Process for forming an ablation image
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorMitchell Burberry
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Abstract
A process of forming a single color, ablation image comprising imagewise heating by means of a laser in the absence of a separate receiving element, an ablative recording element comprising a support having thereon, in order, a barrier layer and a colorant layer comprising a colorant dispersed in a polymeric binder, the colorant layer having an infrared-absorbing material associated therewith, the laser exposure taking place through the colorant side of the element, and removing the ablated colorant to obtain the image in the ablative recording element, wherein the barrier layer comprises a thin metal film having a UV optical density up to about 3.0.
Claims7
A process of forming a single color, ablation image comprising imagewise heating by means of a laser in the absence of a separate receiving element, an ablative recording element comprising a support having thereon, in order, a baiter layer and a single colorant layer comprising a dye dispersed in a polymeric binder, an infrared-absorbing material and a hardener, said laser exposure taking place through the colorant side of said element, and removing the ablated colorant to obtain said image in said ablative recording element, wherein said barrier layer comprises a thin metal film having a UV optical density up to about 3.0.
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