IMPROVED ABLATION-TRANSFER IMAGING/RECORDING

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved method for ablation-transfer imaging/recording which does not depend on a contrast imaging material which has to absorb imaging radiation.

SOLUTION: The method for transferring a contrasting pattern of intelligence from a composite ablation-transfer imaging medium to a receptor element in contiguous registration with the medium is provided. This method comprises irradiating the composite ablation-transfer imaging medium at a rate sufficient to securely effect the ablation mass transfer of at least radiation-ablative carrier topcoat (iii) of the imaging medium onto the receptor element according to the pattern of intelligence and imaging the pattern of intelligence thereon with the imaging material.

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