Patent ID: 8632944

Claim:
A film comprising: a transparent carrier sheet and having thereon, in order: a transparent layer having a thickness of from about 0.25 μm and up to and including 10 μm, optionally comprising an adhesion promoter, and the transparent layer having a refractive index of at least 0.04 lower than the refractive index of the transparent carrier sheet, a barrier layer comprising a poly(cyanoacrylate) or nitrocellulose, or metal oxide particles, and optionally crosslinking agents, and at least one non-silver halide thermally sensitive imageable layer comprising an infrared radiation absorbing compound dispersed in a polymeric binder that is a polyurethane, poly(vinyl butyral), acrylamide polymer, nitrocellulose, or polyacetal, the film further comprising an intermediate layer disposed between the non-silver halide thermally sensitive imageable layer and the transparent layer, the intermediate layer having a thickness of from about 0.1 to about 10 μm.