonly used as a support for display materials.
- Layer assembly 108 consisted only of 220 ⁇ m thick PVC toned white with Ti ⁇ 2 (comprising no plastizisers) - corona pretreated.
- Layer assemblies 104 to 107 were digitally exposed as described above with an image comprising black characters of varying size (height 3 mm to 10 mm) and chemical processed as described for EXAMPLES 1 to 4.
- a transparent PVC sheet of 80 ⁇ m precoated on one side with a polyethylene sheet 75 ⁇ m thick was laid onto the thus prepared image and laminated with the polyethylene in contact with the topcoat of the image layer of layer assemblies 104 to 108.
- a roller laminator was used for pressing together the superposed materials at a temperature of 104°C measured within the sandwich.
- Layer assembly (104) could easily be deformed and exhibited neither cracks nor micro-cracks.
- Layer assembly (105) could not be deformed (exhibited cracks and micro-cracks) .
- Layer assembly (106) could be deformed, but needed longer then layer assembly 104; it exhibited neither cracks nor micro-cracks. Layer assembly (107) could not be deformed, (exhibited micro- cracks) .
- Layer assembly (108) could easily be deformed and exhibited neither cracks nor micro-cracks .
- the image quality was evaluated with the naked eye by looking at the black characters in the deformed part of the test pieces.
- Layer assembly (104) showed no loss in image quality at the deformed parts .
- Layer assembly (106) showed minor losses in image quality that were barely visible as a small loss in density (dark grey instead of black) of the characters in the deformed parts .
- Layer assembly (108) showed a significant loss in image quality in form of a clearly visible brightening of the characters in the deformed parts. Along the edges and corners grey and even white lines appear within the characters.
- PVC and PC are preferred supports for the photographic material of the present invention.
- the advantage of PVC is it's ease of deformation.
- the XXX material (108) gave a poor image quality upon deformation and cannot be used according to the present invention.
- the present invention may include any feature or combination of features disclosed herein either implicitly or explicitly or any generalisation thereof irrespective of whether it relates to the presently claimed invention.
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