Dye image receiving material

A laminar article comprising a dye image produced in an image-receiving material suitable for image production by dye diffusion transfer processing controlled by development of (an) image-wise exposed silver halide emulsion layer(s), wherein said image-receiving material contains a hydrophobic resin support coated with a subbing layer that is coated with said image-receiving layer containing gelatin in combination with a cationic polymeric mordant which is a basic polyurethane polyurea or polyurea-polyurethane consisting of from 0 to 30 mole % of recurring units derived from a modifying monomer selected from the group consisting of monofunctional and trifunctional alcohols, amines, and isocyanates and from 70 to 100 mole % of recurring units of the general formula

• (--A--B--)
• in which segment A corresponds to the general formula:
• ##STR17## wherein:
• R.sub.1 represents a straight or branched chain alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, aralkyl or a disubstituted aminoalkyl group of the formula:
• ##STR18## or an ethylene or 1,2-propylene group which is attached to X.sub.1 or X.sub.2 through the second bond with formation of a piperazine ring,
• each of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 (same or different) represents a C1-C4 alkyl group or together represent the atoms required to complete a pyrrolidine, pipeidine or morphiline ring, each of X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 (same or different) represents --O--, --NH--,
• --NR.sub.4 --, or a grup of the formula --NR.sub.4 --(CH.sub.2)m4--X.sub.3 -- in which:
• R.sub.4 represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms or when only one of the groups X.sub.1 or X.sub.2 is --NR.sub.4 --(CH.sub.2)m4--X.sub.3 --, R.sub.4 may together with R.sub.1 form an ethylene or a 1,2-propylene group,
• X.sub.3 represents --O--, --NH-- or --NR.sub.4 -- and may be the same as or different from X.sub.1 or X.sub.2, and
• m1 to m4 represents 2 or 3, but in the case of m1 or m2 only the value 2 may occur when R.sub.1 and R.sub.4 together form an ethylene or 1,2-propylene group, and
• wherein segment A contains up to 40% of the bivalent tertiary amino group quaternized with a quaternizing agent carrying glycidyl groups, and the remainder of the teritary amino groups being at least partially:
• (i) quaternized with quaternizing agents absent glycidyl groups, or
• (ii) neutralized with an acid, and
• in which segment B corresponds to the formula:
• --CO--Y--CO--
• wherein Y represents , same or different, --O--R.sub.5 --O--,
• --NH--R.sub.6 --NH-- or --NH--R.sub.6 --NH--CO--O--R.sub.7 --O--CO--NH--R.sub.6 --NH--,
• wherein:
• R.sub.5 represents an alkylene group unsubstituted or subsstituted with alkyl or interrupted by ether oxygen atoms,
• R.sub.6 represents an alkylene group unsubstituted or substituted with alkyl groups, a cycloalkylene group or an arylene group, and
• R.sub.7 represents any divalent group not containing any Zerewitinoff active group or a group capable of reacting with isocyanate groups,
• provided that Y can represent --OR.sub.5 O only when X.sub.1, X.sub.2 or X.sub.3 are not --O--;
• characterized in that the weight ratio of said polymeric mordant to gelatin in said image-receiving layer is between 25:1 to 1:1 and the gelatin is present therein at a converage of at least 0.1 g per m.sup.2, and in that said subbing layer has been applied from an aqueous composition comprising a polyester-polyurethane wherein isocyanate groups still present in its structure have reacted with an ionomeric compound containing at least one active hydrogen atom and a carobxylate or sulphonate salt group forming an anionic polyesterpolyurethane, and wherein the image-receiving layer is enveloped between a vinyl chloride polymer support and a resin cover sheet fixed to the image-receiving layer by lamination using pressure and heat.