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Thermal transfer printing receiver sheet

US5700755A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 5, 1995
Grant dateDec 23, 1997
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Expiry dateSep 5, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/249953
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A thermal transfer printing receiver sheet comprises a substrate having on one side a dye receiving layer, wherein the substrate comprises a porous material, preferably a porous plastics material having a network of interconnecting pores communicating throughout the substrate and wherein dye from an image printed in the dye receiving layer is prevented from permeating into the substrate by a sub-layer interposed between the substrate and the receiving layer.

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