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Thermal transfer image receiving sheet

US5457081A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 12, 1993
Grant dateOct 10, 1995
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2013

Classification

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

Abstract

A thermal transfer image receiving sheet which can provide an image according to a thermal transfer printing process wherein use is made of a sublimable dye. The image has high density and sharpness and is excellent in various types of fastness, particularly fingerprint resistance, plasticizer resistance, etc. The thermal transfer image receiving sheet of the present invention includes a substrate sheet and a dye receiving layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate sheet, wherein the dye-receiving layer includes a dispersion of a dye-receiving resin dispersed in an aqueous medium.

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