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US 6,197,409 B1Granted
Ink-jet media
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorsGregory A. Bodager, Jon Gregory Moehlmann, Daphne Pinto Fickes, Robert Paul Held, Ray Alexander Work, III
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Abstract
Media are disclosed having a substrate, water-absorbing layer, and adhesive ink-receiving layer. After being printed with an aqueous pigmented ink, the ink-receiving layer may be laminated to a permanent substrate. Exposure to an energy source may render the printed image more durable.
Claims18
A medium adapted to receive an ink image from an ink-jet printer, for subsequent transfer to a permanent substrate, said medium comprising, in order:
- (a) a substrate
- (b) a water-absorbing layer located closest to the substrate comprising a hydrophilic polymer that is substantially solid in the presence of an aqueous ink;
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- (c) a transparent, adhesive, ink-receiving layer located furthest from the substrate that is permeable to an aqueous carrier of the ink and holds the image formed by a colorant contained in the ink;
- wherein the ink-receiving layer is releasable from the medium to facilitate transfer of the ink-receiving layer to a permanent substrate subsequent to image formation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.