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Image forming method is disclosed using a light-sensitive material which comprises a support and a light-sensitive layer provided thereon. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halide, a reducing agent and an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound. The light-sensitive material of the p

Image forming method is disclosed using a light-sensitive material which comprises a support and a light-sensitive layer provided thereon. The light-sensitive layer contains silver halide, a reducing agent and an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound. The light-sensitive material of the present invention further contains a polymerization inhibitor releasing (PIR) compound. The polymerization inhibitor releasing compound has a function of releasing a polymerization inhibitor when the compound is heated or reacted with a base. The silver halide, the reducing agent, the polymerizable compound and the polymerization inhibitor releasing compound are preferably contained in microcapsules which are dispersed in the light-sensitive layer.

대표청구항 ▼

An image forming method which comprises the steps of: imagewise exposing to light a light-sensitive material which comprises a support and a light-sensitive layer provided thereon, said light-sensitive layer containing silver halide, a reducing agent, an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compo

An image forming method which comprises the steps of: imagewise exposing to light a light-sensitive material which comprises a support and a light-sensitive layer provided thereon, said light-sensitive layer containing silver halide, a reducing agent, an ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable compound and a base precursor, wherein the light-sensitive material further contains a polymerization inhibitor releasing compound which has a function of releasing a polymerization inhibitor when the compound is reacted with a base; and simultaneously or thereafter heating the light-sensitive material, whereby a base is released from the base precursor, the light-sensitive layer is developed, the polymerizable compound is polmerized within the area where a latent image of the silver halide has been formed or where a latent image of the silver halide has not been formed, and a polymerization inhibitor is released from the polymerization inhibitor releasing compound over the entire area of the light-sensitive layer independent of the imagewise exposed area.