Patent ID: 6524777
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: G03C

Abstract:
A method of making a photographic imaged element comprising:(a) providing an imagewise exposed photographic imaging element comprising a support, at least one silver-halide emulsion layer superposed on a side of said support, a processing-solution-permeable precursor-protective layer overlying the silver-halide emulsion layer, said protective-precursor layer having a laydown of at least 0.54 g/m2 (50 mg/ft2) made from a coating composition comprising 30 to 95%, by weight of solids, of water-dispersible polymer in the form of particles having an average particle size of less than 500 nm, and 5 to 70%, by weight of solids, of water-soluble polymer such that more than 30 weight percent of the water-soluble polymer is washed out during photographic processing, wherein the weight ratio of water-dispersible polymer to water-soluble polymer is between 50:50 to 90:10; (b) developing the photographic element in a developer solution having a pH greater than 7 to obtain a photographic imaged element; (c) washing the developed photographic imaged element in a wash solution comprising a water-soluble organic solvent; and (d) drying the washed photographic imaged element of (c), in which an effective amount of the water-soluble organic solvent has been retained, in order to convert the layer with the water-dispersible polymer into a water-resistant protective layer.