Patent ID: 9405196
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: G03C,G03F

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing a first electrically-conductive silver image, the method comprising, in order: imagewise exposing a conductive film element precursor that comprises a transparent substrate comprising a first supporting side and an opposing second supporting side and a photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer on the first supporting side of the substrate, to radiation to provide a first latent silver image in the photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer on the first supporting side of the substrate, developing the first latent silver image on at least the first supporting side of the substrate to provide a first silver image corresponding to the first latent silver image on the first supporting side of the substrate, using a black-and-white developing solution, fixing to remove silver halide remaining in the photosensitive silver halide emulsion layer on the first supporting side of the substrate, treating the first silver image on the first supporting side of the substrate to enhance silver conductivity of the first silver image, and treating the first silver image with a stabilizing solution comprising at least 0.5 mmol/l and up to and including 50 mmol/l of a heterocyclic thiol, a benzotriazole, a tetraazoindene, or a purine derivative as a stabilizing agent,