Process for increasing the density of images obtained by thermal dye transfer
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorKin K. Lum
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Abstract
A process for increasing the density of a thermal dye transfer image comprising image-wise-heating a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer and transferring a dye image to a dye-receiving element to form an image having a certain density, and image-wise-heating at least one more time another portion of the dye-donor element or another dye-donor element and transferring a second dye image, which is of the same hue as the first dye image and is in register with the first dye image, to the dye-receiving element to increase the density of the transferred image.
Claims10
A process for increasing the density of a thermal dye transfer image comprising imagewise-heating a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer and transferring a dye image to a dye-receiving element comprising a transparent support having thereon a dye image-receiving layer to form an image having a certain density, and imagewise-heating at least one more time another portion of said dye-donor element or another dye-donor element and transferring a second dye image, which is of the same hue as said first dye image and is in register with said first dye image, to said dye-receiving element to increase the density of said transferred image.
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