Patents Examined by Alfeed Dudding
  • Ink jet printing process
    Patent number: 6854840
    Abstract: An ink jet printing process for improving the durability and image quality of an ink jet image having the steps of a) providing an ink jet recording element having a support having thereon an image-receiving layer containing an ink jet image; and b) applying over the surface of the image-receiving layer an overcoat layer of water-dispersible, smectite clay particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Yuanqiao Rao, Robert J. Kress, Lawrence P. Demejo, Sandra D. Nesbitt