公开(公告)号：US5789343A

公开(公告)日：1998-08-04

申请号：US879061

申请日：1997-06-19

申请人： Robert A. Guistina ,  Wayne A. Bowman ,  Elizabeth G. Burns ,  Susan L. Dawson ,  Kristine B. Lawrence ,  Richard C. VanHanehem

发明人： Robert A. Guistina ,  Wayne A. Bowman ,  Elizabeth G. Burns ,  Susan L. Dawson ,  Kristine B. Lawrence ,  Richard C. VanHanehem

IPC分类号： B41M5/385 ,  B41M5/00 ,  B41M5/382 ,  B41M5/388 ,  B41M5/39 ,  B41M5/395 ,  B41M5/50 ,  B41M5/52 ,  B41M5/35 ,  B41M5/38

CPC分类号： B41M5/385 ,  B41M5/52 ,  B41M5/5218 ,  B41M5/5254 ,  Y10S428/913 ,  Y10S428/914 ,  Y10T428/31855

摘要： A thermal dye transfer assemblage comprising: (I) a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon sequentially repeating dye layer patches of a dye dispersed in a polymeric binder, at least one of the dye patches containing a deprotonated cationic dye which is capable of being reprotonated to a cationic dye having a N--H group which is part of a conjugated system; and (II) a dye-receiving element comprising a support having thereon a polymeric dye image-receiving layer comprising a vinyl polymer having no or only slight acidity and a hydrated transition metal or metalloid salt of a strong acid, the dye-receiving element being in a superposed relationship with the dye-donor element so that the dye layer is in contact with the polymeric dye image-receiving layer.

摘要翻译： 一种热染料转移组合物，其包含：（I）染料供体元件，其包含其上具有分散在聚合物粘合剂中的染料顺序重复染料层贴片的载体，至少一种含有去质子化阳离子染料的染色剂，其能够 被染色成具有作为共轭体系的一部分的NH基团的阳离子染料; 和（II）染料接收元件，其包含其上具有聚合物染料影像接收层的载体，所述聚合染料影像接收层包含不具有或仅具有轻微酸性的乙烯基聚合物和强酸的水合过渡金属或准金属盐，所述染料接收元件为 与染料供体元件重叠的关系，使得染料层与聚合物染料影像接收层接触。

公开(公告)号：US06619797B2

公开(公告)日：2003-09-16

申请号：US09772097

申请日：2001-01-26

申请人： Kristine B. Lawrence ,  Yongcai Wang ,  Alexandra D. Bermel

发明人： Kristine B. Lawrence ,  Yongcai Wang ,  Alexandra D. Bermel

IPC分类号： B41J201

CPC分类号： B41M5/52 ,  B41M5/5236 ,  B41M5/5245 ,  B41M5/5254 ,  Y10T428/24802

摘要： An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with ink-receptive elements comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer comprising a cationic core/shell particle comprising a core and a shell containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing a trialkylammonium salt; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition comprising water, a humectant, and a water-soluble anionic dye; and D) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.

摘要翻译： 一种喷墨打印方法，包括以下步骤：A）提供响应于数字数据信号的喷墨打印机; B）将打印机装载在具有包含支撑体的油墨接受元件上，所述支撑体上具有包含阳离子核心的图像接收层 /壳颗粒，其包含芯和包含至少一种含有三烷基铵盐的烯属不饱和单体的壳; C）用包含水，湿润剂和水溶性阴离子染料的喷墨油墨组合物装载打印机; 和D）响应于数字数据信号使用喷墨油墨在图像接收层上进行打印。

公开(公告)号：US06280028B1

公开(公告)日：2001-08-28

申请号：US09365340

申请日：1999-07-30

申请人： Kristine B. Lawrence ,  Steven Evans ,  Csaba A. Kovacs

发明人： Kristine B. Lawrence ,  Steven Evans ,  Csaba A. Kovacs

IPC分类号： G01D1100

CPC分类号： B41M5/52 ,  B41M5/5227 ,  B41M5/5236 ,  B41M5/5254

摘要： An ink jet printing process for improving the dye density and fixability of an ink jet image comprising: a) providing an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-recording layer comprising a mixture of a hydrophilic polymer and a polyolefin polymer or wax; and b) applying droplets of a liquid ink on the image-recording layer in an image-wise manner, the ink comprising water, humectant and a water-soluble cationic or basic dye.

