EP0909659A3 - Dye donor member for thermal printers - Google Patents

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EP0909659A3
EP0909659A3 EP98203346A EP98203346A EP0909659A3 EP 0909659 A3 EP0909659 A3 EP 0909659A3 EP 98203346 A EP98203346 A EP 98203346A EP 98203346 A EP98203346 A EP 98203346A EP 0909659 A3 EP0909659 A3 EP 0909659A3
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dye donor
donor member
thermal printers
thermal conductivity
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EP0909659A2 (en
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Alexander Michael Zeltser
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Eastman Kodak Co
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
    • B41M5/26—Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used
    • B41M5/40—Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used characterised by the base backcoat, intermediate, or covering layers, e.g. for thermal transfer dye-donor or dye-receiver sheets; Heat, radiation filtering or absorbing means or layers; combined with other image registration layers or compositions; Special originals for reproduction by thermography
    • B41M5/41—Base layers supports or substrates

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Thermal Transfer Or Thermal Recording In General (AREA)
  • Impression-Transfer Materials And Handling Thereof (AREA)

Abstract

A dye donor member has a matrix portion comprised of a composite material with anisotropic thermal conductivity, wherein the thermal conductivity in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the member is substantially greater than the thermal conductivity in the direction of the plane of the member.
EP98203346A 1997-10-16 1998-10-05 Dye donor member for thermal printers Withdrawn EP0909659A3 (en)

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US95157497A 1997-10-16 1997-10-16
US951574 1997-10-16

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EP0909659A2 EP0909659A2 (en) 1999-04-21
EP0909659A3 true EP0909659A3 (en) 1999-09-15

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US7226890B2 (en) 2003-12-23 2007-06-05 Eastman Kodak Company Thermal printing ribbon
US7113197B2 (en) 2003-12-23 2006-09-26 Eastman Kodak Company Method of thermal printing
US7211364B1 (en) 2005-10-21 2007-05-01 Eastman Kodak Company Thermally conducive material and use in high-speed printing

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JPS59162090A (en) * 1983-03-04 1984-09-12 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Transfer recording medium
JPS61237687A (en) * 1985-04-15 1986-10-22 Toray Ind Inc Transfer material for thermal recording
US4668415A (en) * 1986-02-12 1987-05-26 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Facilitation of orientation of thermotropic polymers in a magnetic field
JPS63242513A (en) * 1987-03-30 1988-10-07 Sumitomo Bakelite Co Ltd Preparation of wholly aromatic liquid crystal polyester film
JPH023382A (en) * 1988-06-20 1990-01-08 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd Energization sublimation transfer type printing recording method
US4902451A (en) * 1982-02-18 1990-02-20 Inoue-Japax Research Incorporated Method of preparing a frictional material
JPH02299882A (en) * 1989-05-15 1990-12-12 Seiko Epson Corp Thermal transfer recording material
EP0826513A1 (en) * 1996-08-29 1998-03-04 Eastman Kodak Company Apparatus and process for reapplying dye to a dye donor element of a thermal printer

Patent Citations (8)

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US4902451A (en) * 1982-02-18 1990-02-20 Inoue-Japax Research Incorporated Method of preparing a frictional material
JPS59162090A (en) * 1983-03-04 1984-09-12 Matsushita Electric Ind Co Ltd Transfer recording medium
JPS61237687A (en) * 1985-04-15 1986-10-22 Toray Ind Inc Transfer material for thermal recording
US4668415A (en) * 1986-02-12 1987-05-26 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Facilitation of orientation of thermotropic polymers in a magnetic field
JPS63242513A (en) * 1987-03-30 1988-10-07 Sumitomo Bakelite Co Ltd Preparation of wholly aromatic liquid crystal polyester film
JPH023382A (en) * 1988-06-20 1990-01-08 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd Energization sublimation transfer type printing recording method
JPH02299882A (en) * 1989-05-15 1990-12-12 Seiko Epson Corp Thermal transfer recording material
EP0826513A1 (en) * 1996-08-29 1998-03-04 Eastman Kodak Company Apparatus and process for reapplying dye to a dye donor element of a thermal printer

Non-Patent Citations (5)

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 009, no. 014 (M - 352) 22 January 1985 (1985-01-22) *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 011, no. 082 (M - 571) 12 March 1987 (1987-03-12) *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 013, no. 028 (M - 788) 23 January 1989 (1989-01-23) *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 014, no. 132 (M - 0948) 13 March 1990 (1990-03-13) *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 015, no. 077 (M - 1085) 22 February 1991 (1991-02-22) *

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