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Transparent image-recording elements comprising vinyl pyrrolidone polymers

US4903040A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 14, 1989
Grant dateFeb 20, 1990
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2009

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31855
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Transparent image-recording elements that contain ink-receptive layers that can be imaged by the application of liquid ink dots. The ink-receptive layers contain a combination of a vinyl pyrrolidone polymer with a polyester, a poly(cyclohexanedimethylene isophthalate-co-sodiosulfobenzenedicarboxylate), dispersed in the vinyl pyrrolidone to control ink dot size. A printing method which employs the transparent image-recording elements is described.

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