摘要翻译： 一种用于改善喷墨图像的染料密度和定影性的喷墨印刷方法，包括：a）提供喷墨记录元件，其包括其上具有亲水性聚合物和聚烯烃聚合物或蜡的混合物的图像记录层的载体 ; 和b）以图像方式将液体墨滴施加到图像记录层上，该油墨包含水，湿润剂和水溶性阳离子或碱性染料。

公开(公告)号：US5981431A

公开(公告)日：1999-11-09

申请号：US059881

申请日：1998-04-14

申请人： Kristine B. Lawrence ,  Wayne A. Bowman ,  Teh-Ming Kung

发明人： Kristine B. Lawrence ,  Wayne A. Bowman ,  Teh-Ming Kung

IPC分类号： B32B27/30 ,  B32B27/36 ,  B41M5/00 ,  B41M5/382 ,  B41M5/44 ,  B41M5/50 ,  B41M5/52 ,  B41M5/035 ,  B41M5/38

CPC分类号： B41M5/446 ,  B41M5/5272 ,  B41M2205/32 ,  B41M5/52 ,  B41M5/5254 ,  B41M5/529 ,  Y10S428/913 ,  Y10S428/914 ,  Y10T428/3154 ,  Y10T428/31786 ,  Y10T428/31855

摘要： A dye-receiving element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having on one side thereof a dye image-receiving layer comprising a water-dispersible polyester having the following structure: ##STR1## wherein: A is the residue of one or more diol components;B is the residue of a diacid component; andD is the residue of another diacid component;the dye image-receiving layer having an overcoat layer comprising a fluorine-containing acrylate polymer.

摘要翻译： 一种用于热染料转移的染料接受元件，包括一个载体，其一面上具有染料影像接收层，该染料影像接收层包括具有以下结构的水分散性聚酯：其中：A是一种或多种二醇组分的残基; B是二酸成分的残基; 而D是另一种二酸组分的残基; 该染料影像接收层具有包含含氟丙烯酸酯聚合物的外涂层。

公开(公告)号：US5945376A

公开(公告)日：1999-08-31

申请号：US98996

申请日：1998-06-17

申请人： Elizabeth G. Burns ,  Kristine B. Lawrence ,  John DiCillo ,  Ricky G. Frazier ,  Daniel J. Harrison ,  Shandralynn Joiner

发明人： Elizabeth G. Burns ,  Kristine B. Lawrence ,  John DiCillo ,  Ricky G. Frazier ,  Daniel J. Harrison ,  Shandralynn Joiner

IPC分类号： B41M5/00 ,  B41M5/382 ,  B41M5/385 ,  B41M5/39 ,  B41M5/395 ,  B41M5/52 ,  B41M5/035 ,  B41M5/38

CPC分类号： B41M5/38235 ,  B41M5/385 ,  B41M5/52 ,  B41M5/3854 ,  B41M5/39 ,  B41M5/5227 ,  B41M5/5254 ,  B41M5/5272 ,  Y10S428/913 ,  Y10S428/914 ,  Y10T428/31786 ,  Y10T428/31855

摘要： A thermal dye transfer assemblage comprising:(I) a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising a dye dispersed in a polymeric binder, the dye being a deprotonated cationic dye which is capable of being reprotonated to a cationic dye having a N--H group which is part of a conjugated system, and(II) a dye-receiving element comprising a support having thereon a polymeric dye image-receiving layer, the dye-receiving element being in a superposed relationship with the dye-donor element so that the dye layer is in contact with the polymeric dye image-receiving layer, the polymeric dye image-receiving layer comprising a mixture ofa) a polymer having a Tg of less than about 19.degree. C. and having no or only slight acidity; andb) an acidic material containing at least 0.0007 meq/m.sup.2 of acid; the a) and/or b) having incorporated therein a plasticizer containing:(i) at least the following groups in the order given:E--Q--X--A wherein Q is a carbonyl or sulfonyl;X is N or O;E is an aromatic ring; andA is an alkyl or oxyalky group having up to 5 consecutive carbon atoms; or(ii) a phosphate group having at least one aromatic ring attached thereto;said plasticizer being present in an amount of up to about 25 weight percent of the polymer.

摘要翻译： 一种热染料转移组合物，其包含：（I）染料供体元件，其包含其上具有染料层的载体，所述染料层包含分散在聚合物粘合剂中的染料，所述染料是去质子化的阳离子染料，其能够被再赋色为阳离子染料， 作为共轭系统的一部分的NH基，和（II）染料接收元件，其包含其上具有聚合染料影像接收层的载体，染料接收元件与染料供体元件重叠关系，因此 染料层与聚合染料影像接收层接触，聚合染料影像接收层包含a）Tg小于约19℃并且没有或仅有轻微酸度的聚合物的混合物; 和b）含有至少0.0007meq / m 2酸的酸性物质; a）和/或b）其中掺入增塑剂，其含有：（i）至少以下给出的顺序：E-Q-X-A其中Q是羰基或磺酰基; X为N或O; E是芳香环; 并且A是具有至多5个连续碳原子的烷基或氧代基; 或（ii）具有至少一个连接到其上的芳环的磷酸酯基; 所述增塑剂以聚合物的至多约25重量％的量存在。

