Abstract: A thermographic substrate assembly includes a colorant and a flexible substrate.

Abstract: An ink, having a viscosity of 2.5 to 15 centipoise at 25° C., for textile printing includes pigment; a water dispersible anionic polymeric resin; a water soluble zero volatile organic compound solvent with a boiling point of 250° C. or greater; a crosslinking agent; and water. The water dispersible polymeric resin has particles with a median volume weighted size of less than 150 nm and a 95th percentile volume weighted size of less than 250 nm. The water dispersible polymeric resin has an acid number value of 5 to 40, a resin film elongation of 500 to 1200%, and a film tensile strength of 10 to 60 mPa.

Abstract: An ink, having a viscosity of 2.5 to 15 centipoise at 25° C., for textile printing includes pigment; a water dispersible anionic polymeric resin; a water soluble zero volatile organic compound solvent with a boiling point of 250° C. or greater; a crosslinking agent; and water. The water dispersible polymeric resin has particles with a median volume weighted size of less than 150 nm and a 95th percentile volume weighted size of less than 250 nm. The water dispersible polymeric resin has an acid number value of 5 to 40, a resin film elongation of 500 to 1200%, and a film tensile strength of 10 to 60 mPa.

Abstract: An ink, having a viscosity of 2.5 to 15 centipoise at 25° C., for textile printing includes pigment; a water dispersible anionic polymeric resin; a water soluble zero volatile organic compound solvent with a boiling point of 250° C. or greater; a crosslinking agent; and water. The water dispersible polymeric resin has particles with a median volume weighted size of less than 150 nm and a 95th percentile volume weighted size of less than 250 nm. The water dispersible polymeric resin has an acid number value of 5 to 40, a resin film elongation of 500 to 1200%, and a film tensile strength of 10 to 60 mPa.

Abstract: A system and process for direct printing onto textiles utilizes an aqueous ink having a non-aqueous dispersed liquid phase; a continuous aqueous phase; a thermal initiator; and a colorant. The continuous aqueous phase is comprised of water, a water miscible organic solvent, and a surfactant. The non-aqueous liquid phase, dispersed in the continuous aqueous phase, includes a prepolymer liquid wherein the state of the prepolymer liquid irreversibly changes from a liquid to a solid in response to irradiation of electron beams and/or application of heat.

Abstract: A system and process for direct printing onto textiles utilizes an aqueous ink having a non-aqueous dispersed liquid phase; a continuous aqueous phase; a thermal initiator; and a colorant. The continuous aqueous phase is comprised of water, a water miscible organic solvent, and a surfactant. The non-aqueous liquid phase, dispersed in the continuous aqueous phase, includes a prepolymer liquid wherein the state of the prepolymer liquid irreversibly changes from a liquid to a solid in response to irradiation of electron beams and/or application of heat.

Abstract: A system and process for direct printing onto textiles utilizes an aqueous ink having a non-aqueous dispersed liquid phase; a continuous aqueous phase; a thermal initiator; and a colorant. The continuous aqueous phase is comprised of water, a water miscible organic solvent, and a surfactant. The non-aqueous liquid phase, dispersed in the continuous aqueous phase, includes a prepolymer liquid wherein the state of the prepolymer liquid irreversibly changes from a liquid to a solid in response to irradiation of electron beams and/or application of heat.

Abstract: A thermographic substrate assembly comprised of a colorant and a flexible substrate. This assembly also contains a thermosensitive layer, and the thermosensitive layer contains a binder, a multiplicity of hollow sphere organic pigments, and a thermal solvent.

Abstract: A thermographic substrate assembly comprised of a colorant and a flexible substrate. This assembly also contains a thermosensitive layer, and the thermosensitive layer contains a binder, a multiplicity of hollow sphere organic pigments, and a thermal solvent.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for re-applying dye to a dye donor element of a dye transfer thermal printer. A reservoir contains a supply of dye that is thermally transferred from the reservoir to the dye donor element by diffusion of dye into the dye donor element. The reservoir has a diffusion controlled permeation membrane through which dye is delivered to the dye donor element, while inhibiting diffusion of a carrier, whereby the dye partitions between the reservoir and the dye donor element but the carrier does not.

Abstract: A thermosensitive recording element comprising a base having coated thereon a thermosensitive recording layer comprising a dye precursor, the base comprising a composite film laminated to at least one side of a support, the thermosensitive recording layer being on the composite film side of the base, and the composite film comprising a microvoided thermoplastic core layer and at least one substantially void-free thermoplastic surface layer.