Photographic reproduction process using photopolymerizable resins and new images obtained

Claim 1

A PHOTOGRAPH CONTINUOUS TONE IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROCESS COMPRISING EXPOSING TO A LIGHT IMAGE A COATING OF A CROSS-LINKABLE LIGHT-SETTING POLYMERIC RESIN APPLIED TO A CERAMIC BASE, SO AS TO SET RESIN IMAGEWISE BY CROSS-LINKING SAID COATING AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN THE MELTING POINT AND THE CHARRING POINT OF SAID RESIN IN ORDER TO SOFTEN ITS AREAS IN INVERSE RATIO TO THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT EXPOSURE AND, WHILE SAID COATING IS THUS DIFFERENTIALLY SOFTENED, APPLYING A PIGMENT CAPABLE OF BEING GLAZED WHICH ADHERES TO THE COATING IN AN AMOUNT WHICH IS THE GREATER AS THE AREAS HAVE BEEN MORE SOFTENED, I.E. HAVE RECEIVED A SMALLER OF LIGHT EXPOSURE, TO OBTAIN A CONTINUOUS TONE IMAGE REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL IMAGE, AND FIRING THE CERAMIC BASE AT THE GLAZING TEMPERATURE TO CONVERT THE PIGMENT INTO ENAMEL AND SIMULTANEOUSLY DECOMPOSE THE RESIN.