公开(公告)号：US5753590A

公开(公告)日：1998-05-19

申请号：US878717

申请日：1997-06-19

申请人： Daniel J. Harrison ,  Kristine B. Lawrence ,  Richard C. VanHanehem

发明人： Daniel J. Harrison ,  Kristine B. Lawrence ,  Richard C. VanHanehem

IPC分类号： B41M5/385 ,  B41M5/00 ,  B41M5/382 ,  B41M5/388 ,  B41M5/39 ,  B41M5/395 ,  B41M5/50 ,  B41M5/52 ,  B41M5/035 ,  B41M5/38

CPC分类号： B41M5/385 ,  B41M5/52 ,  B41M5/3854 ,  B41M5/388 ,  B41M5/39 ,  B41M5/5218 ,  B41M5/5245 ,  B41M5/5254 ,  Y10S428/913 ,  Y10S428/914 ,  Y10T428/259

摘要： A thermal dye transfer assemblage comprising: (I) a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising a dye dispersed in a polymeric binder, the dye being a deprotonated cationic dye which is capable of being reprotonated to a cationic dye having a N--H group which is part of a conjugated system, and(II) a dye-receiving element comprising a support having thereon a polymeric dye image-receiving layer, the dye-receiving element being in a superposed relationship with the dye-donor element so that the dye layer is in contact with the polymeric dye image-receiving layer, the polymeric dye image-receiving layer comprising a mixture of a) a polymer having a Tg of less than about 19.degree. C. and having no or only slight acidity; and b) an acidic clay capable of reprotonating the deprotonated cationic dye.

摘要翻译： 一种热染料转移组合物，其包含：（I）染料供体元件，其包含其上具有染料层的载体，所述染料层包含分散在聚合物粘合剂中的染料，所述染料是去质子化的阳离子染料，其能够被再赋色为阳离子染料， 作为共轭系统的一部分的NH基，和（II）染料接收元件，其包含其上具有聚合染料影像接收层的载体，染料接收元件与染料供体元件重叠关系，因此 染料层与聚合染料影像接收层接触，聚合染料影像接收层包含a）Tg小于约19℃并且没有或仅有轻微酸度的聚合物的混合物; 和b）能够使去质子化的阳离子染料重现的酸性粘土。

公开(公告)号：US5510314A

公开(公告)日：1996-04-23

申请号：US410195

申请日：1995-03-24

申请人： Steven Evans ,  Kristine B. Lawrence ,  Ellen J. Pyszczek

发明人： Steven Evans ,  Kristine B. Lawrence ,  Ellen J. Pyszczek

IPC分类号： B41M5/382 ,  B41M5/00 ,  B41M5/385 ,  B41M5/388 ,  B41M5/39 ,  B41M5/40 ,  B41M5/50 ,  B41M5/52 ,  B41M5/035 ,  B41M5/38

CPC分类号： B41M5/385 ,  B41M5/5245 ,  B41M5/3854 ,  B41M5/388 ,  B41M5/39 ,  Y10S428/913 ,  Y10S428/914

摘要： A thermal dye transfer assemblage comprising:(a) a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising a dye dispersed in a polymeric binder, the dye being substituted with a reactive primary or secondary aliphatic amino group, and(b) a dye-receiving element comprising a support having thereon a dye image-receiving layer, the dye-receiving element being in a superposed relationship with the dye-donor element so that the dye layer is in contact with the dye image-receiving layer, the dye image-receiving layer comprising a polymer containing a plurality of functional groups:R.sup.2 --CO--X--R.sup.3 wherein:R.sup.2 represents alkyl, aryl, alkoxy or aryloxy;X represents oxygen or sulfur; andR.sup.3 represents aryl or hetaryl; with the proviso that R.sup.2 or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are directly attached to the polymer chain.

