Patent ID: 8426104

Claim:
A negative-working imageable element comprising a substrate and having thereon an imageable layer that is sensitive to imaging radiation of from about 750 to about 1400 nm, the imageable layer comprising: (1) an infrared radiation absorbing compound having a λ max of from about 750 to about 1400 nm, (2) a polymeric binder, (3) a free radical polymerizable compound, (4) a composition that provides free radicals in response to exposure to infrared radiation, and (5) a filter dye having a λ max of from 300 to 475 nm and that is present only in the imageable layer in an amount so that the white light stability of the imageable element satisfies the following inequality: WLS> 5( WLS 0 ) wherein WLS represents the white light stability of the imageable element containing the filter dye, and WLS 0 represents the white light stability of an imageable element that is different only in that the filter dye has been omitted.