Heat transferable inked ribbon

Abstract

The present invention provides an improved heat transferable inked ribbon for preparing pressure transferable laminates. The inked ribbon includes a film base coated with an ink layer, which has high pressure sensitive adhesiveness, and further with a control layer, which includes a colorant and has high heat sensitive adhesiveness, viscosity, cohesive forces and hardness. Alternatively, the inked ribbon includes a film base coated with an incident rays reflecting layer, which contains white pigment and has high pressure sensitive adhesiveness, with an ink layer, which has high pressure sensitive adhesiveness, and further with a control layer, which has high heat sensitive adhesiveness, viscosity, cohesive forces and hardness. The inked ribbon thus constructed is efficiently and effectively transferred onto a sheet or film with poor wetting properties upon the application of heat; and the heat transferred image is also efficiently transferred from the sheet or film onto an article upon the application of pressure. The incident rays reflecting layer or addition of the colorant to the control layer enables the transferred image to possess increased hiding power.

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