# US 7,608,311 B2 · Print receptive articles > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,608,311 B2 - Document ID: US7608311B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 10/980,047 - Filed: 2004-11-03 - Published: 2005-06-16 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2003-12-16 - Assignees: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company - Inventors: Larry Glen Snow - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7608311B2 ## CPC - B41M 5/52: Macromolecular coatings - B41M 7/0027: {using protective coatings or layers by lamination or by fusion of the coatings or layers} - B41M 1/12: Stencil printing; Silk-screen printing - B41M 5/508: {Supports} - B41M 5/5254: {characterised by the use of polymers obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds, e.g. vinyl polymers} - B41M: PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING, (correction of typographical errors B41J; processes for applying transfer pictures or the like B44C1/16; fluid media for correction of typographical errors by coating C09D10/00; printing textiles D06P) ## Abstract This invention provides printed and print receptive articles and processes for making such articles. The articles have a substrate coated with hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition characterized by a solvent resistant fraction of at least about 0.6 and a solvent absorbance capacity of at least about 300%. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A printable article comprising a substrate coated with hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition characterized by a solvent resistant fraction of at least about 0.6 and a solvent absorbance capacity of at least about 300% wherein said hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition comprises a crosslinked amine functional polymer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The printable article of claim 1 wherein said hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition is characterized by a solvent resistance fraction of at least about 0.6 and a solvent absorbance capacity of at least about 800%. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The printable article of claim 1 wherein said solvent absorbance capacity of said hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition does not decrease by more than about 25% over a seven day period. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The printable article of claim 1 wherein said solvent absorbance capacity of said hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition does not decrease by more than about 10% over a seven day period. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The printable article of claim 1 wherein said hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition comprises an amine functional acrylic copolymer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The printable article of claim 1 wherein said substrate is selected from a group consisting of polymer, metal, glass and paper. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The printable article of claim 6 wherein said polymer comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyester, polycarbonate, polyolefin, vinyl chloride polymer and fluoropolymer. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The printable article of claim 6 wherein said polymer comprises a fluoropolymer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The printable article of claim 8 wherein said fluoropolymer is selected from polymers and copolymers of trifluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene, monochlorotrifluoroethylene, dichlorodifluoroethylene, tetrafluoroethylene, perfluorobutyl ethylene, perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether), vinylidene fluoride, and vinyl fluoride and blends thereof and blends of said polymers with a nonfluoropolymer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The printable article of claim 8 wherein said fluoropolymer is selected from polyvinyl fluoride, fluorinated ethylene/propylene copolymer, ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, polyvinylidene fluoride and a blend of polyvinylidene fluoride and an acrylic polymer. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The printable article of claim 1 wherein said substrate comprises a polymer film. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The printable article of claim 1 wherein said substrate comprises a polymer sheet. ### Claim 13 A printed article comprising a substrate coated with a layer of hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition characterized by a solvent resistant fraction of at least about 0.6 and a solvent absorbance capacity of at least about 300%, and an image formed on said layer by a non-aqueous solvent based ink wherein said hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition comprises a crosslinked amine functional polymer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The printed article of claim 13 wherein said hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition is characterized by a solvent resistant fraction of at least about 0.6 and a solvent absorbance capacity of at least about 800%. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The printed article of claim 13 wherein said solvent absorbance capacity of said hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition does not decrease by more than about 25% over a seven day period. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The printed article of claim 13 said solvent absorbance capacity of said hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition does not decrease by more than about 10% over a seven day period. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The printed article of claim 13 wherein said substrate is selected from a group consisting of polymer, metal, glass and paper. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The printed article of claim 17 wherein said polymer comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyester, polycarbonate, polyolefin, polyvinyl chloride and fluoropolymer. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The printed article of claim 17 wherein said polymer comprises a fluoropolymer. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The printed article of claim 19 wherein said fluoropolymer is selected from polymers and copolymers of trifluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene, monochlorotrifluoroethylene, dichlorodifluoroethylene, tetrafluoroethylene, perfluorobutyl ethylene, perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether), vinylidene fluoride, and vinyl fluoride and blends thereof and blends of said polymers with a nonfluoropolymer. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The printed article of claim 19 wherein said fluoropolymer is selected from polyvinyl fluoride, fluorinated ethylene/propylene copolymer, ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer, polyvinylidene fluoride and a blend of polyvinylidene fluoride and an acrylic polymer. ### Claim 22 (depends on 13) The printed article of claim 13 wherein said substrate comprises a polymer film. ### Claim 23 (depends on 13) The printed article of claim 13 wherein said substrate comprises a polymer sheet. ### Claim 24 (depends on 13) The printed article of claim 13 wherein said image is formed using an inkjet printer. ### Claim 25 (depends on 13) The printed article of claim 13 wherein said image is formed using a screen printer. ### Claim 26 A process for preparing a printable article comprising: coating a substrate with a composition comprising a crosslinkable amine functional polymer and a crosslinking agent; and heating said coated substrate to a sufficient temperature to produce a crosslinked hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer layer on said substrate wherein said hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer layer is characterized by a solvent resistant fraction of at least about 0.6 and a solvent absorbance capacity of at least about 300%. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The process of claim 26 wherein said solvent absorbance capacity of said hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition does not decrease by more than about 25% over a seven day period. ### Claim 28 (depends on 26) The process of claim 26 wherein said solvent absorbance capacity of said hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition does not decrease by more than about 10% over a seven day period. ### Claim 29 A process for preparing a printed article comprising: coating a substrate with a composition comprising a crosslinkable amine functional polymer and a crosslinking agent; heating said coated substrate to a sufficient temperature to produce a crosslinked hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer layer on said substrate wherein said hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer layer is characterized by a solvent resistant fraction of at least about 0.6 and a solvent absorbance capacity of at least about 300%; and forming an image on said crosslinked hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer layer by applying a non-aqueous solvent based ink. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The process of claim 29 wherein said solvent absorbance capacity of said hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition does not decrease by more than about 25% over a seven day period. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The process of claim 30 wherein said solvent absorbance capacity of said hydrophobic, ink receptive polymer composition does not decrease by more than about 10% over a seven day period.