EP0509302A1 - Procédé pour le transfert de colorants méthiniques - Google Patents

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EP0509302A1
EP0509302A1 EP92105403A EP92105403A EP0509302A1 EP 0509302 A1 EP0509302 A1 EP 0509302A1 EP 92105403 A EP92105403 A EP 92105403A EP 92105403 A EP92105403 A EP 92105403A EP 0509302 A1 EP0509302 A1 EP 0509302A1
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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
    • 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
    • B41M5/39Dyes containing one or more carbon-to-nitrogen double bonds, e.g. azomethine
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S428/913Material designed to be responsive to temperature, light, moisture
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the present invention relates to a new method for transferring methine dyes from a support to a plastic-coated paper using an energy source.
  • a transfer sheet containing a thermally transferable dye in one or more binders, optionally together with suitable auxiliaries is supported on a support with an energy source, e.g. with a heating head or a laser, heated by short heating impulses (duration: fractions of a second) from the back, whereby the dye migrates from the transfer sheet and diffuses into the surface coating of a recording medium.
  • an energy source e.g. with a heating head or a laser
  • short heating impulses duration: fractions of a second
  • the color recording is carried out using the three subtractive primary colors yellow, magenta, cyan (and possibly black).
  • JP-A-229 786/1985, JP-A-84 390/1990 and EP-A-258 856 describe aniline derivatives for this purpose which have the tricyanovinyl radical in the para position to the amino group.
  • JP-A-32 164/1990 describes dyes which have 4-nitrophenylacetonitrile as a CH-acidic component.
  • the object of the present invention was therefore to provide a new method for the transmission of methine dyes with absorption in the blue-green or green spectral range, the dyes used having the properties mentioned at the outset.
  • Aromatic carbocyclic or heterocyclic radicals K are derived, for example, from the aniline, aminonaphthalene, indole, quinoline, benzoxazine, aminothiazole, diaminopyridine, aminothiophene, benzimidazole or benzothiazole series.
  • substituted alkyl or phenyl groups occur in the formulas mentioned above, these are generally mono- to trisubstituted.
  • the substituents e.g. Cyano, phenyl, tolyl, C1-C6-alkanoyloxy, C1-C4-alkoxycarbonyl or C1-C4-alkoxycarbonyloxy, in which case the alkoxy group can be substituted by phenyl, tolyl or C1-C4-alkoxy.
  • Suitable radicals X2, X4, X5, R3, R4, R6 and R8 are e.g. Methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, isobutyl or sec-butyl.
  • R3, R4 and R6 are also e.g. Pentyl, isopentyl, neopentyl, tert-pentyl, hexyl or 2-methylpentyl.
  • R3 and R4 are further examples of heptyl, octyl, 2-ethylhexyl, 2-methoxyethyl, 2- or 3-methoxypropyl, 2-ethoxyethyl, 2- or 3-ethoxypropyl, 2-propoxyethyl, 2- or 3-propoxypropyl, 2- Butoxyethyl, 2- or 3-butoxypropyl, 3,6-dioxaheptyl, 3,6-dioxaoctyl, 2-cyanoethyl, 2- or 3-cyanopropyl, 2-acetyloxyethyl, 2- or 3-acetyloxypropyl, 2-isobutyryloxyethyl, 2- or 2-isobutyryloxypropyl, 2-methoxycarbonylethyl, 2- or 3-methoxycarbonylpropyl, 2-ethoxycarbonylethyl, 2- or 3-ethoxycarbonylpropyl 2-methoxycarbonylpropyl,
  • Residues X2 and R8 are further e.g. Methoxy, ethoxy, propoxy, iospropoxy, butoxy, sec-butoxy, methylthio, ethylthio, propylthio, isopropylthio or butylthio.
  • Residues R8 are still e.g. Fluorine, chlorine or bromine.
  • R1 are e.g. Methylsulfonylamino, ethylsulfonylamino, propylsulfonylamino, isopropylsulfonylamino, butylsulfonylamino, mono- or dimethylaminosulfonylamino, mono- or diethylaminosulfonylamino, mono- or dipropylaminosulfonylamino, mono- or diisopropylaminosulfonylamino-nylamino or n-aminobutylamino-sulfonylamino-methyl-n-aminosulfonylamino-nyl-aminosulfonylamino-naphonamino-n-aminosulfonylamino-n-aminosulfonylamino-n-aminosulfonylamino-naphonamino-n-aminosulfony
  • X1, X3 and R7 are e.g. Methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl, propoxycarbonyl, isopropoxycarbonyl or butoxycarbonyl.
  • X1 and R7 are further e.g. Pentyloxycarbonyl, hexyloxycarbonyl, mono- or dimethylcarbamoyl, mono- or diethylcarbamoyl, mono- or dipropylcarbamoyl, mono- or diisopropylcarbamoyl, mono- or dibutylcarbamoyl or N-methyl-N-ethylcarbamoyl.
