EP0257580A3 - Merocyanine dye-donor element used in thermal dye transfer - Google Patents

Merocyanine dye-donor element used in thermal dye transfer Download PDF

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EP0257580A3
EP0257580A3 EP87112148A EP87112148A EP0257580A3 EP 0257580 A3 EP0257580 A3 EP 0257580A3 EP 87112148 A EP87112148 A EP 87112148A EP 87112148 A EP87112148 A EP 87112148A EP 0257580 A3 EP0257580 A3 EP 0257580A3
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dye
element used
donor element
merocyanine
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Gary Wayne Byers
Derek David Chapman
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Eastman Kodak Co
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Priority claimed from US06/899,274 external-priority patent/US4705522A/en
Priority claimed from US07/059,442 external-priority patent/US4757046A/en
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41MPRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M5/00Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
    • B41M5/26Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used
    • B41M5/382Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes
    • B41M5/385Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes characterised by the transferable dyes or pigments
    • B41M5/3854Dyes containing one or more acyclic carbon-to-carbon double bonds, e.g., di- or tri-cyanovinyl, methine
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41MPRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M5/00Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
    • B41M5/50Recording sheets characterised by the coating used to improve ink, dye or pigment receptivity, e.g. for ink-jet or thermal dye transfer recording
    • B41M5/52Macromolecular coatings
    • B41M5/5227Macromolecular coatings characterised by organic non-macromolecular additives, e.g. UV-absorbers, plasticisers, surfactants

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Thermal Transfer Or Thermal Recording In General (AREA)
EP87112148A 1986-08-22 1987-08-21 Merocyanine dye-donor element used in thermal dye transfer Expired - Lifetime EP0257580B1 (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US06/899,274 US4705522A (en) 1986-08-22 1986-08-22 Alkolxy derivative stabilizers for dye-receiving element used in thermal dye transfer
US899274 1986-08-22
US91544186A 1986-10-06 1986-10-06
US915441 1986-10-06
US59442 1987-06-08
US07/059,442 US4757046A (en) 1986-10-06 1987-06-08 Merocyanine dye-donor element used in thermal dye transfer

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EP0257580A2 EP0257580A2 (en) 1988-03-02
EP0257580A3 true EP0257580A3 (en) 1989-09-27
EP0257580B1 EP0257580B1 (en) 1992-05-06

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EP87112148A Expired - Lifetime EP0257580B1 (en) 1986-08-22 1987-08-21 Merocyanine dye-donor element used in thermal dye transfer

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US4950640A (en) * 1989-06-16 1990-08-21 Eastman Kodak Company Infrared absorbing merocyanine dyes for dye-donor element used in laser-induced thermal dye transfer
JP2739352B2 (en) * 1989-09-22 1998-04-15 住化ファインケム株式会社 Methine compounds and their uses
EP0503083B1 (en) * 1990-09-25 1996-12-11 Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. Heat transfer sheet and use of a dye in heat transfer recording
EP0701907A1 (en) 1994-09-13 1996-03-20 Agfa-Gevaert N.V. A dye donor element for use in a thermal dye transfer process
EP0733487B1 (en) 1995-01-30 2000-05-24 Agfa-Gevaert N.V. Method for making a lithographic printing plate requiring no wet processing
EP0792757B1 (en) 1996-02-27 2001-06-06 Agfa-Gevaert N.V. Dye donor element for use in thermal transfer printing
EP3470470A1 (en) * 2017-10-13 2019-04-17 LANXESS Deutschland GmbH Methine dyes for the mass dyeing of synthetic polyamides
EP3470468A1 (en) * 2017-10-13 2019-04-17 LANXESS Deutschland GmbH Methine dyes

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FR2272217A1 (en) * 1974-05-20 1975-12-19 Ciba Geigy Ag
EP0257578A2 (en) * 1986-08-22 1988-03-02 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation) Process for reheating dye-receiving element containing stabilizer

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JPS60214994A (en) * 1984-04-11 1985-10-28 Ricoh Co Ltd Image-recording material
CA1283535C (en) * 1986-08-22 1991-04-30 Gary W. Byers N-alkyl-or n-aryl-aminopyrazolone merocyanine dye-donor element used in thermal dye transfer
US4737486A (en) * 1986-11-10 1988-04-12 Eastman Kodak Company Inorganic polymer subbing layer for dye-donor element used in thermal dye transfer

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FR2272217A1 (en) * 1974-05-20 1975-12-19 Ciba Geigy Ag
EP0257578A2 (en) * 1986-08-22 1988-03-02 EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY (a New Jersey corporation) Process for reheating dye-receiving element containing stabilizer

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, vol. 10, no. 70 (M-462)[2127], 19th March 1986, page 158 M 462; & JP-A-60 214 994 (RICOH K.K.) 28-10-1985 *

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