Imaged agglomerable element and process of imaging
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorWilliam L. Goffe
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Abstract
An imaging system comprising providing an imaging member comprising an agglomerable layer in contact with an imagewise hardenable-softenable layer and imagewise hardening said member. An image is developed by imagewise softening said member to cause relative transparentizing in the imagewise softened areas due to an agglomeration of the agglomerable layer in the imagewise softened portions of said member.
Claims11
An imaged member comprising a softenable layer, an image configuration of agglomerable material in a relatively unagglomerated condition relative to a complementary image pattern comprising larger agglomerates, the relatively unagglomerated image pattern and the agglomerated complementary image pattern being located at the same level in depth in the softenable layer, the softenable layer in the unagglomerated image area being harder and corresponding portions of the imaged member being relatively less transparent than the portions of the imaged member corresponding to the agglomerated complementary image pattern areas.
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