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US 6,712,532 B2Granted
Method of printing film and articles
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorThomas F. Look
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of printing polymer films and corresponding articles. The invention is useful for providing dimensional stability during printing and/or improving the print quality, particularly for contact or thermal printing methods such as thermal mass transfer printing.
Claims18
A method of printing comprising:
- a) providing an image receiving sheet comprising a film having an exposed surface and an unexposed surface, a dimensionally stable support, and an adhesive disposed between said unexposed surface of the film and the support;
- b) printing the exposed surface of the film;
- c) bonding the exposed surface of the film to a substrate;
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- d) removing the support concurrently with removing the adhesive.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.