摘要翻译： 一种热染料转移组合物，包括：（a）染料供体元件，其包含其上具有染料层的载体，染料层包含分散在聚合物粘合剂中的染料，所述染料被反应性伯或仲脂族氨基取代，和（b） 染料接收元件，其包括其上具有染料影像接收层的支持体，所述染料接收元件与所述染料供体元件重叠关系，使得染料层与染料影像接收层接触， 包含含有多个官能团的聚合物的染料影像接受层：R2-CO-X-R3其中：R2代表烷基，芳基，烷氧基或芳氧基; X表示氧或硫; R3代表芳基或杂芳基; 条件是R2或R2和R3直接连接到聚合物链上。

公开(公告)号：US5302574A

公开(公告)日：1994-04-12

申请号：US995449

申请日：1992-12-23

申请人： Kristine B. Lawrence ,  Robert C. Daly

发明人： Kristine B. Lawrence ,  Robert C. Daly

IPC分类号： B41M5/382 ,  B41M5/00 ,  B41M5/50 ,  B41M5/52 ,  B41M5/035 ,  B41M5/38

CPC分类号： B41M5/5272 ,  B41M5/5245 ,  Y10S428/913 ,  Y10S428/914 ,  Y10T428/31507 ,  Y10T428/31786

摘要： A dye-receiving element for thermal dye transfer includes a support having on one side thereof a dye image-receiving layer. Receiving elements of the invention are characterized in that the dye image-receiving layer comprises a miscible blend of an unmodified bisphenol-A polycarbonate having a number molecular weight of at least about 25,000 and a polyester comprising recurring dibasic acid derived units and diol derived units, at least 50 mole % of the dibasic acid derived units comprising dicarboxylic acid derived units containing an alicyclic ring within two carbon atoms of each carboxyl group of the corresponding dicarboxylic acid, and at least 30 mole % of the diol derived units containing an aromatic ring not immediately adjacent to each hydroxyl group of the corresponding diol or an alicyclic ring.

摘要翻译： 用于热染料转移的染料接收元件包括在其一侧具有染料影像接收层的支持体。 本发明的接收元件的特征在于，染料影像接受层包括数均分子量至少为约25,000的未改性双酚A聚碳酸酯和包含重复二元酸衍生单元和二醇衍生单元的聚酯的混溶共混物， 至少50摩尔％的二元酸衍生单元，其包含在相应的二羧酸的每个羧基的两个碳原子内含有脂环族的二羧酸衍生单元和至少30摩尔％的含有芳环的二醇衍生单元 紧邻相应二醇的每个羟基或脂环族环。

公开(公告)号：US06554418B2

公开(公告)日：2003-04-29

申请号：US09771251

申请日：2001-01-26

申请人： Kristine B. Lawrence ,  David M. Teegarden ,  Tien-Teh Chen ,  Teh-Ming Kung

发明人： Kristine B. Lawrence ,  David M. Teegarden ,  Tien-Teh Chen ,  Teh-Ming Kung

IPC分类号： B41J201

CPC分类号： B41M5/5245

摘要： An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with ink-receptive elements comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer comprising a graft copolymer comprising a backbone copolymer and at least one branch copolymer, the backbone polymer comprising structural units capable of being oxidized by a transition metal catalyst and the branch copolymer comprising cationic units and neutral hydrophilic units; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition comprising water, a humectant, and a water-soluble anionic dye; and D) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.

摘要翻译： 一种喷墨打印方法，包括以下步骤：A）提供对数字数据信号作出响应的喷墨打印机; B）将印刷机装载在容纳元件的油墨接受元件上，所述油墨接受元件包括其上具有载体的载体，所述图像接收层包含接枝共聚物 包括骨架共聚物和至少一种分支共聚物，所述主链聚合物包含能够被过渡金属催化剂氧化的结构单元和包含阳离子单元和中性亲水单元的支链共聚物; C）用喷墨油墨组合物装载打印机，所述喷墨油墨组合物包含 水，保湿剂和水溶性阴离子染料; 和D）响应于数字数据信号使用喷墨油墨在图像接收层上进行打印。

公开(公告)号：US06468708B1

公开(公告)日：2002-10-22

申请号：US09556857

申请日：2000-04-20

申请人： Yongcai Wang ,  Charles C. Anderson ,  Terry A. Heath ,  Kristine B. Lawrence ,  Fugui He

发明人： Yongcai Wang ,  Charles C. Anderson ,  Terry A. Heath ,  Kristine B. Lawrence ,  Fugui He

IPC分类号： G03C173

CPC分类号： G03F7/11 ,  G03F7/002

摘要： A self-contained photohardenable imaging assembly comprising in order: a first transparent support; an imaging layer comprising a developer material and a plurality of photohardenable microcapsules encapsulating a color precursor, and a second support, wherein at least one support comprises a barrier layer that exhibits a low water vapor transmission rate. The imaging assembly has been found to provide better image quality and more consistence sensitometric response to pressure development.

摘要翻译： 一种独立的可光硬化成像组件，包括：第一透明支撑体; 成像层，其包含显影剂材料和包封着色前体的多个可光硬化微胶囊和第二支撑体，其中至少一个支撑体包括显示低水蒸气透过率的阻挡层。 已经发现成像组件能够提供更好的图像质量和对压力发展的更一致的感光度响应。