Poly(ethylene oxide) and alkali metal salt antistatic backing layer for photographic paper coated with polyolefin layer
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsDebasis Majumdar, Michael W. Orem
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Abstract
Described herein is a photographic paper coated with a polyolefin resin layer on each surface, one of the free surfaces of one of the polyolefin layers bearing a print retaining antistatic layer with improved spliceability and track off characteristics. The antistatic layer includes a polymeric latex binder and a non-ionic surface active compound having poly(ethylene oxide) and an alkali metal salt wherein the non-ionic surface active compound is between 0.1 and 4 percent by dry weight of the antistatic layer.
Claims7
A photographic paper comprising a paper sheet with a polyolefin resin layer on each surface of said paper sheet;
- a print retaining antistatic layer having a dry coverage of from 90 mg/m.sup.2 to 500 mg/m.sup.2 on one of the free surfaces of the polyolefin layers comprising
- a polymeric latex binder and a non-ionic surface active compound having poly(ethylene oxide) and an alkali metal salt wherein the non-ionic surface active compound comprises between 0.1 and 4 percent by dry weight of the antistatic layer.
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