Infrared sensitive recording medium with fluorocarbon surfactant
AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorsDavid A. Morgan, Jon A. Bjork
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Abstract
A radiation thermally imageable, solid toner addressable article comprises a substrate having on at least one surface thereof a layer comprising a) a solid binder which can be converted to a supercooled liquid upon heating and subsequent cooling to room temperature, b) a dye which absorbs radiation (at the wavelength of the imaging device,, e.e., ultraviolet, visible [especially the red], and infrared wavelengths) and converts infrared radiation to thermal energy, and c) a fluorinated surfactant. A directly thermally addressable article does not require the radiation absorbable dye.
Claims10
A thermally imageable, solid toner addressable article comprising a substrate having on at least one surface thereof a layer comprising a) a solid binder which can be converted to a supercooled liquid upon heating and subsequent cooling to room temperature, b) a dye which absorbs infrared radiation and converts infrared radiation to thermal energy, and c) a fluorinated surfactant.
A thermally imageable, solid toner thermally addressable article comprising a substrate having on at least one surface thereof a layer comprising a) a solid binder which can be converted to a supercooled liquid upon heating and subsequent cooling to room temperature, and b) a fluorinated surfactant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.