Abstract: An ink jet recording element having a substrate having thereon a porous image-receiving layer having a) inorganic particles encapsulated with an organic polymer having a Tg of less than about 100° C.; and b) particles having a mean particle size of up to about 5 &mgr;m.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to obtain a composite sol capable of forming an ink-receiving layer having a high transparency and a high property for fixing dyes. The present invention provides a sol which is a colloidal solution having aggregate particles containing silica and alumina dispersed in an aqueous medium, wherein the silica is such that the primary particles are spherical and the average particle size of the primary particles is from 2 to 200 nm, the average particle size of the aggregate particles is at least twice the average particle size of the silica primary particles and at most 1,000 nm, the &zgr;-potential of the aggregate particles is at least +10 mV, and the pH of the solution is from 3 to 9.

Abstract: This invention comprises a transferable support comprising a substantially flat sheet having on a surface thereof encoded data in the form of dot code or two-dimensional bar code wherein the data is capable of being read by a sensor. The invention also comprises object having affixed to a surface thereof a support comprising a substantially flat sheet having on a surface thereof encoded data in the form of dot code or two-dimensional bar code wherein the data is capable of being read by an sensor.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method having the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element having a support having thereon the following layers in order: i) a base layer having a polymeric binder, a polymeric mordant and a stabilizer, and ii) an overcoat layer having a polymeric UV-absorbing material, C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition of water, a humectant, and a water-soluble dye, and D) printing on the overcoat layer using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an inkjet recording element comprising a support having thereon a porous image-receiving layer comprising particles in a binder, the particles having a primary particle size of from about 7 to about 40 nm in diameter which may be aggregated up to about 300 nm, the image-receiving layer being coated from an acidic aqueous dispersion, and the recording element containing a subbing layer between the support and the porous image-receiving layer, the subbing layer comprising a basic material which is capable of raising the surface pH of the image-receiving layer at least about 2 pH units; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording sheet, having an excellent ink absorption and capable of forming images with high color density and sharpness, includes a substrate and an ink-receiving layer, formed on the substrate, which includes a pigment, a self-emulsifying cationic resin including a water-insoluble acrylic copolymer having a cationic functional group and capable of being emulsified in water without assistance of an emulsifying agent, a water-soluble non-ionic polymeric material and a water-soluble cationic resin.

Abstract: A high-performance ink jet recording medium containing a pigment is provided, which has a crack-free, porous ink-receiving layer, and also excellent gloss, transparency and water resistance, and which provides high image quality and ink-drying property. The ink jet recording medium has at least one coating layer on the base material. At least one of the layers comprises a porous ink-receiving layer formed by applying an aqueous coating material comprising (a) 100 parts by weight of a fine pigment having an average particle diameter of not larger than 1 &mgr;m and a pore volume of 0.4 to 2.5 ml/g and (b) 1 to 100 parts by weight of a hydrophilic resin free of radical-polymerizable unsaturated bond and capable of forming a hydrogel by the irradiation of an aqueous solution thereof with electron beam, then irradiating the coating material with electron beam to convert it into a hydro-gel and drying the layer.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receptive layer capable of accepting an ink jet image comprising an open-pore membrane of a mixture of a water-insoluble polymer and a water-absorbent polymer, the mixture containing at least about 25% by weight of the water-absorbent polymer, the image-receiving layer being made by dissolving the mixture of polymers in a solvent mixture, the solvent mixture comprising at least one solvent which is a good solvent for the water-insoluble polymer and at least one poor solvent for the water-insoluble polymer, the poor solvent having a higher boiling point than the good solvent, coating the dissolved mixture on the support, and then drying to remove approximately all of the solvents to obtain the open-pore membrane; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) prin

Abstract: An ink jet ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with ink jet recording elements comprising a support having thereon, in the order recited, at least one base layer comprising a hydrophilic or porous material and a porous top layer capable of either retaining or transporting an ink image, the porous top layer comprising a polymeric binder and thermally-compliant core-shell particles, the particle-to-binder ratio being between about 95:5 and 50:50, and wherein each the thermally-compliant core-shell particle has: i) a shell of inorganic colloidal particles, and ii) a core of a thermoplastic polymer,  the particles having a particle size between about 0.5 &mgr;m and about 10 &mgr;m, the polymeric core having a softening point of greater than about 50° C.

Abstract: An ink jet recording element comprising a substrate having thereon an image-receiving layer comprising an inorganic, anionic pigment, an organic, anionic binder and an organic, cationic mordant, and a porous overcoat layer located over the image-receiving layer, the porous overcoat layer comprising an inorganic pigment and an organic, anionic, binder, wherein the refractive index of the inorganic pigment in the overcoat layer is at least 0.05 refractive index units less than the refractive index of the inorganic, anionic pigment in the image-receiving layer.

