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A dry film makes a very hot photo debut. (Xerox Corp's VerdeFilm photographic film does not require multistage chemical processing) (Brief Article)
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November 6, 1993
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A photographic film that doesn't need silver or developing chemicals may soon appear in commercial print shops.
Called VerdeFilm by its developer, Xerox Corp., the new film replaces silver halide with a selenium-based compound that reacts to light only when the film is under an electric charge. The new product's chief advantage, the company says, is that it eliminates the multistage chemical processing required by most conventional photographic films.
"This is a dry process," says Edward H. Ernst, general manager of Verde Print Technologies, a Xerox division. "No wet chemicals or effluents are added to or taken away from the film."
The process is based on ...
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