Abstract: A liquid ink for developing electrophotography images comprises: a) a carrier liquid having a Kauri-Butanol number less than 30; b) a grafted co-polymer comprising a (co)polymeric steric stabilizer covalently bonded to a thermoplastic (co)polymeric core that is insoluble in the carrier liquid, wherein the grafted co-polymer is derived from at least a polymerizable organic compound having at least one acid group or at least one acid group; c) a dispersant having, respectively, at least an amine group or at least one acid group to form an acid-base copolymer-dispersant system or a base-acid copolymer-dispersant system, wherein the mole ratio of the amine group to the acid group is between 0.3 and 1.5 in the base-acid copolymer-dispersant system and the mole ratio of the acid group to the base group in the acid-base copolymer dispersant system is between 0.3 and 1.

Abstract: A process of making a liquid ink comprising the steps of: (a) dissolving a polymer comprising units derived from at least a nitrogen-containing polymerizable monomer in a solvent with a Kauri-Butanol number greater than 30 to form a polymer solution; (b) dispersing colorant pigment particles in said polymer solution to form a colorant pigment dispersion; (c) removing at least some of said solvent from said colorant pigment dispersion to form treated colorant pigment particles; and (d) dispersing said treated colorant pigment particles in an organosol containing a carrier liquid having a Kauri-Butanol number less than 30.

Abstract: This invention relates to a liquid ink for developing electrophotographic images comprising: a) a carrier liquid having a Kauri-Butanol number less than 30; b) a plastisol; c) a dispersant; and d) a charge director wherein: a. for a positive charge director, the dispersant has amine groups and the plastisol comprises polymeric particles having acid groups and an acid value between 30 and 150 mg KOH/g such that the mole ratio of the amine groups to the acid groups is between 0.075 and 0.3; and b. for a negative charge director, the plastisol comprises a polymer having an amine value between 5 and 200 mg KOH/g and the dispersant has acid groups such that the mole ratio of the acid groups to the amine groups is between 0.075 and 0.3.

Abstract: This invention related to a developing unit for maintaining constant density in an electrophotographic imaging process, said developing unit comprising:

Abstract: A liquid ink for developing electrophotography images comprises:

Abstract: This invention relates to a liquid ink for developing electrophotographic images comprising:

Abstract: A process of making a liquid ink comprising the steps of:

Abstract: Release compositions include (a) from zero to about 30 parts by weight of a polymer selected from the group consisting of wherein R1, R2, R3, R6, R7, R10, R11, and R12 are each independently selected from an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aryl group, and an aralkyl group, such that at least one of R6 and R7 is an alkenyl group, l, m, and n are each independently an integer so long as the polymer contains greater than 3 mol % vinyl-containing siloxane groups; a (vinyl siloxy)(siloxy)-modified silica having a vinyl content of at least about 0.

Abstract: An adhesive composition that includes the reaction product of (a) a polyester-based polyurethane; (b) an epoxy resin; (c) an epoxy-functional silane; and (d) an isocyanate-functional compound, and multilayer laminates in which this adhesive composition is used to bond two polymeric substrates together where at least one of the substrates has an ink-bearing surface.

Abstract: A base film including a substrate, an adhesion layer, a conductive layer, and a magnetic layer is provided. The adhesion layer preferably includes a sulfonated polyester/vinyl addition polymer, wherein the adhesion layer is disposed between the substrate and the conductive layer and improves adhesion between these layers, even under wet conditions. An adhesion layer is particularly useful in photographic elements and is at least located on a surface of the substrate that is opposite a silver halide emulsion layer, although emulsion receptivity can be enhanced by including an adhesion layer on the emulsion-side of the substrate.

Abstract: A photographic element comprising a polymeric film base, a silver halide emulsion layer, and an antistatic layer comprising a colloidal vanadium oxide and a vinyl addition polymer dispersion in a dry weight ratio of from 1:30 to 1:500. The antistatic layer may be present as a backing layer on the side of the base opposite the silver halide emulsion layer, as a subbing layer between the base and the emulsion layer in a single or double side coated photographic element, and/or as a subbing layer between the base and a different backing layer. No barrier layer is used over the antistatic layer.

