Image-receiving sheet for electrophotography and electrophotographic method using the same
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTsuneo Kurotori, Itsuo Ikeda, Manabu Mochizuki, Yuji Sawai
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Abstract
An image-receiving sheet for use with an electrophotographic method, including a transparent support and an overcoat layer formed thereon is disclosed, in which the overcoat layer (i) includes a thermoplastic resin which has a fluidification initiation temperature lower than that of a toner for image formation to be employed or that of a resin for use in said toner, and (ii) is white and opaque from being in a porous state. Furthermore, an electrophotographic method using the above image-receiving sheet is also disclosed.
Claims13
An image-receiving sheet for use in an electrophotographic method comprising a transparent support and an overcoat layer formed thereon, said overcoat layer (i) comprising a thermoplastic resin which has a fluidification initiation temperature lower than of a toner for image formation to be employed or that of a resin contained in said toner, and (ii) being white and opaque from being in a porous state, wherein said overcoat layer is capable of turning transparent when heated to said fluidification temperature.
An image-receiving sheet for use in an electrophotographic method comprising:
- a support;
- an overcoat layer formed on said support, said overcoat layer comprising a thermoplastic resin which has a fluidification initiation temperature lower than that of a toner for image formation to be employed or that of a resin for use in said toner and capable of turning transparent when heated to the fluidification temperature;
- and
- a top layer on said overcoat layer, which comprises a thermoplastic resin with an abrasion resistance higher than the abrasion resistance of said overcoat layer, and has a fluidification initiation temperature which is higher than that of said resin in said overcoat layer and the same as or lower than that of said toner or that of said resin contained in said toner.
An image-receiving sheet for use in an electrophotographic method comprising a transparent support and an overcoat layer formed on said transparent support, said overcoat layer (i) comprising a thermoplastic resin having a different viscoelasticity from that of a toner to be used for image formation or a resin for use in said toner, and (ii) being white and opaque from being in a porous state, wherein said overcoat layer is capable of turning transparent when heated to said fluidification temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.