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Two-sided thermal media

US8211826B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 6, 2007
Grant dateJul 3, 2012
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Expiry dateDec 22, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41M2205/42
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Two-sided thermal media comprising thermal transfer receptive and/or direct thermal thermally sensitive coatings on one or both of a first and a second side thereof are provided. In one embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, and a first and a second thermal transfer receptive coating supported on the respective first and second substrate sides is provided. In another embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a thermal transfer receptive coating on a first side thereof, and a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating on a second side thereof, is provided. In some embodiments, a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating provided on one or both sides of two-sided thermal media is adapted to image at a temperature different than a temperature at which thermal transfer printing has or can occur.

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