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Melt-fusible inkjet recording elements and inks with improved durability

US6140390A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 1998
Grant dateOct 31, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31909
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ink jet ink/receiver combination comprising: a) an ink receiving layer on a support, the ink receiving layer containing polymeric thermoplastic particles, the polymeric particles having an average particle diameter ranging from 0.5 to 20 .mu.m. and a glass transition temperature between 40.degree. and 120.degree. C.; and imagewise deposited thereon b) an ink jet ink containing a carrier, a pigment, and thermoplastic polymeric latex particles having a glass transition temperature between 30.degree. and 200.degree. C., and an average diameter between 10 and 1000 nm; wherein the polymeric particles in the ink receiving layer are the same or different from the polymeric particles in the ink.

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