Abstract: The invention relates to an ink jet recording medium having two coating layers on a base substrate. The surface coating layer of the medium primarily comprises inorganic particulates and the underlayer coating layer of the medium primarily comprises polymeric materials.More particularly, this invention relates to an ink jet recording medium that performs well within a full environment range.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an anti-fogging coating that can be used for anti-fog applications. The coating is transparent, and comprises a hydroxyl group containing polymer, an aluminum containing crosslinker, and a surface active agent containing hydroxyl and/or siloxane groups. Additionally, the coatings possess a T.sub.fog of greater than about 30 minutes and a haze of less than about 5%, and can advantageously be used to provide to glass or plastic substrates an anti-fogging surface.

Abstract: A refrigerator with an external air invasion prevention apparatus is disclosed. The refrigerator has a return duct, a duct cover, and an external air invasion prevention apparatus. The return duct has an air inlet portion and is formed in a wall separating a freezing room and a refrigerating room, and provides a passageway to circulate cooled air in the refrigerator. The duct cover has a plurality of air inlet holes and covers the air inlet portion. The external air invasion prevention apparatus closes and opens the plurality of air inlet holes according to opening and closing of a door of the refrigerator. External air which is air outside the refrigerator is prevented from flowing into the return duct. Further, the porous material is provided to absorb moisture in the cooled air when a moist cooled air is circulated through the return duct. Frost on the evaporator can be reduced due to the absorption of the moisture of the circulated cooled air.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an ink-receiving sheet having anti-blocking properties, containing (A) a polymer substrate; (B) an ink-receptive coating disposed on at least one layer which having a water-soluble component; and (C) particulates dispersed in the ink-receptive coating, having an average particle size of from 15 um to about 50 um, a particle size span is equal to or smaller than 1.0, and a refractive index of from about 1.2 to about 2.4. The present invention is also directed to the ink receptive coating per se, and to methods of ink jet printing using the above ink-receiving sheet.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a polymer matrix coating used for ink jet recording media. The polymer matrix coating has a glass transition temperature that is greater than or equal to about 120.degree. C. and less than or equal to about 300.degree. C., an integrity value of greater than or equal to about -20% and a swellability of greater than or equal to about 50%. The coating avoids the problem of pigment ink cracking that can occur in conventional ink jet recording media.

Abstract: A receptor sheet for use in thermal transfer recording is provided comprised of a polymeric matrix which contains at least one hard polymeric element with a softening temperature higher than that of the ink donor layer and at least one soft polymeric element with a softening temperature lower than that of the ink donor layer.

Abstract: Film mediums useful in ink jet printing which films comprises a transparent, translucent or opaque substrate, having on at least one side thereof a water-insoluble, water-absorptive and ink-receptive matrix, said matrix comprised of a hydrogel complex and a polymeric high molecular weight quaternary ammonium salt.

Abstract: This invention provides transparent thermographic recording films which exhibit good anti-stick properties, are scratch resistant and substantailly craze-free. The thermographic recording films comprise a transparent support carrying (a) a dye image-forming system comprising a di- or triarylmethane thiolactone dye precursor, an organic silver salt, a heat-fusible organic acidic material, and polyvinylbutyral as the binder; and, (b) a protective topcoat layer positioned above said dye image-forming system and comprising a water-insoluble polymeric binder, a mixture of at least two colloidal silicas having different average particle diameters in the proportion, by weight, of 1 part of silica having an average diameter of 50 nm or smaller and 0.3 to 1 part of silica particles having an average diameter no more than 40% of the larger sized silica particles, the ratio of total silica to binder being at least 3 parts per weight silica to 1 part per weight binder.

Abstract: A medium for electrophotographic printing or copying comprising a polymeric substrate coated with a polymeric coating having a Tukon hardness of about 0.5 to 5.0 and a glass transition temperature of about 5.degree. to 45.degree. C., said coating containing at least one pigment which provides a coefficient of static friction of from 0.20 to 0.80 and a coefficient of dynamic friction of from 0.10 to 0.40. The medium of the invention has improved image quality and toner adhesion. It is particularly useful in laser electrophotographic printing.