Diffusion transfer photographic process using 4, 6-diamino-ortho cresol

Claim 1

THE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESS WHICH COMRPISES THE STEPS OF SELECTIVELY EXPOSING A PHOTOSENSITIVE GELATIONO SILVER HALIDE EMULSION WITH AN ILLUMINANCE FLUX INCIDENT THEREON PREDOMINANTLY BELOW 0.015 METER-CANDLE-SECONDS; DEVELOPING EXPOSED SILVER HALIDE IN SAID PHOTOSENSITIVE EMULSION WITH AN AQUEOUS ALKALINE SOLUTION CONTAINING 4,6DIAMINO-ORTHO CRESOL AND A SILVER HALIDE SOLVENT; SUBSTANTIALLY CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH SAID DEVELOPMENT, CONTACTING UNEXPOSED AND UNDEVELOPED SILVER HALIDE THEREIN WITH SAID SILVER HALIDE SOLVENT AND FORMING THEREBY AN IMAGEWISE DISTRIBUTION OF A SOLUBLE SILVER COMPLEX IN THE EXPOSED AREAS OF SAID EMULSION, AS A FUNCTION OF THE POINT-TO-POINT DEGREE OF EXPOSURE THEREOF; TRANSFERRING FROM SAID EMULSION, AT LEAST IN PART, BY IMBIBITION, SAID IMAGEWISE DISTRIBUTION OF SOLUBLE SILVER COMPLEX TO A PRINT-RECEIVING LAYER, CONTAINING SILVER PRECIPITATING MUCLEI, IS SUPERPOSED RELATIONSHIP TO SAID EMULSION; AND THERE PRECIPITATING SILVER COMPLEX TO PROVIDE THEREBY A REVERSED, POSITIVE, FULL SCALE SILVER PRINT OF THE LATENT IMAGE.