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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8039068 | Thermal transfer image receiving sheet, and method for manufacturing same A thermal transfer image receiving sheet, excellent in releasability even after printing based on a thermal transfer process is performed a plurality of times, is provided. The thermal transfer image receiving sheet has: a substrate sheet; and an image receiving lay... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7919156 | Recording apparatus and material set for recording Disclosed is a material set for recording, including: an ink including a recording material, an organic solvent, and water; and ink receiving particles including an organic resin including hydrophilic monomer components and one or more hydrophobic monomer components... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7399508 | Recording medium The present invention provides a recording medium including a recording layer on a substrate, wherein the recording layer includes a polymer that has a thioether bond, has a sulfur equivalent of no less than 1.2 meq/g, and has an inorganic/organic ratio (I/O value) ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7377631 | Aqueous ink, set of reaction liquid and aqueous ink, and image forming method An aqueous ink, by which stable ink-jet recording can be conducted irrespective of printing environment, a substantially even image having abrasion resistance can be formed, no image soiling is caused even upon double-side printing, and a high-quality image improved... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7267864 | Image supporting material, method for use thereof and image forming apparatus utilizing the same The present invention provides an image supporting material for fixably supporting a color toner image, the material including a base material, a light scattering layer provided on the base material and containing a white pigment and a thermoplastic resin, and a col... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7250218 | Method of providing a marking on a substrate Method of applying a marking or image on a substrate which is provided with a coating by means of a sol-gel process. After the application of a layer of a sol-gel solution on the substrate, an ink which is compatible with the sol-gel is applied on the wet layer. The... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7235284 | Recording sheets for ink jet printing There is described a recording sheet for ink jet printing comprising a polyethylene coated paper support having coated onto the front side of said support one ink receiving layer comprising a mixture of gelatin and rice starch. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232214 | Method for increasing the diameter of an ink jet ink dot A method for increasing the diameter of an ink jet ink dot resulting from the application of an ink jet ink drop applied to the surface of an ink jet recording medium having a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the image-receiving layer containing: a) ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7153554 | Inkjet receptive and laser printable coating for holographic and metallic media One embodiment of an optical medium includes a substrate having a paper layer, an image deposited or otherwise disposed at the paper layer, a primer layer deposited or otherwise disposed at the image layer, and a receptive coating deposited or otherwise disposed at ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7112629 | Print media products for generating high quality images and methods for making the same Ink-receiving print media products capable of producing high quality printed images which are light-fast, humid-fast, have low coalescence (graininess) levels, and are characterized by other beneficial attributes. The print media products have at least one ink-recei... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7090903 | Ink-jet recording sheet An ink-jet recording sheet, comprising a support having thereon a porous ink receiving layer, the porous ink receiving layer including inorganic particles, a hydrophilic binder and a polymer, wherein the polymer has a plurality of carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds, pr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7087275 | Ink jet recording media and method for their preparation A coating fluid for application to a support to prepare an ink jet recording medium comprises an aqueous dispersion of a synthetic polymer hydrogel and gelatin, the amount of the synthetic polymer hydrogel being from 5 to 50% by weight of the combined weight of synt... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7015273 | Polymer complex coating agents, method for the production and use thereof The invention relates to water-dilutable binding agents and coating agents with particularly quick drying surfaces. The invention also relates to a method for the production and use thereof. The water-dilutable binding agents are based on polymer dispersions, which ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7015270 | Cationic mixed-oxide dispersion, coating pigment and ink-absorbing medium A stable, aqueous dispersion, which includes: silicon dioxide mixed-oxide particles dispersed in at least one water-soluble cationic polymer having a mass average molar mass of less than 100,000 g/mol, said mixed-oxide including aluminum oxide or titani... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6998213 | Thermal transfer film, thermal transfer recording medium, and method for image formation using the same There are provided a thermal transfer film which can yield an image formed object possessing excellent fastness or resistance properties such as excellent abrasion resistance and lightfastness, has good sensitivity in transfer, and is free from blocking during stora... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6979481 | Microporous photo glossy inkjet recording media The present invention provides microporous photo quality glossy inkjet receiving media comprising a substrate, an absorbent basecoat layer, and an ink-receptive topcoat. The absorbent basecoat layer is primarily a combination of pigment and binder, and may include d... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6962955 | Vinyl alcohol polymer and process for producing vinyl alcohol polymer A polyvinyl alcohol having hydrolyzed silyl group functionalized monomer units. The polyvinyl alcohol satisfies the following formulae (I) and (II) and the pH of an aqueous 4% solution of the polyvinyl alcohol is between 4 and 8: 20 | 11/08/2005 |
