EP1092554A3 - Thermal imaging process providing color versatility - Google Patents

Thermal imaging process providing color versatility Download PDF

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EP1092554A3
EP1092554A3 EP00309066A EP00309066A EP1092554A3 EP 1092554 A3 EP1092554 A3 EP 1092554A3 EP 00309066 A EP00309066 A EP 00309066A EP 00309066 A EP00309066 A EP 00309066A EP 1092554 A3 EP1092554 A3 EP 1092554A3
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Graciela Beatriz Blanchet-Fincher
Michael F. Moore
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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
    • B41M5/34—Multicolour thermography
    • B41M5/345—Multicolour thermography by thermal transfer of dyes or pigments
    • 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
    • B41M5/46—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 characterised by the light-to-heat converting means; characterised by the heat or radiation filtering or absorbing means or layers
    • B41M5/465—Infra-red radiation-absorbing materials, e.g. dyes, metals, silicates, C black
    • 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
    • B41M5/50—Recording sheets characterised by the coating used to improve ink, dye or pigment receptivity, e.g. for ink-jet or thermal dye transfer recording
    • B41M5/52—Macromolecular coatings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M7/00—After-treatment of prints, e.g. heating, irradiating, setting of the ink, protection of the printed stock
    • B41M7/0027—After-treatment of prints, e.g. heating, irradiating, setting of the ink, protection of the printed stock using protective coatings or layers by lamination or by fusion of the coatings or layers

Abstract

A processes for laser thermal imaging and imaged laserable assemblages A method for forming an image comprising the steps of:
  • (1) forming a first coating solution of a first colorant and a second coating solution of a second colorant;
  • (2) providing a first base element having a first coatable surface;
  • (3) forming a first imageable element by applying an amount of the first coating solution to the coatable surface to form a first thermally imageable layer thereon, the first thermally imageable layer having a first thermal sensitivity;
  • (4) forming a first laserable assemblage including the first imageable element and a receiver element having an image receiving layer which is in contact with the first imageable element;
  • (5) first imagewise exposing to laser radiation the first laserable assemblage, whereby the exposed areas of the first thermally imageable layer are transferred to the receiver element to form a first imaged receiver element;
  • (6) providing a second base element having a second coatable surface;
  • (7) forming a second imageable element by applying an amount of the second coating solution to the coatable surface to form a second thermally imageable layer thereon, the second thermally imageable layer having a second thermal sensitivity;
  • (8) forming a second laserable assemblage including the second imageable element and the first imaged receiver element, the first image of which is adjacent to the second imageable element;
  • (9) imagewise exposing to laser radiation, at substantially the same laser fluence as the first imagewise exposing, the second laserable assemblage, whereby the exposed areas of the second thermally imageable layer are transferred to the first imaged receiver element to form a second imaged receiver; and
  • (10) separating at least the second imageable element from the second imaged receiver to produce an imaged receiver having a revealed image.
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    EP00309066A 1999-10-15 2000-10-16 Thermal imaging process providing color versatility Withdrawn EP1092554A3 (en)

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    US5171650A (en) * 1990-10-04 1992-12-15 Graphics Technology International, Inc. Ablation-transfer imaging/recording
    US5395729A (en) * 1993-04-30 1995-03-07 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Laser-induced thermal transfer process
    US5766819A (en) * 1995-11-29 1998-06-16 E. I. Dupont De Nemours And Company Donor elements, assemblages, and associated processes with flexible ejection layer(s) for laser-induced thermal transfer
    US5837375A (en) * 1993-09-03 1998-11-17 Rexham Graphics Incorporated Ink jet imaging process and recording element for use therein
    EP0891877A2 (en) * 1997-07-14 1999-01-20 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Laser-induced thermal transfer recording process

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    US5171650A (en) * 1990-10-04 1992-12-15 Graphics Technology International, Inc. Ablation-transfer imaging/recording
    US5395729A (en) * 1993-04-30 1995-03-07 E. I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Laser-induced thermal transfer process
    US5837375A (en) * 1993-09-03 1998-11-17 Rexham Graphics Incorporated Ink jet imaging process and recording element for use therein
    US5766819A (en) * 1995-11-29 1998-06-16 E. I. Dupont De Nemours And Company Donor elements, assemblages, and associated processes with flexible ejection layer(s) for laser-induced thermal transfer
    EP0891877A2 (en) * 1997-07-14 1999-01-20 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Laser-induced thermal transfer recording process

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