摘要:
A free radical radiation curable inkjet ink containing a photoinitiator and polymerizable compounds including a) no more than 15 wt% of one or more monofunctional acrylates wherein the homopolymer thereof has a Tg smaller than 20° C; and b) at least 45 wt% of a mixture of monomers consisting of b1) 10 to 45 wt% of a N-vinyl lactam and/or a vinylether acrylate; and b2) 10 to 45 wt% of an ethoxylated and/or propoxylated polyacrylate having a molecular weight of at least 450;
wherein all wt% are based on the total weight of the inkjet ink. An inkjet printing method is also disclosed
摘要:
An emulsion comprising a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, photosensitive silver halide in catalytic association with the substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt and a binder, characterized in that the emulsion further comprises a polyhalide compound selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium polyhalides, quaternary phosphonium polyhalides and ternary sulphonium polyhalides, which satisfies a test specified in the description, or a product of a reaction between the polyhalide compound and a reducing species present in said emulsion; a process for producing a photothermographic recording material, capable of image formation without preliminary heating prior to exposure, comprising a photo-addressable thermally developable element incorporating the emulsion; and a photothermographic recording process utilizing the photothermographic recording material.
摘要:
A substantially light-insensitive thermographic recording material comprising a support and a thermosensitive element, the thermosensitive element containing silver behenate including phase I silver behenate having an X-ray diffraction spectrum upon irradiation with a copper Kα 1 X-ray source with Bragg angles 2Θ of 4.53°, 5.96-6.05°, 7.46-7.56°, 8.90-9.12°, 10.45-10.66°, 12.02-12.12°, 13.53-13.62°, a reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, wherein the thermographic recording material is capable upon thermal development of containing 1% of phase II silver behenate, having an X-ray diffraction spectrum upon irradiation with a copper Kα 1 X-ray source with Bragg angles 2Θ of 5.34-5.78°, 6.12-6.41°,7.68-7.79°, 8.30-8.59°, 9.36-9.84°, 10.6-10.96°, and/or phase III silver behenate phase, having an X-ray diffraction spectrum upon irradiation with a copper Kα 1 X-ray source with Bragg angles 2Θ of 4.76-4.81°, 5.9-6.3°, 6.76-7.35°, 8.27-8.44° and 9.06-9.43°, which is stable at 25°C, with respect to the quantity of the phase I silver behenate in the thermographic recording material before said thermal development; a recording process therefor; and use of the above-defined phase II silver behenate stabilized at 25°C and/or the above-defined phase III silver behenate stabilized at 25°C as a tone modifier in thermographic recording materials.
摘要:
A thermal head printer for printing but not perforating a substantially light-insensitive thermographic material, the thermal printer comprising: a transport system having a transport direction, n thermal heads, where n is an integer, each of the thermal heads comprising an array of substantially rectangular energizable heating elements, the heating elements having a length L n in the transport direction and a pitch P n between adjacent heating elements, and a means for supplying electrical energy to each of the substantially rectangular energizable heating elements in at least one of the thermal heads, the transport system being capable of transporting the light-insensitive thermographic material in contact or proximity with at least one of the thermal heads, characterized in that at least one of the thermal heads comprises heating elements for which L n /P n is between 0.25 and 0.88; a first process for printing a substantially light-insensitive thermographic material with the above-described thermal head printer; a second process for printing a substantially light-insensitive thermographic material at different printing speeds with a thermal head comprising heating elements without significant variation in image tone, characterized in that the length of the heating elements in the transport direction of the substantially light-insensitive thermographic material decreases with decreasing printing speed; and a third process for printing a substantially light-insensitive thermographic material at different printing speeds with a different thermal head at each printing speed without significant variation in image tone, characterized in that each of said different thermal heads comprises heating elements with a different length in the transport direction of the substantially light-insensitive thermographic material and the length of the heating elements in the transport direction of the substantially light-insensitive thermographic material decreases with decreasing printing speed.
摘要:
A recording material including a support and a thermosensitive element comprising a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, an organic reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith, a hydrophobic polymer, a binder and optionally photosensitive silver halide in catalytic association with the substantially light insensitive organic silver salt, characterized in that the thermosensitive element includes a non-heat-responsive separate organic phase containing the hydrophobic polymer and the organic reducing agent; a process for producing the recording material; and a (photo)thermographic recording process therefor.
摘要:
A substantially light-insensitive black and white thermographic material comprising a polymeric or polymer-coated support, a subbing layer on the support and on the same side of the support as the subbing layer a thermosensitive element containing a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith and a binder, characterized in that the subbing layer contains a binder, less than 20% by weight of silica and covalently bonded acid groups in the binder, if present, are either substantially present as free acid or substantially present as acid salts and has a leachable non-fluoro-halide ion content into water at room temperature over a period of 120 minutes of less than 0. 6mg/m 2 ; and a process for producing the substantially light-insensitive thermographic material comprising the steps of: coating the support with a subbing layer-composition thereby forming the subbing layer; producing one or more aqueous coating compositions together containing the substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, the reducing agent and the binder; and applying the one or more aqueous coating compositions to the same side of the support as the subbing layer thereby forming after drying the thermosensitive element.
摘要:
A photothermographic recording material comprising a support and a photo-addressable thermally developable element comprising a substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt, a reducing agent therefor in thermal working relationship therewith, photosensitive silver halide spectrally sensitized with a dye and in catalytic association with the substantially light-insensitive organic silver salt and a binder, characterized in that the dye corresponds to the general formula (I): with an anion if necessary for charge compensation, wherein Z 1 and Z 2 independently represent S, O or Se; R 1 and R 13 independently represent an alkylene group; X 1 and X 2 independently represent a -(C=O)-R 18 , a -(SO 2 )-R 19 or a -(S=O)-R 20 group where R 18 , R 19 and R 20 independently represent an alkoxy-, aryloxy-, amino- or substituted amino-group; R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 14 , R 15 , R 16 and R 17 independently represent hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, fluorine, iodine or a keto-, sulfo-, carboxy-, ester-, sulfonamide-, amide-, dialkylamino-, nitro-, cyano-, alkyl-, alkenyl-, hetero-aromatic, aryl-, alkoxy- or aryloxy-group, which groups may be substituted; or each of R 2 together with R 3 , R 3 together with R 4 , R 4 together with R 5 , R 14 together with R 15 , R 15 together with R 16 and R 16 together with R 17 may independently constitute the atoms necessary to complete a benzene ring which may be substituted; R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 10 , R 11 and R 12 independently represent hydrogen, chlorine, bromine, fluorine, iodine, an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, a thioalkyl group, a disubstituted amino group, where the substituents may constitute the atoms necessary to complete a 5-ring atom or 6-ring atom heterocyclic ring, or each of R 6 together with R 8 , R 8 together with R 10 , R 10 together with R 12 , R 7 together with R 9 and R 9 together with R 11 may independently constitute the atoms necessary to complete a 5-atom or 6-atom carbocylic or heterocyclic ring which may be substituted; and each of R 1 together with R 6 and R 13 together with R 12 may independently constitute the atoms necessary to complete a 5-ring atom or 6-ring atom heterocyclic ring which may be substituted.