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US 5,512,414 AGranted
Solid particle coupler dispersions for color diffusion transfer elements
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorJohn Texter
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InventorJohn Texter
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A photographic color diffusion transfer element is disclosed wherein said element comprises a single dimensionally stable support, wherein said support comprises an opaque and light reflecting layer, and coated thereon in reactive association and in sequence (1) a mordant layer for binding diffusible dyes, (2) a stripping layer, (3) one or more layers comprising radiation sensitive silver halide, a solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound, or radiation sensitive silver halide and a solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound, and (4) a barrier layer comprising a polymer that (a) allows the passage of solutions for processing said element when said element is contacted with an external processing bath and (b) blocks the diffusion out of said element of the diffusible dye formed from said solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound when said element is contacted with an external processing bath. A further embodiment of a photographic color diffusion transfer element is disclosed wherein said element comprises a single dimensionally stable transparent support, and coated thereon in reactive association and in sequence (1) a mordant layer for binding diffusible dyes, (2) an opacifying light reflecting layer, (3) one or more layers comprising radiation sensitive silver halide, a solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound, or radiation sensitive silver halide and a solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound, and (4) a barrier layer comprising a polymer that (a) allows the passage of solutions for processing said element when said element is contacted with an external processing bath and (b) blocks the diffusion out of said element of the diffusible dye formed from said solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound when said element is contacted with an external processing bath. In addition, another embodiment of a photographic color diffusion transfer element is disclosed wherein said element comprises a single dimensionally stable transparent support, and coated thereon in reactive association and in sequence (1) one or more layers comprising radiation sensitive silver halide, a solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound, or radiation sensitive silver halide and a solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound, (2) an pacifying light reflecting layer, (3) a mordant layer for binding diffusible dyes, and (4) a barrier layer comprising a polymer that (a) allows the passage of solutions for processing said element when said element is contacted with an external processing bath and (b) blocks the diffusion out of said element of the diffusible dye formed from said solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound when said element is contacted with an external processing bath.
A photographic color diffusion transfer element comprising one and only one dimensionally stable support, wherein said support comprises an opaque and light reflecting layer, and coated thereon in reactive association and in sequence (1) a mordant layer for binding diffusible dyes, (2) a stripping layer, (3) one or more layers comprising radiation sensitive silver halide, a solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound, or radiation sensitive silver halide and a solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound, and (4) a barrier layer comprising a polymer that (a) allows the passage of solutions for processing said element when said element is contacted with an external processing bath and (b) blocks the diffusion out of said element of the diffusible dye formed from said solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound when said element is contacted with an external processing bath, and wherein the size of dye forming compound particles in said solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound is on average less than 1 .mu.m in largest dimension and wherein the physical state of the dye forming compound in said particles is a microcrystalline physical state.
A photographic color diffusion transfer element comprising one and only one dimensionally stable support, wherein said support is optically transparent, and coated thereon in reactive association and in sequence (1) a mordant layer for binding diffusible dyes, (2) an opacifying light reflecting layer, (3) one or more layers comprising radiation sensitive silver halide, a solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound, or radiation sensitive silver halide and a solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound, and (4) a barrier layer comprising a polymer that (a) allows the passage of solutions for processing said element when said element:
A photographic color diffusion transfer element comprising one and only one dimensionally stable support, wherein said support is optically transparent, and coated thereon in reactive association and in sequence (1) one or more layers comprising radiation sensitive silver halide, a solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound, or radiation sensitive silver halide and a solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound, (2) an opacifying light reflecting layer, (3) a mordant layer for binding diffusible dyes, and (4) a barrier layer comprising a polymer that (a) allows the passage of solutions for processing said element when said element is contacted with an external processing bath and (b) blocks the diffusion out of said element of the diffusible dye formed from said solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound when said element is contacted with an external processing bath, and wherein the size of dye forming compound particles in said solid particle dispersion of a diffusible-dye forming compound is on average less than. 1 .mu.m in largest dimension and wherein the physical state of the dye forming compound in said particles is a microcrystalline physical state.
A diffusion transfer process for forming a color photographic image comprising the steps of:
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