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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7285320 | Preparation of images on a substrate surface utilizing an opaque coating composition that becomes transparent upon printing The present invention features processes and compositions for producing a metallic-looking image on a substrate having a reflective or luminescent surface. The process utilizes an opaque coating composition containing an opaque coating agent comprising a mixture of ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270932 | Imaging composition and method Imaging compositions and methods of using the compositions are disclosed. The imaging compositions are sensitive to low levels of energy such that upon application of the low levels of energy the compositions change color or shade. The compositions may be used in me... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7223519 | Imaging compositions and methods Imaging compositions and methods of using the compositions are disclosed. The imaging compositions are sensitive to low levels of energy such that upon application of the low levels of energy the compositions change color or shade. The compositions may be applied to... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7144676 | Imaging compositions and methods Imaging compositions and methods of using the compositions are disclosed. The imaging compositions are sensitive to low levels of energy such that upon application of the low levels of energy the compositions change color or shade. The compositions may be applied to... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7016074 | Color proof forming method and color proof forming apparatus A color proof forming apparatus having: a structure in which a plurality of light sources with different wavelengths are provided, and a light sensitive material is exposed to the light beams emitted from the plurality of light sources; an image processor to receive... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6811641 | Lamination method to create a pre-press proof with a thermal mark A method, a laminator (10), and a belt, for creating a pre-press proof (200) with a thermal mark (190) which comprises laminating a pre-laminate sheet (240) consisting of a first thermoplastic layer, and a first support layer (150)... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6737204 | Hybrid proofing method The present invention provides a flexible and convenient method that combines a digital color image with the versatility of an analog imaging method to create a hybrid digital/analog image, wherein an analog image is formed directly on a digitally generated image. | 05/18/2004 |
| 6514661 | Process for forming a colored image having a dominant attribute A process for making an element for forming a final image with an overall attribute by exposure to actinic radiation, the process comprising: providing a support element having a surface; applying a first layer having a first surface and a second surface to the ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6432617 | Formulations of positive films The present invention relates to positive film formulations for obtaining color selection, through the use of balanced primary colors, and the method to obtain the same. Said formulations comprise an emulsion sensitive to any type of light and a photograp... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6365305 | Analog and digital proofing image combinations cross-reference to related applications A combination digital/analog color proofing method having the steps of: digitally forming a color thermal image on a receiver element comprising a receiver support and an image receiving layer; laminating the digitally formed image with a film comprising ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6165654 | Analog and digital proofing image combinations A combination digital/analog color proofing method having the steps of: digitally forming a color thermal image on a receiver element comprising a receiver support and an image receiving layer; laminating the digitally formed image with a film comprising ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6110320 | Process for coating a solution onto a substrate The invention relates to an apparatus and a method of using the apparatus for applying a substantially uniform coating of solution onto a substrate. The apparatus includes a substrate support having a compressible surface.... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6096490 | Silver halide light sensitive color photographic material and process for preparing color proof A silver halide light sensitive color photographic material is disclosed, comprising a reflective support having on one side of the support a hydrophilic colloid layer containing a white pigment and one or more silver halide emulsion layers, wherein at le... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6051305 | Printed polymeric film and process for making same A printed film includes a substrate film with a surface polymeric layer that includes a thermoplastic polymer having a melting point of no more than about 130° C. and, on a surface of the film, a printed image in the form of a polymeric film. The substra... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5933578 | Method and device for determining the color appearance of color overprints A method and apparatus for determining a small number of parameters that spectrally characterize colorants by a small number of parameters and for using such colorant parameters to predict the spectral reflection or transmission characteristics of such co... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5879865 | Image forming method An image forming method for a silver halide photographic light sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a color image forming layer containing a silver halide emulsion and a dye forming coupler is disclosed, comprising (i) subjecting the pho... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5755910 | Method of transferring a color proof A method of transferring a color proof comprises stacking an image receiving sheet and a color sheet having colorant images formed on a support, applying pressing to the stacked sheets by a heating roller to transfer the colorant images to the image recei... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5756257 | Color proofing article incorporating novel antihalation dye The present invention provides a photosensitive color proofing article incorporating an antihalation effective amount of one or more antihalation dyes of the general formula (I) shown below: ##STR1## wherein: Z is an oxygen atom, NH, or NR; R is an a... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5693449 | Process for the production of a multicolored image and photosensitive material for carrying out this process A photosensitive material for the production of color proofing films for multicolor printing, having (A) a transparent, flexible film support, (B) a photopolymerizable layer which contains (B1) a polymeric binder, (B2) a free-radical-polymerizable compound, (B3) a ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5609945 | Partially translucent white film having metallized surface An image-bearing element comprising of a white, translucent, metallized film article wherein the film article comprises a flexible, heat resistant, polymeric film material with opposite sides. The film material has deposited on a first side a metal coatin... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5571663 | Silver halide light-sensitive material and color filter A silver halide light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon at least four silver halide emulsion layers having different color sensitivity, wherein three layers of the silver halide emulsion layers each contains a specific coupler and the... