Patent ID: 7041417

Claim:
A method for forming an imaged element, comprising: forming an assemblage, comprising: a donor element comprising a donor layer releaseably attached to a support, the donor layer comprising a transfer material, a receiver element comprising (a) a receiver support; and (b) an Image receiving layer applied to a surface of the receiver support for receiving the transfer material, the image receiving layer comprising a caprolactone polymer composition comprising about 70% to 100% by weight of caprolactone based on the entire weight of the caprolactone polymer composition and a cellulose ester composition comprising (i) about 20% to about 100% of a first ester group which is a propionyl group or a butyryl group or a combination of a propionyl and a butyryl group, (ii) up to about 25% of a second ester group which is an acetyl group, and (iii) up to about 10% of hydroxyl groups, based on the weight of the cellulose ester composition, the weight ratio of the caprolactone polymer composition to the cellulose ester composition being greater than about one to one and wherein the donor layer is adjacent to the image receiving layer, and imagewise exposing the assemblage to actinic radiation sufficient to transfer the transfer material to the image receMng layer to form an imaged receiver.