申请人:EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
公开号:EP0608825A1
公开(公告)日:1994-08-03
An aqueous solid particle thermal solvent dispersion, where said thermal solvent is a water-immiscible phenol derivative and has a melting point between 50°C and about 200°C, and where said dispersion contains a dispersing aid, is disclosed and an aqueous developable chromogenic photographic dye-diffusion transfer element of two or more layers comprising a support, radiation sensitive silver halide, a dye-forming compound wherein said compound forms a heat transferable dye upon reaction of said compound with the oxidation product of a primary amine developing agent, a hydrophilic binder, and a solid particle thermal solvent dispersion, wherein said thermal solvent is a water-immiscible phenol derivative, has a melting point of between 50°C and about 200°C, and is incorporated at 5 to 200% by weight of said hydrophilic binder, and where said thermal solvent dispersion contains a dispersing aid, is disclosed. Also disclosed is a diffusion transfer process for forming a color photographic image comprising the steps of:
providing an aqueous-developable photographic color diffusion transfer element of two or more layers comprising a single dimensionally stable support, radiation sensitive silver halide, an aqueous solid particle thermal solvent dispersion for facilitating the thermal diffusion of dyes through a hydrophilic binder, a dye-releasing or dye-forming coupler compound, and hydrophilic binder, wherein said dye is heat transferable in said binder and said thermal solvent, said thermal solvent has a melting point between 50°C and about 200°C, said dispersion contains a dispersing aid, and said thermal solvent is incorporated at 5 to 200% by weight of said hydrophilic binder;
exposing said element to actinic radiation;
processing said element by contacting said element to an external aqueous bath containing compounds selected from the group consisting of conventional color developer compounds of the primary amine type, compounds which activate the release of incorporated color developers, and compounds which activate development by incorporated dye developers;
washing said element;
drying said element to remove imbibed water; and
heating said element to effect dye diffusion transfer to an image receiving layer, wherein bleaching and fixing steps are absent in said diffusion transfer process.
本发明公开了一种水性固体颗粒热溶剂分散体,其中所述热溶剂为不溶于水的苯酚衍生物,熔点在 50°C 至约 200°C 之间,且所述分散体含有一种分散助剂;还公开了一种由两层或多层组成的水性可显影显色照相染料扩散转移元件,其中包括一种支撑体、辐射敏感卤化银、公开了一种染料形成化合物,其中所述化合物与伯胺显影剂的氧化产物、亲水性粘合剂和固体颗粒热溶剂分散体反应后形成一种可热转移的染料,其中所述热溶剂为不溶于水的苯酚衍生物,熔点在 50°C 至约 200°C 之间,并以所述亲水性粘合剂重量的 5% 至 200% 的比例加入,且所述热溶剂分散体中含有一种分散助剂。还公开了一种用于形成彩色照片图像的扩散转移工艺,包括以下步骤:
提供一种由两层或多层组成的水性显影彩色扩散转印元件,这些层包括单维稳定的支撑物、辐射敏感的卤化银、用于促进染料通过亲水粘合剂进行热扩散的水性固体颗粒热溶剂分散液、染料释放或染料形成耦合剂化合物,以及亲水性粘合剂,其中所述染料可在所述粘合剂和所述热溶剂中热传导,所述热溶剂的熔点在 50°C 至约 200°C 之间,所述分散体含有分散助剂,所述热溶剂的加入量为所述亲水性粘合剂重量的 5% 至 200%;
将所述元件置于放热辐射下;
处理所述元件,方法是将所述元件与外部水浴接触,所述外部水浴含有选自以下组别的化合物:传统的伯胺型显色剂化合物、可激活掺入的显色剂释放的化合物,以及可激活掺入的染料显色剂显色的化合物;
清洗所述元件
干燥所述元件以去除浸入的水分;以及
加热所述元件,使染料扩散转移到图像接收层,其中所述扩散转移过程中没有漂白和固色步骤。