Transferring dyes for thermal printing: tri-cyano-vinyl aniline dyes

US4999026A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Bernhard Albert · Monsheim, DE
• Karl-Heinz Etzbach · Bischofswerda, DE
• Ruediger Sens · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 24, 1989
• Grant date: Mar 12, 1991
• Expiry date: Jul 24, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S8/922
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Dyes are transferred from a carrier by sublimation/vaporization to plastic-coated papers by a process in which the dyes used are of the general formula (I) ##STR1## where A is D--N.dbd.N-- or ##STR2## R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio or halogen and R.sup.1 and R together may furthermore form a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocyclic ring, and R and R' independently of one another are each hydrogen, phenyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by methyl or methoxy, or C.sub.5 - or C.sub.6 -cycloalkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 -alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxycarbonyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.5 -alkanoyloxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxycarbonyloxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy-C.sub.2 -or C.sub.3 -alkoxycarbonyloxy, hydroxyl, cyano, halogen, phenyl or C.sub.5 - or C.sub.6 -cycloalkyl, or ##STR3## is a 5-membered or 6-membered saturated heterocyclic ring where D is a radical of a diazo component of the thiophene, thiazole, isothiazole or 1,2,4-thiadiazole series and R.sup.3 is hydrogen or CN. In the process, the dyes (I) give strong dyeings which have good light fastness and are resistant to chemical substances.