Photographic production of electrically conducting silver images

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A PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING COPPER PLATED SILVER IMAGE COPRISING IMMERSING AN EXPOSED SILVER HALIDE PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSION ON A SUPPORT FOR 30-90 SECONDS IN A MONOBATH COMPRISING A SILVER HALIDE DEVELOPER SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF 530 G. PER LITER HYDROXYLAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE AND A MIXTURE OF 0.5-5G. PER LITER OF 1-PHENYL-3-PYROZOLIDONE, AND 5-30 G. PER LITER HYDROQUINONE AND 5-100 G. PER LITER OF A SILVER COMPLEXING AGENT SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF (ETHYLKMERCAPTO) ACETIC ACID, THIODIGLYCOLIC ACID, AND B,B''-DITHIASUBERIC ACID, TRANSFERRING THE CONDUCTING SILVER IMAGE TO A SUBBED SUPPORT WHICH HAS BEEN NUCLEATED BY BATHING IN A SOLUTION OF A SALT CHOSEN FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF GOLD SALTS AND STANNOUS SALTS, BLOTTED AND DRIED, THE TRANSFER BEING EFFECTED BY PLACING THE SUPPORT EMULSION SIDE DOWN ON THE SUBBED SUPPORT IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING REMOVAL FROM THE MONOBATH AND APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE REVERSE SIDE OF THE SUPPORAT, STRIPPING THE EMULSION FROM THE SUPPORT AND PLATING COPPER ON THE CONDUCTING SILVER LAYER.