Process of forming an image using a multilayer metal coalescence thermal recording element
US6243127A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 3, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 3, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41J2/475
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A process of forming an image comprising imagewise-exposing, by means of a laser, a thermal recording element comprising a transparent support having thereon at least two metal layers having a melting point below about 2,000.degree. C. and a substantially transparent, polymeric spacer layer separating each metal layer from another metal layer, thereby causing portions of each metal layer to coalesce in response to the imagewise exposure by the laser, thus forming the image.
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