Photographic image transfer systems utilizing processing compositions containing high viscosity hydroxyethyl cellulose

Claim 1

IN THE PROCESSING OF AN EXPOSED PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENT COMPRISING A SUPPORT, SUPERPOSED RED, GREEN AND BLUE LIGHT-SENSITIVE SILVER HALIDE EMULSION LAYERS, AND A DYE DEVELOPER WHICH IS BOTH A SILVER HALIDE DEVELOPING AGENT AND A DYE CONTINUOUS TO THE SILVER HALIDE OF EACH OF SAID SILVER HALIDE EMULSION LAYERS, SAID PROCESSING BEING EFFECTED BY TREATING SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENT WITH AN ALKALINE LIQUID, DEVELOPING LATENT IMAGES IN THE REGIONS OF EXPOSURE OF SAID SILVER HALIDE EMULSION LAYERS AND THEREBY IMMOBILIZING DYE DEVELOPERS IN SAID REGIONS OF EXPOSURE, DYE DEVELOPERS IN UNDEVELOPED REGIONS DIFFUSING IMAGEWISE TO THE SURFACE OF SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENT, AND TRANSFERRING THE RESULTING DIFFUSED IMAGES FROM SAID UNDEVELOPED REGIONS IN REGISTER TO A DYE DEVELOPER RECEIVING SHEET SUPERPOSED ON SAID PHOTOGRAPHIC ELEMENT, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES UTILIZING IN SAID ALKALINE LIQUID AS A THICKENING AGENT HYDROXYETHYL CELLULOSE HAVING A VISCOSITY OF MORE THAN ABOUT 10,000CPS. IN 2% SOLUTION IN WATER AT 25*C.