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Thermal dye transfer printing method for obtaining a hard copy of a medical diagnostic image

US5330962A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 12, 1992
Grant dateJul 19, 1994
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31786
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Thermal dye transfer printing method comprising the step of imagewise heating a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer thereby transferring a dye image to a transparant dye-image receiving element comprising a support having thereon a dye image-receiving layer and optionally having one or more back layers on the opposite side of the support, characterized in that said receiving element is such that when a dye image has been transferred onto said receiving element the specular gloss of the obtained dye image measured from the readable side of the image in areas having a transmission density of at least 2.00 is at the most 90, and transparant dye-image receiving element for use according to said method.

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