  • Residues X1 are furthermore, for example, 2-methoxyethoxycarbonyl, 2-ethoxyethoxycarbonyl, 3,6-dioxaheptyloxycarbonyl, cyclopentyloxycarbonyl, cyclohexyloxycarbonyl, cycloheptyloxycarbonyl, formyl, acetyl, propionyl, butyryl, isobutyryl, benzoyl, 2-methylbenzoyloxy, 2,4-dimethylbenzoyloyl, 2,4-dimethylbenzoyloxy , 2,4-dimethoxybenzoyl, 2-chlorobenzoyl, 2,4-dichlorobenzoyl, methylsulfonyl, ethylsulfonyl, propylsulfonyl, isopropylsulfonyl, butylsulfonyl, phenylsulfonyl, 2- or 4-
  • a process is particularly preferred in which there are one or more dyes of the formula I on the support, in which B represents the residue of a CH-acidic compound which is derived from a compound of the formula IIa or IIb.
  • the methine dyes of the formula I can be prepared by methods known per se, as described, for example, in JP-A-32 164/1990, in the earlier application EP-A-416 434 or in the earlier German patent application P 41 05 197.1 will.
  • the dyes of the formula I which are transferred in the process according to the invention are generally distinguished by improved migration properties in the recording medium at room temperature, easier thermal transferability, higher thermal and photochemical stability, easier technical accessibility, better resistance to moisture and chemical substances, higher color strength, better solubility or better suitability for the subtractive color mixture (higher color purity, less blue absorption, more favorable form of the absorption band, eg small half-width or greater edge steepness on the short-wave side). They are also particularly advantageous for dye mixtures with red or reddish-violet dyes.
  • Such dyes are for example from EP-A-216 483, EP-A-209 990, EP-A-312 211, US-A-4 698 651, EP-A-346 729 or the earlier applications EP-A-416 434, EP-A-441 208 or EP-A-460 463.
  • the dyes of the formula I in combination with violet dyes, produce highly brilliant magenta stains and, in combination with cyan dyes, highly brilliant, reddish blue stains. At the same time, a deep, neutral black is achieved in combination with suitable yellow dyes.
  • the dyes are processed into a printing ink in a suitable organic solvent or in mixtures of solvents with one or more binders, if appropriate with the addition of auxiliaries.
  • a printing ink in a suitable organic solvent or in mixtures of solvents with one or more binders, if appropriate with the addition of auxiliaries.
  • the printing ink can be applied to the inert support using a doctor blade and the dyeing can be dried in air.
  • Suitable organic solvents for the dyes I are e.g. those in which the solubility of the dyes I at room temperature is greater than 1% by weight, preferably greater than 5% by weight.
  • Examples include ethanol, propanol, isobutanol, tetrahydrofuran, methylene chloride, methyl ethyl ketone, cyclopentanone, cyclohexanone, toluene, chlorobenzene or mixtures thereof.
  • binders All resins or polymer materials which are soluble in organic solvents and are capable of binding the dye to the inert support in an abrasion-resistant manner are suitable as binders. Preference is given to those binders which, after the printing ink has dried in air, absorb the dye in the form of a clear, transparent film without any visible crystallization of the dye occurring.
  • Preferred binders are ethyl cellulose, ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose, polyvinyl butyrate, polyvinyl acetate or saturated linear polyesters.
  • the weight ratio of binder: dye is generally 1: 1 to 5: 1.
  • auxiliaries are release agents, such as those mentioned in the earlier application EP-A-441 282 or the corresponding patent applications cited therein. They are also particularly organic To name additives which prevent the transfer dyes from crystallizing out during storage or when the ribbon is heated, for example cholesterol or vanillin.
  • Suitable inert carriers are e.g. described in the earlier application EP-A-441 282 or in the corresponding patent applications cited therein.
  • the thickness of the dye carrier is generally 3 to 30 microns, preferably 5 to 10 microns.
  • all temperature-stable plastic layers with affinity for the dyes to be transferred can be used as the dye-receiving layer, e.g. modified polycarbonates or polyester. Further details can e.g. from the earlier application EP-A-441 282 or the corresponding patent applications cited therein.
  • the transmission takes place by means of an energy source, e.g. by means of a laser or by means of a thermal head, which must be able to be heated to a temperature of ⁇ 300 ° C. so that the dye transfer can take place in the time range t: 0 ⁇ t ⁇ 15 msec.
  • the dye migrates from the transfer sheet and diffuses into the surface coating of the recording medium.
  • the dyes listed in the following table were processed according to ⁇ ) and the resulting, dye-coated supports were tested for transfer behavior according to ⁇ ).
  • the table shows the thermal transfer parameters T * and ⁇ E T , the absorption maxima of the dyes ⁇ max (measured in methylene chloride) and the binders used.

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