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US 4,897,377 AGranted
Receiver sheet
AssigneeImperial Chemical Industries PLC
InventorRichard A. Marbrow
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Abstract
A thermal transfer printing (TTP) receiver sheet has a receiving layer comprising an amorphous synthetic thermoplastics polymer.
Claims9
A thermal transfer printing receiver sheet for use in association with a compatible donor sheet, the receiver sheet comprising a supporting substrate having, on at least one surface thereof, a dye-receptive receiving layer to receive a dye thermally transferred from the donor sheet, wherein
- (a) the substrate comprises an opaque, molecularly oriented film of a synthetic linear polyester, and
- (b) the at least one receiving layer has a thickness not exceeding 7.5 .mu.m, and comprises a dye-receptive, essentially amorphous, synthetic polyester resin containing one or more glycols selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol and neopentyl glycol.
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