SURLAY PROOFING METHOD

A process for making a multicolored reproduction combining overlay and surprint characteristics in which a photohardenable layer, such as a photopolymerizable layer, is cast on a semi-rigid, transparent, support film, the photohardenable layer is exposed in an appropriate exposure unit through a color negative representing one color, the exposed layer is developed to remove the unexposed areas and leave the exposed image areas, an adhesive layer, such as an acrylic adhesive, is coated on a release sheet, the coated release sheet is contacted with a paper receptor sheet at a temperature and pressure sufficient to transfer the adhesive to the paper sheet, the developed layer is contacted with the adhesive coated paper at a temperature and pressure sufficient to transfer the image areas to the paper sheet and the steps of casting a photohardenable layer, exposing the layer, developing the layer and contacting the image areas with the paper sheet is repeated for each additional color desired.