Receiver sheet for thermal dye transfer printing
US5935903A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 8, 1997 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 8, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/31786
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A thermal transfer printing receiver sheet for use in association with a compatible donor sheet. The receiver sheet has a dye-receptive receiving layer and an opaque biaxially oriented supporting polyester substrate containing (i) small voids, formed around inorganic filler particles, having a mean void size in the range from 0.3 to 3.5 .mu.m, and (ii) large voids, formed around organic filler particles, having a mean void size in the range from 5 to 21 .mu.m and less than 15% by number of the voids have a void size greater than 27 .mu.m.
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