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 an anionic, water-dispersible polyester ionomer and a hydrophilic polymer; 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:
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: I) an electrically neutral, deprotonated, delocalized cationic dye precursor; II) a pendant basic dye of the formula D-(L-E).sub.m wherein D represents the residue of a dye, L represents a covalent linking group, E represents a moiety with basic properties and m is an integer of 1-3; or III) a cationic dye precursor having the following structure: ##STR1## (b) 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 dye image-receiving layer, the dye image-receiving layer comprising a polyester ionomer comprising a polyester backbone containing units of a salt of a sulfonic acid or sulfonimide and a basic nitrogen-containing compound which has a pKa of its conjugate acid in the range from about 6 to about 10.
摘要:
An ink jet printing process for improving the light stability of an ink jet image comprising: providing an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-recording layer comprising a cross-linkable polymer of gelatin or acetoacetylated poly(vinyl alcohol) and a mordant; applying liquid ink droplets of a dye on the image-recording layer in an image-wise manner, the dye being a water-soluble 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 applying an aqueous solution of a multivalent inorganic salt to the image to cross-link the polymer.
摘要:
An ink jet printing process for improving the light stability and wet abrasion resistance of an ink jet image comprising: a) providing an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-recording layer comprising a cross-linkable polymer of gelatin or acetoacetylated poly(vinyl alcohol) and a mordant; b) applying liquid ink droplets of a dye on the image-recording layer in an image-wise manner, the dye being a water-soluble 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 c) applying an aqueous solution of an organic hardener to the image to cross-link the polymer.
摘要:
An ink jet printing process for improving the wet abrasion resistance of an ink jet image comprising: providing an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-recording layer comprising a cross-linkable polymer of gelatin or acetoacetylated poly(vinyl alcohol) and a mordant; applying liquid ink droplets of a cationic, water-soluble dye on the image-recording layer in an image-wise manner; and applying an aqueous solution of an organic hardener or a sulfate of a trivalent metal to the image to cross-link the polymer.
摘要:
A method of ink jet printing, wherein an ink jet composition comprising water, a cationic, water soluble dye and from about 0.1% to about 10% by weight of a hardener is ejected onto an image recording element. The recording element is formed of a support and an ink receptive layer, formed on the support, wherein the ink receptive layer comprises a cross linkable polymer.
摘要:
An ink jet ink composition which provides an image having improved wet abrasion resistance comprising water, a cationic, water-soluble dye and from about 0.1 to about 10% by weight of a hardener.
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:
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 polyester polymer which itself does not significantly reprotonate deprotonated cationic dyes which may be transferred from the dye-donor element, to which has been added 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:
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) a water-soluble, multifunctional carboxylic acid with at least two carboxylic acid groups attached.