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US 9,428,658 B2Granted
Sublimation transfer ink composition
AssigneeOce-Technologies B.V.
InventorsRonald M. J. Hofstra, Mark A. M. Leenen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an aqueous sublimation transfer ink composition. The sublimation transfer ink composition comprises a polysaccharide. The present invention further relates to a method of preparing said ink composition. The present invention also relates to a method for providing an image onto a receiving medium.
Claims11
A sublimation transfer ink composition, comprising
- an aqueous vehicle,
- a heat transferable dye,
- a polysaccharide,
- wherein the polysaccharide is a water-soluble, substantially non-ionic polysaccharide comprises at least one monosaccharide moiety, wherein the polysaccharide has a molar mass (Mn) of 1500 gram/mole or higher, wherein the at least one monosaccharide unit is a glucose unit, and wherein the polysaccharide further comprises a sorbitol moiety.
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