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5541040 | Positive type color light sensitive material and the image forming process therefor Disclosed is a positive type color light sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a mainly yellow image forming layer, a mainly magenta image forming layer and a mainly cyan image forming layer; wherein, when an exposure quantity-gives minimum de... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5536622 | Hydrazide compounds useful as co-developers for black-and-white photothermographic elements Trityl hydrazides and formyl-phenyl hydrazines are useful as co-developers with hindered phenols in phothothermographic and thermographic elements. These co-developers have the formula: R1 --(C.dbd.O)n --NHNH--R2 R1 ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5532115 | Process for forming a colored image utilizing a non-photosensitive/photosensitive combination A process for forming a colored image comprising, in order: (a) applying at least one aqueous permeable colorant-containing composition to a photosensitive element comprising a permanent carrier element having a carrier surface, and an unpigmented, first ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5508149 | Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material and a method for forming a color image by using the same A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material for use in preparing a color proof image from a halftone image information is provided, comprising a support having thereon blue-sensitive, green-sensitive and red-sensitive silver halide emulsio... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5486450 | Silver halide color photographic light sensitive material and the image-forming process thereof A silver halide color photographic light sensitive material comprising a support which is both side coated with a polyolefin resin is disclosed. A hydrophilic colloidal layer containing a white pigment and a silver halide emulsion layer are provided on th... | 01/23/1996 |
| 5480767 | Silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material and image-forming process Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a reflective support comprising polyolefin resin coated paper and provided on one side thereof with photographic component layers comprising a hydrophilic colloidal layer ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5478694 | Process for the production of a multicolored image and photosensitive material for carrying out this process The invention relates to a photosensitive material for the production of color proofing films for multicolor printing comprising: A) a transparent, flexible film support, B) a photopolymerizable layer containing: B1) a polymeric binder, B2) a free radical-polymeriz... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5462844 | Light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material and process for preparing color proof A light-sensitive silver halide color photographic material suited for preparing a color proofing image is provided, comprising a support and provided thereon a yellow image forming silver halide emulsion layer, a magenta image forming silver halide emuls... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5449592 | Silver halide color photographic light sensitive material for color proof and method for preparing color proof using the same A silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material for making a color proof and a method for making the color proof using the light-sensitive material. Halftone color proofs having a similar color tone of small dots and large dots can be obtained... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5436117 | Positive type silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material for color proofing use Disclosed is a positive type silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a mainly yellow image forming layer, a mainly magenta image forming layer and a mainly cyan image forming layer; wherein, when an ex... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5436116 | Silver halide color photographic photosensitive material and color proof preparation process Disclosed is a silver halide color photographic light-sensitive material comprising a support having thereon a mainly yellow image forming layer, a mainly magenta image forming layer and a mainly cyan image forming layer; wherein, when an exposure is cond... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5397683 | Photochemical method of making decorative designs A photochemical method of making a tactile design comprises the steps of exposing to light a selected portion of photo-sensitive layer-supported by a substrate; applying a decorative coating to the photo-sensitive layer; applying a photo-sensitive emulsio... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5382506 | Silver halide color photographic light sensitive material and the image-forming process thereof A silver halide color photographic light sensitive material comprising a support which is both side coated with a polyolefin resin is disclosed. A hydrophilic colloidal layer containing a white pigment and a silver halide emulsion layer are provided on th... | 01/17/1995 |
| 5370976 | Metallic color printing process A method of reproducing on a substrate an image incorporating metallic inks involves scanning (18) the image to be reproduced and creating (20) four color separations of the scanned image. Metallic gold and/or metallic silver color separations (22, 24) ar... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5328804 | Image producing element containing a photopolymerizable monomer Transfer images with high resolution are obtained with an image producing element containing a layer of a photopolymerisable composition with a monomer of Formula I by imagewise exposure and transfer of the unhardened parts of the photopolymerisable compo... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5294515 | Photopolymerizable, negative working, peel developable, single sheet color proofing system This invention relates to negative working photopolymerizable sheet constructions which, upon exposure to an actinic radiation source through a screened image, can accurately reproduce said image. The construction is useful as a color proofing film which ... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5248583 | Negative single sheet color proofing system based on aqueous developable photo-oligomers A photosensitive color proofing article comprising in the following order: a) a carrier layer, b) a release layer which acts as an oxygen barrier layer, c) a photopolymerizable layer comprising a multifunctional acrylate oligomer and a colorant, d) a photopolymeriz... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5227277 | Imaging process, and imaging medium for use therein An imaging medium comprises a layer, depolymerizable by exposure to actinic radiation and substantially non-tacky prior to depolymerization but becoming tacky upon at least partial depolymerization, disposed adjacent a layer of an imaging material, which ... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5225314 | Imaging process, and imaging medium for use therein An imaging medium comprises a layer, depolymerizable by exposure to actinic radiation and undergoing a reduction in cohesivity upon at least partial depolymerization, disposed adjacent a layer of an imaging material, which has a cohesive strength greater ... | 07/06/1993 |
