Patent ID: 6197482
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: G03C,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of making a photographic print comprising:providing a photographic element comprising a support, at least one silver-halide emulsion imaging layer superposed on a side of said support and an overcoat overlying said silver-halide emulsion imaging layer, said overcoat comprising an organic polymer, said overcoat being discontinuous such that a fraction of a surface area of the at least one silver-halide emulsion imaging layer remains uncovered by said polymer, wherein the fraction of area not covered by said polymer is from 0.02 to 0.98 and wherein a distance between a point in an area not covered by the polymer to a nearest edge of the surface area that is covered by the polymer is less than or equal to 500 .mu.m;imagewise exposing the imaging layer with light;photoprocessing the photographic element, comprising treatment with a developer solution, to produce a photographic print in which a viewable image is formed in the at least one silver-halide emulsion imaging layer; andfusing the overcoat.