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Thermal transfer ink sheet, ink cartridge, coating composition for dye layer of thermal transfer ink sheet, and thermal transfer recording method

US8114813B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 27, 2008
Grant dateFeb 14, 2012
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08K5/07
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A thermal transfer ink sheet comprising, as formed on a support, a dye layer containing a thermal transferable dye in a resin binder, wherein the dye layer contains a polyvinyl acetal modified with at least one compound of the following formula [1]:wherein one of R1 and R2 is a branched hydrocarbon group and the other is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group, or R1 and R2 are groups that bond to each other to form a cyclic hydrocarbon.

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