Abstract: An anti-Newton ring film excellent in transparency and anti-scratching property is provided. The anti-Newton ring film comprises a transparent substrate and a resin layer formed on one or both sides of the substrate, wherein the resin layer comprising an ionizing radiation curable resin as a binder and a particulate material dispersed in the binder. Preferably, the particulate material is a lubricant.

Abstract: An ink jet recording material excellent in all characteristics including drying property, ink absorbency, water resistance and the like, is provided. The ink jet recording material has an ink-receiving layer comprising hydrophilic resin and inorganic pigment, the ink-receiving layer containing silica particles surface-doped with alumina as the inorganic pigment. The alumina-doped silica is prepared by a process employing flame hydrolysis techniques combined with pyrolysis. The ink-receiving layer preferably contains the alumina-doped silica in an amount ranging from 5 to 200 weight parts based on 100 weight parts of the hydrophilic resin.

Abstract: A transparent hard coat film includes a transparent polymer film and one or more transparent hard coat layers including at least an ionizing radiation curable resin and two or more kinds of inorganic particles having different average diameters. The transparent hard coat film prevents glare of a color screen when it is placed on a high definition color display. It also prevents glare caused by external light without causing blurring of the screen images due to degradation of transparency and improves visibility of the display.

Abstract: There is provided a light-reflective material with which light reflectance can be efficiently increased and brightness of a flat light source can be improved without increasing the number of components. This light-reflective material comprises a laminate formed by partly bonding at least two white plastic films 2 while holding space 3. Preferably, the white plastic films 2 are partly bonded as a laminate while holding space 3 by an adhesion layer formed partly on the white plastic film 2 surface or an adhesion layer 4 that partly has projections 5 and is formed on the white plastic film 2 surface.

Abstract: There is provided a lithographic plate material with which a lithographic plate is prepared by the hot-melt transfer recording method utilizing an ink ribbon. The lithographic plate material has an image-receptive layer for hot-melt transfer recording that has a water retention property or can be imparted with a water retention property on a support, and the image-receptive layer has a surface roughness (JIS-B06011994) of 0.15 &mgr;m or more in terms of arithmetic mean deviation Ra and 1.00-3.00 &mgr;m in terms of 10-point height of irregularities Rz. It shows good transfer of the ink layer of ink ribbon and excellent fixation of the ink layer, and it enables production of a printing plate having excellent printing durability.

Abstract: There is provided a lithographic plate material which can be desensitized by distilled water or a fountain solution used for other lithographic plates, without desensitizing using an etching solution, and with less scumming in non-image portions of the print. The lithographic plate material has an image-receptive layer formed on a support and containing polyvinyl alcohol cross-linked by tetra alkoxy silane hydroxylate, titanium oxide microparticles, and silica having an average particle size of 1 nm to 100 nm. The image-receptive layer has a surface with an arithmetic mean roughness of not less than 0.40 &mgr;m and less than 1.20 &mgr;m, a contact angle of less than 50 degrees with distilled water at room temperature, and ink-receptiveness for hot-melt and lipophilic ink.

Abstract: An adhesive layer composed of at least an ionizing radiation curable resin binder, a thermoplastic resin binder and two or more matting agents having different average diameters is formed on a transparent polymer film to obtain a support film for a transparent conductive thin film. Alternatively, a transparent hard coat layer containing at least an ionizing radiation curable resin binder and,a matting agent having an average diameter of 1-15 &mgr;m, and an adhesive layer containing at least an ionizing radiation curable resin binder, a thermoplastic resin binder and a matting agent having an average diameter of 5-50 nm are formed on a transparent polymer film. The thus obtained support film is excellent in durability when the transparent conductive thin film is formed thereon and prevents occurrence of a Newton-ring, which is produced in a touch panel of the conventional liquid crystal display.

Abstract: There is provided a hot-melt transfer ink image-receiving sheet which is excellent in abrasion resistance as well as image density and halftone dot reproducibility of a recorded image and useful as a contact printing film in the photomechanical process. In this hot-melt transfer ink image-receiving sheet 4 having an image-receiving surface 3 on a support 1, the image-receiving surface 3 has surface roughness (JIS-B0601) of 0.15-0.60 &mgr;m in terms of arithmetic mean deviation Ra and 1.0-3.0 &mgr;m in terms of 10-point height of irregularities Rz.

Abstract: An easy adhesion film for a transparent conductive thin film comprises a transparent polymer film and an easy adhesion layer formed on the transparent polymer film, wherein the easy adhesion layer comprises at least an ionizing radiation curable resin binder, a (meth)acrylate copolymer binder and polymethyl methacrylate resin particles. The easy adhesion film has high durability, transparency and anti-Newton ring property when provided with a transparent conductive thin film.

Abstract: A reflection type screen having a high SG value, a wide view angle and an excellent color reproducibility of bright parts of projected image is provided. The reflection type screen comprises a substrate having a light reflecting property such as a white plastic film and a light diffusion layer 2 formed on the substrate, which contains a light diffusion agent and a pearl pigment dispersed in a binder resin. The pearl pigment is mica covered with titanium dioxide and has an optical characteristic reflecting blue component of light projected by a projector and transmitting light of a color complementary to blue. When PC images having many white parts or the like are projected on the screen, the bright part of the images does not become yellowish and projected images with high whiteness can be obtained. The content of pearl pigment is preferably 5-100 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the binder resin and 10-150 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the light diffusion agent.

