Abstract: A transfer material and a method of manufacturing the same, the transfer material including, in this order, a temporary support body, a first resin layer, and a second resin layer, the first resin layer not being water soluble, the second resin layer including a water soluble polymer, the second resin layer including a compound that has a heteroaromatic ring including a nitrogen atom as a ring member, and a content of the compound that has a heteroaromatic ring including a nitrogen atom as a ring member in the second resin layer being 3.0% by mass or greater with respect to a total solid content of the second resin layer.

Abstract: A laser markable material includes a laser markable layer, present as a self-supporting layer or as a layer on a support, the laser markable layer including an infrared absorbing dye and an infrared absorbing pigment, characterized in that the amount of the infrared absorbing pigment is between 10 ppm and 1000 ppm relative to the total dry weight of the laser markable layer.

Abstract: Provided is a thermal transfer sheet which has satisfactory printability and provides a printed matter having excellent boiling resistance. Disclosed is a thermal transfer sheet which is provided with a substrate, at least a transferable protective layer and a transferable color layer in this order on one side of the substrate, and is provided with a back face layer on the other side of the substrate, characterized in that the transferable protective layer contains a cyclic olefin-based polymer having a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or more as a main component and further contains an incompatible resin with the cyclic olefin-based polymer, and the transferable color layer contains a colorant and a phenolic resin having a softening point of 100° C. or more.

Abstract: A color laser markable article includes at least a first and a second laser markable layer including, respectively, a first infrared dye IR-1 having an absorption maximum in the infrared region ?max(IR-1) and a second infrared dye IR-2 having an absorption maximum in the infrared region ?max(IR-2), characterized in that the color laser markable layers further include a Diffusion Hindered Molecular Assembly (DHMA) which contains a leuco dye.

Abstract: A laser markable composition includes (a) an aqueous medium; (b) a leuco dye; (c) an optothermal converting agent; and (d) a color developing agent, characterized in that the color developing agent is a polymer particle capable of forming an acid upon exposure to heat.

Abstract: A laser markable composition includes (a) an aqueous medium; (b) polymeric particles dispersed in the aqueous medium; (c) a color developing agent or color developing agent precursor; and (d) an optothermal converting agent; characterized in that a leuco dye is covalently bonded to the polymeric particles.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material including a web-shaped substrate having a front side and an opposite reverse side, and at least one heat-sensitive recording layer on either or both of the sides of the web-shaped substrate. The heat-sensitive recording layer contains at least one dye precursor at least one salicylic acid derivative as a (color) developer reactive with this at least one dye precursor, and polyvinylpyrrolidone as auxiliary component augmenting the (color) developer the at least one salicylic acid derivative is 3,5-di(?-methylbenzyl)salicylic acid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermally printable paper article with an elastomeric underlayer, which imparts improved printing performance.

Abstract: The present invention aims principally to provide a protective layer transfer sheet that can prevent occurrence of fusion between a receiving layer and a transfer layer and occurrence of peeling traces when the transfer layer is peeled from the receiving layer, even in the case that thermal energy applied on transfer of the transfer layer is increased and can obtain a high quality printed article and to provide a protective layer transfer sheet that can impart extremely good scratch resistance to the surface of a printed article. The protective layer transfer sheet includes a substrate, and a transfer layer provided on a surface of the substrate, and the transfer layer includes a binder resin and one or more substances selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid esters, olefin-maleic acid copolymers, and amino polyether-modified silicone oils.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thermal recording materials comprising (in order): a support (base) layer; one or more “undercoat” layers; a thermal layer (thermosensitive coloring layer); and one or more “protective” layers, wherein the thermal recording material contains an aminocarboxylic and/or phosphorus-based chelating agent. The thermal (thermosensitive) recording materials of the invention show enhanced plasticizer resistance and/or preprint uniformity.

Abstract: A thermal transfer recording medium that is able to better suppress bleeding or scumming of an image and better suppress the occurrence of peeling lines or abnormal transfer during thermal transfer. The thermal transfer recording medium according to an embodiment includes a heat-resistant slip layer that is formed on one surface of a base material, an undercoat layer that is formed on the other surface of the base material, and a dye layer that is formed on a surface of the undercoat layer that is opposite from the surface that faces the base material; wherein the dye layer includes at least a thermally transferable dye, a first binder resin and a release agent; the release agent includes polyether-modified silicone oil and a perfluoroalkyl compound, and the ratio of the polyether-modified silicone oil and perfluoroalkyl compound, on the basis of a weight ratio, is within the range 9:1 to 6:4.

