Printable and printed articles
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDheya M. Alfekri, Ronald J. Selensky
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Abstract
Printable articles including a substrate, an image receiving layer over the substrate, and a barrier layer between the substrate and the image receiving layer are useful in the production of fine art reproductions. The image receiving layer comprises at least one pigment and two or more binders, wherein at least one of the two or more binders has a glass transition temperature (Tg) at least 20° C. less than a Tg of at least one other of the two or more binders. Printed articles including a printable article with marking material contained in the image receiving layer may exhibit a textured cracking pattern after application and drying of the marking material or a liquid laminate.
Claims20
A printable article, comprising:
- a substrate;
- an image receiving layer over the substrate;
- and
- a barrier layer between the substrate and the image receiving layer;
- wherein the image receiving layer comprises at least one pigment and two or more binders;
- and
- wherein at least one of the two or more binders has a glass transition temperature (Tg) at least 20° C. less than a Tg of at least one other of the two or more binders, an amount of the at least one other binder being 4 times to 80 times an amount of the at least one binder having the at least 20° C. lower Tg.
A printable article, comprising:
- a fibrous substrate;
- an image receiving layer over the fibrous substrate;
- and
- a barrier layer between the fibrous substrate and the image receiving layer;
- wherein the image receiving layer comprises at least one polymer pigment and two or more polymer binders;
- and
- wherein at least one of the two or more polymer binders has a glass transition temperature (Tg) at least 20° C. less than a Tg of at least one other of the two or more polymer binders;
- and
- wherein at least one of the two or more polymer binders has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of less than 10° C., the at least one polymer binder having the Tg of less than 10° C. being in a range of 0.5 to 5 percent (%) by weight, the at least one other polymer binder being in a range of 20 to 40% by weight, the % by weight being of total wet weight of the image receiving layer.
A printed article, comprising:
- a substrate;
- an image receiving layer over the substrate;
- a barrier layer between the substrate and the image receiving layer;
- and
- marking material contained in the image receiving layer, thereby forming an image layer comprising the image receiving layer and the marking material;
- wherein the image receiving layer comprises at least one pigment and two or more binders;
- wherein at least one of the two or more binders has a glass transition temperature (Tg) at least 20° C. less than a Tg of at least one other of the two or more binders;
- and
- wherein the printed article exhibits a textured cracking pattern in the image layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.