Silver halide developer containing a film-forming plastic and a water insoluble finely comminuted solid substance

Claim 1

A PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING COMPOSITION FOR FORMING TRANSFER PRINTS OF LATENT IMAGES CONTAINED IN SILVER HALIDE EMULSIONS, WHICH COMPOSITION COMPRISES A SILVER HALIDE DEVELOPER, A SOLVENT INCLUDING WATER FOR SAID DEVELOPER, AN ALKALI, A WATER-SOLUBLE SILVER HALIDE SOLVENT, A WATERSOLUBLE FILM-FORMING PLASTIC, SAID PLASTIC FORMING A SOLID FILM UPON REMOVAL OF THE LIQUID CONTENT OF SAID COMPOSITION, AND A WATER-INSOLUBLE FINELY COMMINUTED SOLID SUBSTANCE CHEMICALLY INERT TO THE DEVELOPER, ALKALI, SILVER HALIDE SOLVENT AND PLASTIC, SAID COMPOSITION, WHEN SPREAD IN A THIN LAYER BETWEEN A PHOTOSENSITIVE SILVER HALIDE EMULSION CONTAINING A LATENT IMAGE AND A PRINTRECEIVING LAYER, BEING CAPABLE OF FORMING A TRANSFER PRINT OF SAID LATENT IMAGE AND OF FORMING A SOLID FILM OF SAID PLASTIC THROUGHOUT THE SPREAD AREA WHEN THE LIQUID CONTENT OF THE COMPOSITION HAS BEEN ABSORBED AND EVAPORATED THEREFROM, SAID FINELY COMMINUTED SUBSTANCE IMPARTING A MATTER SURFACE TO SAID FILM AND INCREASING THE RESISTANCE THEREOF TO CRACKING.