摘要 |
<p>A process of forming a single color, ablation image having improved abrasion resistance comprising: a) imagewise-heating, by means of a laser, an ablative recording element comprising a support having thereon an image layer comprising a colorant dispersed in a polymeric binder, which causes the image layer to ablate imagewise, the image layer having a near infrared-absorbing material associated therewith to absorb at a given wavelength of the laser used to expose the element, the image dye or pigment absorbing in the region of from 300 to 700 nm; and b) laminating a coating comprising polymeric particles dispersed in a binder to the surface of the ablative image under heat and pressure so that the particles will fuse into a continuous overcoat layer.</p> |