Thermal transfer printing
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsMorven McAlpine, Christopher Bennett
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Abstract
A receiver layer for use in dye diffusion thermal transfer printing includes a release agent and a swellable inorganic lamellar material that is at least partially in an exfoliated or intercalated state. The receiver layer may be thermally transferable. The swellable inorganic lamellar material may be a clay, which may be at least partially in the exfoliated state.
Claims15
A dye diffusion thermal transfer ribbon comprising a thermally transferable receiver layer for use in dye diffusion thermal transfer printing, wherein the thermal transfer ribbon comprises an elongate strip or ribbon of a substrate carrying
- a plurality of panels of thermally transferable dyes and separate panels of the thermally transferable receiver layer, wherein the plurality of panels of thermally transferable dyes and the separate panels of the thermally transferable receiver layer contact a same surface of the substrate,
- wherein the receiver layer comprises:
- a release agent;
- and
- a swellable inorganic lamellar material that is at least partially in an exfoliated or intercalated state,
- wherein the separate panels of the thermally transferable receiver layer are positioned relative to the plurality of panels of thermally transferable dyes so the thermally transferable receiver layer of one of the separate panels can be transferred from the substrate prior to dye transfer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.