Abstract: There is provided a lithographic plate material with which a lithographic plate is prepared by the hot-melt transfer recording method utilizing an ink ribbon. The lithographic plate material has an image-receptive layer for hot-melt transfer recording that has water retention property or can be imparted with water retention property on a support, and the image-receptive layer has surface roughness (JIS-B0601-1994) of 0.15 &mgr;m or more in terms of arithmetical mean deviation Ra and 1.00-3.00 &mgr;m in terms of 10-point height of irregularities Rz. It shows good transfer property for ink layer of ink ribbon and excellent fixation property for ink layer, and it enables production of a printing plate having excellent printing durability.

Abstract: There is provided a light diffusion sheet comprising a light diffusion layer formed on a transparent substrate and containing a binder resin and resin particles that impart an uneven surface, wherein the uneven surface of the light diffusion layer exhibits an arithmetical mean deviation of 2.0 &mgr;m or more in three-dimensional surface roughness measurement and/or ten point height of irregularities of 10.0 &mgr;m or more in three-dimensional surface roughness measurement. This light diffusion sheet is high luminance in the front direction, is excellent in light-diffusing property, and is resistant to damage.

Abstract: There is provided a light diffusion sheet comprising a light diffusion layer formed on a transparent substrate and containing a binder resin and resin particles that impart an uneven surface, wherein the resin particles are substantially spherical and have a mean particle diameter of 16.0-30.0 &mgr;m and a coefficient of variation of particle diameter distribution of less than 50.0%. The light diffusion sheet is high luminance in the front direction, is excellent in light-diffusing property, does not require use of an expensive prism sheet which, is readily susceptible to surface damage, and does not require careful handling.

Abstract: A protective film transfer sheet comprises a peelable support and a protective film formed on the support, wherein the protective film comprises a protective layer and an adhesive layer formed on the support in this order and the adhesive layer has pressure-sensitive adhesiveness, the adhesiveness of the adhesive layer being increased upon heating after transferred on the image surface of photo masks, and is curable by exposure to ionizing radiation. The protective film formed by the protective film transfer sheet is excellent in adhesiveness to the image surface of photo masks, mar resistance and resistance to solvents.

Abstract: There is provided a lithographic plate material which can be desensitized by distilled water or a fountain solution used for other lithographic plates without desensitizing process using an etching solution and lowers generation of scumming in non-image portion of printed matters. The lithographic plate material has an image-receptive layer formed on a support consisting of at least polyvinyl alcohol cross-linked by tetra alkoxy silane hydrolysate, titanium oxide micropatricles, silica having an average particle size of not less than 1 nm and less than 100 nm. The image-receptive layer has a surface having an arithmetic mean roughness of not less than 0.40 &mgr;m and less than 1.20 &mgr;m and a contact angle of less than 50 degree to distilled water at room temperature, and is ink-receptive for hot-melt and lipophilic ink.

Abstract: A light transmitting type screen that enables the viewer to see through to its back side when the screen is stuck on a transparent object such as a show window or a transparent window glass or it is used as a transparent object and that is capable of forming clear images projected from a projector thereon is provided. The screen comprises a light scattering layer having a front-scattering property, which comprises spherical microparticles having a mean particle diameter in a certain range dispersed in a binder having a refraction index in a certain range. The light scattering layer is sandwiched between transparent objects such as high-molecular resin sheets or show window glass via an adhesive layer or the like.

Abstract: A view angle control sheet comprising a non-oriented light permeable polymer layer having cracks of regular directionality is disclosed. The view angle control sheet of the present invention has good view angle control property and can easily be obtained at low cost. The sheet having good view angle control property with respect to two or more directions can also easily be obtained as required at low cost. The view angle control sheet of the present invention can be used in office equipment displays, automobile meters, outdoor displays, windows and the like to desirably control view angles.

Abstract: An image-forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member having a gamma for latent image of 3 or more, electrification facilities, light exposure facilities, image development facilities, image transfer facilities, cleaning facilities, and a charge erasing light source which applies an alternating current electric field at a frequency of 50 Hz to 1 kHz to a portion of the photosensitive member which is excited through light exposure by the charge erasing light source. Images with high quality and high resolution can be stably formed without residual images, even when continuous image formation is performed by utilizing a high gamma electrophotographic photosensitive member.

Abstract: Recording material comprising a substrate and an ink-receiving layer(s) provided on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the ink-receiving layer comprises polyvinylpyrrolidone and a basic (meth)acrylic acid ester copolymer prepared from at least four kinds of monomers, which can be used in common for ink-jet printing, direct thermal transfer printing, PPC and pen plotter printing.

Abstract: A sheet for providing an ink-receiving layer comprising a peelable substrate provided with an ink-receiving layer and an adhesive layer laminated thereon in this order or a sheet for providing an ink-receiving layer comprising a peelable substrate provided with an adhesive layer laminated thereon, which adhesive layer has ink-receiving property.