摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an imaging element with an overcoat having enhanced water resistance. SOLUTION: A photographic element is prepared which comprises a support, a silver halide emulsion layer present on one side of the support and a processing-solution-permeable protective overcoat present on the silver halide emulsion layer formed from a coating film composition having at least 0.54 g/m<2> lay-down and containing 30-95% (on the basis of solid mass) water- dispersible polymer in the form of particles having <500 nm average particle diameter and 5-70% (on the basis of solid mass) water-soluble polymer, >30 mass% of which is washed out in photographic processing. The overcoat is applied together with the emulsion layer on a substrate including the support of the photographic element. The photographic element is developed in a developing solution of >pH 7, bleached, fixed and washed. In order to provide the overcoat having enhanced stain resistance and water resistance in the final product, the wet photographic element is dried at >71 deg.C.
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