Image recording process using both silver halide and vinyl monomers

Claim 2

An image recording process which comprises forming a latent image by imagewise exposure of light-sensitive silver halide, developing the latent image with a reducing agent selected from the group consisting of polyhydroxybenzenes, alkoxyphenols, 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidones and aromatic amines which has a function as a developing agent for silver halide and a function as a polymerization inhibitor for polymerizable vinyl monomer, but loses the function as a polymerization inhibitor after development of silver halide, to result in a state that polymerization of the polymerizable vinyl monomer is inhibited by the residual reducing agent, and thereafter conducting substantially uniform light exposure to cause photopolymerzation of the polymerizable vinyl monomer in the part where said reducing agent is not present, in the presence of a photopolymerization initiator, whereby a polymer image corresponding to said latent image is formed.

Claim 3

An image recording process which comprises forming a latent image by imagewise exposure of light-sensitive silver halide, developing the latent image with a reducing agent selected from the group consisting of polyhydroxybenzenes, alkoxyphenols, 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidones and aromatic amines which has a function as a developing agent for silver halide and function as a polymerization inhibitor for polymerizable vinyl monomer, but loses the function as a polymerization inhibitor after development of silver halide, to result in a state that polymerization of the polymerizable vinyl monomer is inhibited by the residual reducing agent, and thereafter conducting substantially uniform light exposure to cause photopolymerization of the polymerization vinyl monomer in the part where said reducing agent is not present, in a presence of a photopolymerization initiator, thereby forming a polymer image, and thereafter substantially uniformly heating the layer having said polymer image and a layer containing a dye capable of being bleached with said polymerizable vinyl monomer, or containing a dye precursor which forms a dye capable of being bleached with said polymerizable vinyl monomer while heating in a state of contact, to bleach said dye or the dye formed from said dye precursor with the unpolymerized polymerizable vinyl monomer, whereby the dye image corresponding to said latent image is formed.

Claim 4

An image recording process which comprises forming a latent image by imagewise exposure of light-sensitive silver halide, developing the latent image with a reducing agent selected from the group consisting of polyhydroxybenzenes, alkoxyphenols, 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidones and aromatic amines which has a function as a developing agent for silver halide and function as a polymerization inhibitor for polymerizable vinyl monomer, but loses the function as a polymerization inhibitor after development of silver halide, to result in a state that polymerization of the polymerizable vinyl monomer is inhibited by the residual reducing agent, and thereafter conducting substantially uniform light exposure to cause photopolymerization of the polymerization vinyl monomer in the part where said reducing agent is not present, in a presence of a photopolymerization initiator, thereby forming a polymer image, and thereafter substantially uniformly heating the layer having said polymer image and a layer containing a dye capable of being bleached with said polymerizable vinyl monomer, or containing a dye precursor which forms a dye capable of being bleached with said polymerizable vinyl monomer while heating in a state of contact, to bleach said dye or the dye formed from said dye precursor with the unpolymerized polymerizable vinyl monomer, whereby the dye image corresponding to said latent image is formed.

Claim 5

An image recording process as in claim 1, wherein the light-sensitive silver halide is used in a silver content range of from 0.005 g to 1 g/m 2 .

Claim 6

An image recording process as in claim 1, wherein the light-sensitive silver halide is used in a silver content range of from 0.01 g to 0.3 g/m 2 .

Claim 7

An image recording process as in claim 1, wherein the polymerizable vinyl monomer is used in a range of from 0.1 g to 10 g/m 2 .

Claim 8

An image recording process as in claim 1, wherein the photopolymerization initiator is contained in a range of from 0.0001 to 0.1 mols per mol of the vinyl monomer.

Claim 9

An image recording process as in claim 1, wherein the reducing agent is contained in a range of from 0.01 to 5 mols per mol of the light-sensitive silver halide.

Claim 10

An image recording process as in claim 1, wherein an organic silver salt oxidizing agent is additionally contained.

Claim 11

An image recording process as in claim 1, wherein the photopolymerization initiator comprises a photo-reducible dye and a hydrogen donating compound.

Claim 12

An image recording process as in claim 2, wherein an aliphatic amine is additionally added as a developing accelerator.

Claim 13

An image recording process as in claim 2, wherein the light-sensitive silver halide is used in a silver content range of from 0.005 g to 1 g/m 2 .

Claim 14

An image recording process as in claim 2, wherein the light-sensitive silver halide is used in a silver content range of from 0.01 g to 0.3 g/m 2 .

Claim 15

An image recording process as in claim 2, wherein the polymerizable vinyl monomer is used in a range of from 0.1 g to 10 g/m 2 .

Claim 16

An image recording process as in claim 2, wherein the polymerizable vinyl monomer is used in a range of from 0.5 g to 5 g/m 2 .

Claim 17

An image recording process as in claim 2, wherein the photopolymerization initiator is contained in a range of from 0.0001 to 0.1 mols per mol of the vinyl monomer.

Claim 18

An image recording process as in claim 2, wherein the reducing agent is contained in a range of from 0.01 to 5 mols per mol of the light-sensitive silver halide.

Claim 19

An image recording process as in claim 2, wherein an organic silver salt oxidizing agent is additionally contained.

Claim 20

An image recording process as in claim 2, wherein the photopolymerization initiator comprises a photo-reducible dye and a hydrogen donating compound.

Claim 21

An image recording process as in claim 2, wherein an aliphatic amine is additionally added as a developing accelerator.