Patent ID: 7252922

Claim:
A negative-type image recording material comprising: a support having a rear surface; and an image recording layer disposed on the support, having a front surface, and including (A) a radical-generating agent, (B) a radically polymerizable compound, and (D) a compound represented by the following formula (1): R 1 −X (1) wherein R 1 represents an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group having a total of 8 to 32 carbon atoms; and X represents CO—Y—R 2 , Y—CO—R 2 , NH—CO—Y—R 2 , O—CO—NH—R 2 , NH—CO—NH—R 2 , SO 2 —Y—R 2 , Y—SO 2 —R 2 , O—SO 2 —R 2 , CO—O—CO—R 2 , or Y—R 3 in which Y represents O, S, NR 4 or a single bond, but if X is Y—R 3 , then Y is not a single bond, and R 2 , R 3 and R 4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group having a total of not more than 20 carbon atoms, wherein the compound (D) has a radically polymerizable functional group and wherein said image recording layer further comprises a (C) light absorbent which is a dye or pigment having maximum absorption at a wavelength from 760 to 1200 nm.