Abstract: To provide a thermosensitive recording material, containing: a support; an under layer; a thermosensitive recording layer; and a protective layer, where the under layer, the thermosensitive recording layer, and the protective layer are provided in this order on at least one surface of the support, wherein the support is synthetic paper, or a synthetic resin film, wherein the under layer contains a binder resin, and hollow particles, wherein an adhesive force of the thermosensitive recording material at ?20° C., as measured by the described measuring method of the adhesive force, is 10.0 N/25 mm or greater.

Abstract: An article of clothing may include a first layer made of a polyester fabric. The polyester fabric may have the following properties a thread count of at least 130 threads per square inch, a weft knit weave pattern, and a bird's eye mesh texture. The polyester fabric may include a dye sublimation printed image with a resolution that is at least 200 dots per inch. The dye sublimation printed image may be oriented to stretch laterally with a lateral stretch of the polyester. The article of clothing may also include a second layer attached to the first layer. The second layer may include a lining fabric configured to stretch laterally with the first layer.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material includes a heat-sensitive recording layer containing a basic dye and a developer and provided on a supporting body, in which the developer is at least one type of an N-substituted amino acid derivative represented by the following General Formula: (R—X)m—Y—(Z)m . . . (1) (In Formula (1), R represents an alkyl group or an aryl group which may have a substituent. X is a group bonded to the N-terminus of Y, and represents —OCO—, —SO2NHCO—, —NHCO—, —NHCS—, or —SO2—. Y represents an amino acid residue or a peptide residue. Z represents a group bonded to the C-terminus of Y and represents an OH group or an OR? group. When Y is an amino acid residue other than a cystine residue or when Y is a peptide residue not having a cystine residue, m=1, and when Y is a peptide residue having n cystine residues, m=n+1 and n is 1 or 2.

Abstract: A process of producing printed decorations includes providing a gumpaste mixture, creating a plurality of blanks from the mixture, arranging the plurality of blanks onto a platen of a printer, printing a pattern on the plurality of blanks, after the printing, removing the plurality of blanks from the platen, and forming each blank of the plurality of blanks into a shape of a decoration.

Abstract: An ink composition includes a fluid and a plurality of microcapsules suspended in the fluid. The fluid includes a first chemical compound that exhibits a first color characteristic in a first pH range and exhibits a second color characteristic in a second pH range, where the first color characteristic is visually distinct from the second color characteristic. A second chemical compound is contained within the microcapsules, such that rupturing at least a subset of the plurality of microcapsules releases the second chemical compound. Releasing the second chemical compound shifts a pH of the fluid from a first pH in the first pH range to a second pH in the second pH range.

Abstract: In an example, a pressure indicator film includes a first polymeric film material and a second polymeric film material that satisfy a threshold thermal degradation temperature. The pressure indicator film includes microcapsules on a surface of the first polymeric film material and a developer material on a surface of the second polymeric film material. The microcapsules are formed from a polymeric shell material that satisfies the threshold thermal degradation temperature. The microcapsules encapsulate a payload that includes a pH indicator and a solvent having a boiling point that is greater than the threshold thermal degradation temperature.

Abstract: A transfer film according to a first embodiment has a temporary support and a first transparent resin layer containing a metal oxidation inhibitor, in which the first transparent resin layer has a refractive index of 1.60 or higher. A transfer film according to a second embodiment has a temporary support and a first transparent resin layer, in which the first transparent resin layer contains a metal oxidation inhibitor and metal oxide particles.

Abstract: An example disclosed media processing device includes an image processing unit; a first optical registration sensor; and a second optical registration sensor spaced apart from the first optical registration sensor along a first axis by a first distance associated with a gap between media units on a web.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an instrument panel. A trim piece is positioned on the instrument panel and includes a surface defining a pattern. The pattern includes a body portion and a border portion. A diffraction grating is positioned within the boarder portion. The diffraction grating has a thickness of between about 250 nm to about 1000 nm.