A process for adjusting the energy of an imaging laser for imaging of a
thermally imageable element including the steps of: (a) providing an
imaging unit having a non-imaging laser and an imaging laser, the
non-imaging laser having a light detector which is in communication with
the imaging laser, (b) contacting a receiver element with the thermally
imageable element in the imaging unit, wherein the receiver element
comprises a light attenuating layer having a front surface and a back
surface; (c) actuating the non-imaging laser to expose the thermally
imageable element and the receiver element to an amount of light energy
sufficient for the light detector to detect the amount of light reflected
from the thermally imageable element and light attenuating layer of the
receiver element; and (d) actuating the imaging laser to focus the imaging
laser in order to expose the thermally imageable element to an amount of
light energy sufficient for imaging the thermally imageable element.
