Abstract:
An inkjet printing method with the steps of: I) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; II) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element having a support having thereon in order: a) at least one porous, ink-retaining layer; and b) a fusible, porous ink-transporting layer having fusible, polymeric particles and a film-forming, hydrophobic binder; III) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; IV) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals; and V) fusing the fusible, porous ink-transporting layer to provide a continuous polymeric layer on the surface of the ink jet recording element.
Abstract:
An ink jet 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 jet recording elements comprising a support having thereon, in the order recited, at least one base layer comprising a hydrophilic or porous material and a porous top layer capable of either retaining or transporting an ink image, the porous top layer comprising a polymeric binder and thermally-compliant core-shell particles, the particle-to-binder ratio being between about 95:5 and 50:50, and wherein each the thermally-compliant core-shell particle has: i) a shell of inorganic colloidal particles, and ii) a core of a thermoplastic polymer, the particles having a particle size between about 0.5 &mgr;m and about 10 &mgr;m, the polymeric core having a softening point of greater than about 50° C., and the weight ratio of the shell of the inorganic colloidal particles to the thermoplastic core being from about 1:5 to about 1:99; C) loading the printer with an inkjet ink composition; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.
Abstract:
The partial alkylation of a polyhydroxybenzophenone having ortho- and para-hydroxy substituents to form an ortho-hydroxy, para-alkoxy benzophenone is carried out in the presence of a non-aqueous solvent, viz. a polyethylene glycol or its mono or dialkylated derivatives, whereby high yields of alkylated product are obtained in shorter reaction times.
Abstract:
An inkjet recording element comprising a support having thereon in order, from top to bottom, a fusible, porous ink-transporting layer comprising fusible polymeric particles, which particles comprise a thermoplastic polymer with reactive functional groups, the ink-transporting layer further comprising a multifunctional compound having complementary reactive functional groups capable of crosslinking the reactive functional groups on the thermoplastic polymer. The ink-transporting layer is over a fusible dye-trapping layer that preferably comprises a mordant. Optionally, an ink-carrier-liquid receptive layer is present between the dye-trapping layer and the support.
Abstract:
An inkjet recording element comprises a support having thereon at least one ink-receiving layer, including a porous fusible layer comprising fusible polymeric particles and a thermoresponsive polymer that is capable of exhibiting a lower critical solution temperature below 20° C.
Abstract:
An ink jet recording element having a support having thereon in order: a) at least one porous, ink-retaining layer; and b) a fusible, porous ink-transporting layer of a film-forming, hydrophobic binder and fusible, polymeric particles of a cellulose ester.
Abstract:
An ink jet printing process, having the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element having a support having thereon in order: i) at least one porous, ink carrier liquid receptive layer; ii) a fusible, porous dye-trapping layer of fusible polymeric particles, a binder, and a dye mordant; and iii) a fusible, porous ink-transporting layer of fusible, polymeric particles and a film-forming, hydrophobic binder; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink compositions; and D) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.
Abstract:
An ink jet printing method, including the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with ink jet recording elements with a support having thereon an image-receiving layer of a polymer having a given contact angle; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; D) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals to form an imaged recording element; and E) heating the imaged recording element sufficiently to cause the layer of polymer to increase the contact angle at least about 15 degrees.
Abstract:
A process for laminating an ink jet print by providing a support having an ink jet image, contacting the imaged surface with a transfer element to form a composite, the transfer element comprising a flexible, polymeric support having a porous, fusible, transferable protection layer comprising fusible, thermoplastic polymeric particles in a polymeric binder, the protection layer having a thickness between 2 and 100 &mgr;m and a particle-to-binder ratio between 95:5 and 70:30, the thermoplastic polymeric particles having a particle size less than 10 &mgr;m and a Tm or softening point greater than 50° C., and the polymeric binder having a Tg less than 20° C., applying heat and pressure to the composite to fuse the protection layer to form a substantially continuous protection layer, allowing the composite to cool, and peeling the polymeric support of the transfer element from the composite to form the laminated ink the print.
Abstract:
A method for making a porous ink jet recording element having a uniform, protective layer by coating on a support the following layers in order: a) a porous, image-receiving layer containing a diffusible coagulant; and b) a layer containing a dispersion of particles which are capable of forming a particle gel with a coagulant; c) the diffusible coagulant thereby diffusing into the layer containing the dispersion of particles, causing the layer to set to a particle gel; and d) drying the element to obtain a uniform, protective layer on top of the porous, image-receiving layer.