Patent ID: 7195865

Claim:
A method for producing a thermally processed image recording material comprising a silver salt of an organic acid, a reducing agent for silver ions and a binder on at least one surface of a support, which comprises: (a) providing a dispersion of grains of silver salt of an organic acid which have been prepared by reacting a solution containing silver ions and a solution containing an alkali metal salt of an organic acid in sealed mixing means and which have been prepared by supplying the solution containing silver ions into a reaction field solution before being introduced into the sealed mixing means, and supplying the solution containing an alkali metal salt of an organic acid into the reaction field solution or sealed mixing means to which the solution containing silver ions has been supplied; and (b) applying a coating solution containing the dispersion of grains of silver salt of an organic acid prepared by step (a), a reducing agent for silver ions and a binder to form an image-forming layer on at least one surface of a support.