Image forming method using photothermographic material
AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsKatsutoshi Yamane, Sumito Yamada, Eiichi Okutsu, Tomoyuki Ohzeki, Yutaka Oka
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Abstract
An image forming method using a photothermographic material a photosensitive silver halide, a reducing agent, a binder and a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, wherein: the photothermographic material is discharged from a thermal developing device within 35 seconds after heating for thermal development is ceased.
Claims18
An image forming method for a photothermographic material comprising, on at least one side of the support, at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, wherein the photothermographic material is a sheet material and has a gamma value of 2.0 to 4.0 at an optical density of 1.2 in a photographic characteristic curve, comprising:
- imagewise exposing the photothermographic material to laser radiation:
- and developing the photothermographic material in a thermal developing device configured such that a distance between an exposing section and a developing section is not more than 50 cm and the photothermographic material begins to be developed at an exposed portion thereof while another portion is still being exposed.
An image forming method for a photothermographic material comprising an image forming layer formed on at least one side of the support, the image forming layer comprising at least a photosensitive silver halide, a non-photosensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent and a binder, wherein:
- the non-photosensitive organic silver salt includes a silver salt of fatty acid;
- the photothermographic material has the silver salt of fatty acid at an application amount of 5 mmol/m2 to 18 mmol/m2, comprising:
- imagewise exposing the photothermoaranhic material to laser radiation:
- and developing the photothermographic material in a thermal developing device configured such that a distance between an exposing section and a developing section is not more than 50 cm and the photothermographic material begins to be developed at an exposed portion thereof while another portion is still being exposed.
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