Thermal donor for high-speed printing
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsDavid G. Foster, Maurice L. Gray, Teh-Ming Kung, William M. York, III, Brian T. Pope
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Abstract
A dye-donor element including a dye-donor layer is described, wherein the dye-donor element includes a stick preventative agent. The dye-donor element is capable of printing an image on a receiver element at a line speed of 2 ms/line or less while maintaining a print density of at least two, and a print to fail value of at least four. A print assembly including the dye-donor element and a receiver element is also described, as well as a method of printing using the dye-donor element.
Claims34
A dye-donor element having a dye-donor layer, wherein the dye-donor element comprises a stick preventative agent of alpha-methyl styrene, cyclotetrasiloxane, polyalkyleneoxide methylsiloxane, polyalkyleneoxide modified polydimethylsiloxane or a combination thereof, and wherein the dye-donor element, printed at a line speed of 2.0 ms/line or less, produces a defect-free image with a density of two or greater.
A dye-donor element having a dye-donor layer, wherein the dye-donor element comprises a stick preventative agent of alpha-methyl styrene, cyclotetrasiloxane, polvalkyleneoxide methylsiloxane, polyalkyleneoxide modified polydimethylsiloxane or a combination thereof, and wherein the dye-donor element, printed at a line speed of 2.0 ms/line or less, produces a defect-free image with a print to fail value of at least four.
A method of printing an image comprising image-wise transferring dye from a dye-donor element to a receiver element, wherein the image-wise transfer occurs at a line speed of 2.0 ms/line or less, the image has a density of two or greater, and the dye-donor element comprises a stick preventative agent of alpha-methyl styrene, cyclotetrasiloxane, polyalkyleneoxide methylsiloxane, polyalkyleneoxide modified polydimethylsiloxane or a combination thereof.
A method of printing an image comprising image-wise transferring dye from a dye-donor element to a receiver element, wherein the image-wise transfer occurs at a line speed of 2.0 ms/line or less, the dye-donor element has a print to fail value of at least four, and the dye-donor element comprises a stick preventative agent of alpha-methyl styrene, cyclotetrasiloxane, polyalkyleneoxide methylsiloxane, polyalkyleneoxide modified polydimethylsiloxane or a combination thereof.
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