Diffusion transfer to stratum of a silver image inked and used in printing

Claim 1

A PROCESS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF APPLYING TO A PHOTOEXPOSED SILVER HALIDE STRATUM AND A SUPERPOSED HYDROPHILIC, WATER-RECEPTIVE, SILVER-RECEPTIVE STRATUM WHICH CONTAINS NUCLEI FOR PRECIPITATION OF SILVER FROM A WATERSOLUBLE SILVER COMPLEX, AND AQUEOUS ALKALINE SOLUTION OF A SILVER HALIDE DEVELOPER AND A SILVER HALIDE SOLVENT, REDUCING THE EXPOSED SILVER HALIDE IN THE SILVER HALIDE STRATUM TO SILVER, FORMING FROM UNREDUCED SILVER HALIDE IN THE SILVER HALIDE STRATUM A WATER-SOLUBLE SILVER COMPLEX, DIFFUSING THE COMPLEX TO THE SILVER-RECEPTIVE STRATUM, PRODUCING FROM THE COMPLEX IN CONJUNCTION WITH SAID NUCLEI A VISIBLE IMAGE OF THE SILVER-RECEPTIVE STRATUM, SAID IMAGE HAVING FIRST AREAS THAT CONTAIN SILVER CONCENTRATED PRIMARILY AT THE SURFACE OF SAID SILVER-RECEPTIVE STRATUM IN THIN BUT SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS, OLEOPHILIC DENSE MASSES AND SECOND AREAS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY SILVER-FREE, THEREAFTER STRIPPING THE SILVER HALIDE STRATUM FROM THE SILVER-RECEPTIVE STRATUM, COATING SAID SILVER-RECEPTIVE STRATUM WITH AN INK WHICH WILL PREFERENTIALLY WET SAID FIRST AREAS, AND PRESSING THE IMAGE ONTO A COPY SHEET IN ORDER TO TRANSFER SAID INK THERETO.