The present invention provides a dye diffusion transfer imaging process for the production of retained images, comprising the steps of:
- applying an alkaline aqueous processing composition to an image-wise exposed photographic element that contains in operative association with an alkali-permeable silver halide hydrophilic colloid emulsion layer a redox-activatable compound that initially is immobile in an aqueous alkali-permeable colloid medium and is capable of releasing under alkaline conditions in reduced state a diffusible dye moiety,
- providing a silver halide developing agent in said photographic element for being present therein during application of said alkaline aqueous processing composition to cause as a function of development of said silver halide emulsion layer the release of said diffusible dye moiety from said redox-activatable compound upon reduction thereof at the non-silver image areas or the loss of the capacity of said redox-activatable compound of releasing said diffusible dye moiety upon oxidation of said redox-activatable compound at the silver image areas, and
- allowing diffusion of said diffusible dye moiety into an extracting liquid or disposable receptor medium and leaving in said photographic element a silver image as well as an UV-absorbing dye image retained congruously with said silver image,
said redox-activatable compound comprising at least two dye units together absorbing radiation all over the range between 300 and 450 nm. The present invention also provides a photographic silver halide element comprising such a redox-activatable compound.
本发明提供了一种用于制作保留图像的
染料扩散转移成像工艺,包括以下步骤:
- 将碱性
水溶液冲洗组合物应用于图像曝光的感光元件,该感光元件含有与透碱卤化
银亲
水胶体乳剂层有效结合的可氧化还原活化的化合物,该化合物最初在
水性透碱胶体介质中不移动,并能在碱性条件下以还原状态释放可扩散的
染料分子、
- 在所述感光元件中提供一种卤化
银显影剂,以便在使用所述碱性
水性冲洗组合物期间存在于其中,从而在所述卤化
银乳剂层的显影过程中,使所述氧化还原活化化合物在非
银图像区域还原时从所述氧化还原活化化合物中释放所述可扩散
染料分子,或使所述氧化还原活化化合物在
银图像区域氧化时失去释放所述可扩散
染料分子的能力,以及
- 允许所述可扩散
染料扩散到提取液或一次性受体介质中,并在所述感光元件中留下
银图像以及与所述
银图像一致保留的紫外线吸收
染料图像、
所述氧化还原活化化合物由至少两个
染料单元组成,共同吸收 300 至 450 纳米波长范围内的辐射。本发明还提供了一种包含这种可氧化还原活化化合物的照相卤化
银元件。