Abstract: A vanadium oxide coating useful as an antistatic protection layer on a donor sheet or a receptor sheet of a thermal transfer system is provided. The preferred antistatic coating is formed from a composition of a vanadium oxide colloidal dispersion.

Abstract: A photographic element comprising a polymeric film base, a silver halide emulsion layer, and an antistatic layer comprising a colloidal vanadium oxide and a vinyl addition polymer dispersion in a dry weight ratio of from 1:30 to 1:500. The antistatic layer may be present as a backing layer on the side of the base opposite the silver halide emulsion layer, as a subbing layer between the base and the emulsion layer in a single or double side coated photographic element, and/or as a subbing layer between the base and a different backing layer. No barrier layer is used over the antistatic layer.

Abstract: An antistatic adhesive article which comprises an adhesive layer and utilizes vanadium oxide to impart antistatic properties to the article. The article is preferably an adhesive tape or sheet. The adhesive may be pressure sensitive or non-pressure sensitive. The vanadium oxide may be incorporated into or onto the tape from an aqueous dispersion.

Abstract: The invention comprises a self supporting electronic packaging article comprising an insulative polymer overcoated with an antistatic/protective coating system comprising from about 8 mg/m.sup.2 to about 70 mg/m.sup.2 vanadium pentoxide, from about 36 mg/m.sup.2 to about 270 mg/m.sup.2 of a polymer latex having a hydrophilic functionality, and from about 210 mg/m.sup.2 to about 842 mg/m.sup.2 of a nonsulfonated protective topical binder, all of which may be contained in a single coating, or which may be contained in a two-layer coating system.

Abstract: A vanadium oxide coating useful as an antistatic protection layer on a donor sheet or a receptor sheet of a thermal transfer system is provided. The preferred antistatic coating is formed from a composition of a vanadium oxide colloidal dispersion.

Abstract: A vanadium oxide coating useful as an antistatic protection layer on a donor sheet or a receptor sheet of a thermal transfer system is provided. The preferred antistatic coating is formed from a composition of a vanadium oxide colloidal dispersion.

Abstract: Light-sensitive photographic element comprising a polymeric film base, a silver halide emulsion layer, and an antistatic layer comprising a low viscosity and highly sulfonated water soluble polyacetal (preferably obtained by reaction of a low viscosity polyvinyl alcohol and a sulfonated aldehyde), a hydrophobic binder selected from the group consisting of a water dispersible sulfopolyester and a latex polymer having hydrophilic functionality, and a polyfunctional aldehyde crosslinking agent. The antistatic layer may be present as a backing layer on the side of the base opposite the silver halide emulsion layer, as a subbing layer between the base and the emulsion layer in a single or double side coated photographic element, and/or as a subbing layer between the base and a different backing layer.

Abstract: Aqueous-based mixtures comprising colloidal vanadium oxide and a dispersed sulfonated polymer impart antistatic properties to coatings on a substrate and to self-supporting articles. The preferred colloidal vanadium oxide is alkoxide derived and provides mixed valence vanadium oxide wherein the vanadium ions are typically +4 and +5. Preferred sulfopolymers include sulfopolyesters, sulfopolyurethanes, sulfopolyurethanes/ureas, sulfopolyester polyols, and sulfopolyols. Antistatic composite structures comprising colloidal vanadium oxide and a sulfopolymer are also disclosed.

Abstract: Light-sensitive photographic element comprising a polymeric film base, a silver halide emulsion layer, and an antistatic layer comprising a colloidal vanadium oxide and a sulfopolyester. The antistatic layer may be present as a backing layer on the side of the base opposite the silver halide emulsion layer, as a subbing layer between the base and the emulsion layer in a single or double side coated photographic element, and/or as a subbing layer between the base and a different backing layer.