Abstract: An ink jet recording material having an excellent ink absorbing property and capable of recording ink images with superior gloss, water resistance and light resistance has an outermost ink receiving layer formed on a support and containing (1) fine pigment particles selected from amorphous silica secondary particles and alumina silicate secondary particles which have an average secondary particle size of 10 to 300 nm and in each of which a plurality of primary particles having an average primary particle size of 3 to 40 nm are agglomerated with each other, (2) an ultraviolet ray absorber and, optionally, (3) an antioxidant.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a resin-coated paper support having thereon an ink-retaining layer comprising voided cellulosic fibers and organic or inorganic particles in a polymeric binder, the length of the voided cellulosic fibers being from about 10 &mgr;m to about 50 &mgr;m, the ratio of the voided cellulosic fibers to the organic or inorganic particles being from about 90:10 to about 60:40 and the ratio of the combination of voided cellulosic fibers and the organic or inorganic particles to the polymeric binder being from about 90:10 to about 50:50; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.

Abstract: A printing sheet is disclosed from which burned sheets, such as, e.g., a management label effectively utilizable from the production of Braun tubes to the salvage thereof, which are excellent in chemical resistance, heat resistance, weatherability, hiding power or reflectance, etc., can be formed while satisfying advantages such as the bondability to curved surfaces which enables the printing sheet, after having been printed according to circumstances to impart information thereto, to be tightly bonded to adherends with heating, the suitability for expedient printed-sheet formation in which a variety of printed sheets necessary for the production of small quantities of many kinds of products can be formed therefrom in situ, etc. according to circumstances, and the ability to be easily and tightly bonded to adherends. The printing sheet (1) comprises a sheet made of a mixture comprising inorganic particles, an MQ resin, and a silicone rubber.

Abstract: The invention falls within the sector of techniques for transferring onto a wall or other support medium ornamental, decorative or advertising motifs. According to the invention, a coating consisting of a solution of a thermoplastic resin (12) is spread on one side of a base film (11) made of plastic material and decorative ornamental subjects (14) are printed in thermoplastic resin coating (12) and a protective covering (15) is applied onto the printed part. If required, a layer of acrylic or vinyl color (13) may be spread on the thermoplastic resin coating (12). The article comprises all the elements described and combined as described in the preparation method.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet for printing a printed matter having a metallic luster comprises of a substrate, a deposition anchor layer, a metal deposition layer and an adhesive layer. The deposition anchor layer, the metal deposition layer and the adhesive layer are formed in this order on one surface of the substrate. The deposition anchor layer contains a linear polymer having a glass transition temperature of not less than 130° C. by an amount of not less than 40 weight % of a total weight of the deposition anchor layer to thereby preventing the metal deposition layer from clouding due to high heat of a thermal head.

Abstract: An ink jet recording sheet having an excellent jet ink-fixing property and heat-sealing property and capable of recording thereon ink images having excellent water resistance and light fastness has an ink receiving layer formed on a surface of a support sheet and including a binder and fine particles of a water-insoluble, amino group-containing resin having a total amine value of 5 to 500 and preferably a glass transition temperature of 15 to 250° C.

Abstract: In a printed film, an ink containing a resin that includes a polymer which includes mer units derived from at least one C2-C12 &agr;-olefin is adhered directly to the surface layer of the film. The surface layer includes a polymer that contains mer units derived from ethylene.

Abstract: An image recording sheet and image forming processes employing the image recording sheet are disclosed. The image recording sheet has a high glossiness and forms on its surface an image of a high quality, especially from the viewpoint of a high glossiness and a good graininess. The image recording sheet is composed of a transparent support film, a transparent image-receiving layer provided on one surface of the support film, and a white coated layer provided on the other surface of the support film. The image recording sheet is employable for forming a glossy image on its surface by ink-jet recording, electrophotography, or thermal transfer recording.

Abstract: Disclosed is a transparency comprised of a supporting substrate, and thereover and thereunder two coatings, a first heat dissipating antistatic coating layer in contact with the substrate, and wherein the first coating contains a heat dissipating binder optionally with a melting point, for example, in the range of from about 100 to about 260° C., and an antistatic compound and a second ink receiving coating layer thereover containing a blend of a binder polymer, an alkylated oxazoline, a lightfastness compound, and an optional biocide.

Abstract: An ink-jet recording sheet is provided with at least one ink-receiving layer on at least one side of a base material sheet. A resin component which constitutes the ink-receiving layer comprises a hydrophilic polyurethane resin, hydrophilic polyurea resin, hydrophilic polyurethane-polyurea resin or hydrophilic polyamide resin having siloxane segments in a molecule thereof. As an alternative, the ink-receiving layer comprises a porous hydrophilic polyurethane resin, a porous hydrophilic polyurea resin or a porous hydrophilic polyurethane-polyurea resin.