| 6945647 | Method for increasing the diameter of an ink jet ink dot A method for increasing the diameter of an ink jet ink dot resulting from the application of an ink jet ink drop applied to the surface of an ink jet recording medium having a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the image-receiving layer containing: a) ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6936317 | Ink jet printing paper Ink jet printing paper carries a pigment coating comprising (a) a major proportion of a finely divided precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) having a surface area of at least 60 m2g−1, preferably 80 to 90 m2g−1 (b) a mi... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6933024 | Water soluble polymers as inkjet recording materials The use and preparation of poly(vinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-co-vinylalcohol (PVA)) as inkjet recording material, the method of making PVP/PVA copolymer comprising the steps of: hydrolyzing PVP/polyvinyl acetate (PVAc) copolymer with a mixture comprising water, at least o... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6924011 | Ink jet recording material An improved ink jet recording material is disclosed comprising a support and an ink receiving layer. This layer contains a pigment and a polymeric binder comprising a structural unit derived from a monomer represented by following formula (I): | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921562 | Ink jet recording element An ink jet recording element having a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the image-receiving layer containing: a) from about 20 to about 65% by volume of particles; b) from about 25 to about 70% by volume of a polymeric binder; and c) up to about 10% b... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6913801 | Printing media for inkjet printer A recording medium for an inkjet printer includes a substrate and an ink receiving layer formed thereon and has an ink absorbing layer having a pigment and a binder, and an ink fixation layer having the pigment, the binder and polyether siloxane copolymer. The recor... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6881458 | Ink jet receptive coating The invention relates to articles comprising a substrate comprising an ink receptive layer and an ink-jet printed image as well as methods of ink jet printing. The ink receptive layer comprises certain urethane-containing polymers and blends. ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6869647 | Print media products for generating high quality, water-fast images and methods for making the same Ink-receiving print media products having multiple capabilities including (A) minimal drying time; (B) improved smear-fastness; (C) a high level of water-fastness; (D) the ability to generate high-definition images; and (E) excellent ink compatibility. The media pro... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6855381 | Means of applying a printed image to a textile substrate The present invention describes a transfer system of images produced by an ink jet printer to a textile substrate, comprising a backing and mounted thereon at least one melt transfer ink absorption layer with a matrix comprising at least one meltable polymer materia... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6852378 | Sheet for ink jet-recording An ink jet-recording sheet for forming recorded images using liquid ink comprises a combination of specific compounds, for instance, 1,2-bis(2-hydroxyethylthio)ethane and a homopolymers or copolymer of diallylamine type compounds such as poly(diallylamine)hydrochlor... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6846524 | Inkjet recording medium An inkjet recording medium comprising at least one ink receiving layer on a support, wherein the ink receiving layer which is the outermost layer comprises a pigment and an aqueous polyurethane resin as principal components, the proportion of said aqueous polyuretha... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6844034 | Printable plastic film with printable coating comprising epoxy acrylate Printable, coated plastic substrates are disclosed. Plastic substrates are preferably films substrates, which are coated with a printable coating composition layer which comprises: an anionic acrylic polymer; and epoxy acrylate in an amount sufficient to improve ink... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6844035 | Print media products for generating high quality images and methods for making the same Ink-receiving print media products capable of producing high quality printed images which are light-fast, humid-fast, have low coalescence (graininess) levels, and are characterized by other beneficial attributes. The print media products have at least one ink-recei... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6840992 | Coatings for inkjet media The present invention provides a coating for inkjet media, which includes at least one hydrophobic filler particle; and a binder. Another embodiment of the invention provides an inkjet media, which includes the above-described coating coated on a substrate. Another ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6838134 | Recording sheet A recording sheet adaptable to print an image using pigment ink, on which a smear is hardly generated, is provided. A recording sheet includes an ink permeable layer prepared by adding 3-30 parts by weight of a nonionic surfactant including an amine compound as a ma... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6828019 | Thermoplastic film A thermoplastic film containing a core layer and an enhanced printing skin layer. The core layer comprises an orientation enhancing polymer, a polypropylene homopolymer, and a beta-crystal nucleators of polypropylene. The thermoplastic film may be used to enhance pr... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6824844 | Ink jet recording medium An ink jet recording medium, capable of recording thereon ink images having excellent clarity and sharpness without blotting of ink images, includes an ink receiving layer formed on a support material and containing xerogel porous pigment particle, and has a such a ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6821584 | Ink-jet recording medium An ink-jet recording sheet comprising a support having thereon in the following order: (i) a first ink absorbing layer comprising gelatin and a first cationic polymer; and (ii) a second ink absorbing layer comprising gelatin and a second cationic polymer, wherein th... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6815021 | Recording medium for ink jet printers The present invention provides a recording medium for ink jet printers in which superior image recording quality and color stability are exhibited. In a recording medium for ink jet printers in which an ink receiving layer contained at least pigment and binder resin... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6811838 | Ink recording element The present invention relates to an ink recording element comprising a hydrophilic absorbing layer and a hydrophilic overcoat polymer layer comprising cellulose ether and a vinyl latex polymer. An optional inner layer may be placed between the hydrophilic abs... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6808776 | Water-absorbent film construction This invention relates to a water-absorbent film construction, comprising: a water-absorbent film layer overlying a base layer, the water-absorbent film layer being comprised of at least about 40% by weight of at least one 2-oxazoline polymer. ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6808767 | High gloss ink jet recording media High gloss ink jet recording media are produced without need for calendering or supercalendering. The media are comprised of a substrate, such as paper, an ink carrier vehicle absorptive coating on the substrate and an ink-receptive coating overlying the absorptive ... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6800341 | Solvent inkjet ink receptive films In one aspect, the invention provides an image receptor medium which comprises an extruded image receptive layer that is receptive to solvent-based inkjet ink. Image receptive layers of the invention comprise a blend of an ink absorptive resin and a carrier resin. T... | 10/05/2004 |
