Smoothness Or Freeness Specified Patents (Class 428/32.2)
-
Patent number: 11872830Abstract: [Problem] To provide a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet that enables a high-density image to be formed on the receiving layer, has high easiness of cutting, and in addition, has high concave curl generation preventiveness. [Solution] A thermal transfer image-receiving sheet according to the present invention is characterized by including a first extrusion resin layer, a substrate, a second extrusion resin layer, a porous layer, and a receiving layer, wherein the ratio of the total of the thickness of the second extrusion resin layer and the thickness of the porous layer to the thickness of the first extrusion resin layer (the total of the thickness of the second extrusion resin layer and the thickness of the porous layer/the thick of the first extrusion resin layer) is 1.05 or more and 1.40 or less, and the substrate has a bending resistance of 1600 mg or more and 2500 mg or less.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hiroshi Matsuura
-
Patent number: 11597227Abstract: The recording medium includes: an absorbent substrate; and an ink receiving layer provided on the absorbent substrate. The dry coating amount of the ink receiving layer is 6.0 g/m2 or more to 11.0 g/m2 or less, arithmetic average roughness Ra1 (?m) of a surface of the absorbent substrate satisfies a relationship of Expression (1) below, arithmetic average roughness Ra1 and arithmetic average roughness Ra2 (?m) of a surface of the ink receiving layer satisfy a relationship of Expression (2) below, and an average length RSm1 (mm) of a roughness curve element of the surface of the absorbent substrate and an average length RSm2 (mm) of a roughness curve element of the surface of the ink receiving layer satisfy a relationship of Expression (3) below. Ra1?5.0 ?m??(1) Ra2/Ra1?0.87??(2) RSm2/RSm1?1.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Takatoshi Tanaka
-
Patent number: 9180717Abstract: The present invention relates to a vinyl chloride resin latex for a thermal sublimation transfer image-receiving sheet, comprising a vinyl chloride homopolymer and an alkylbenzenesulfonate salt in an amount of more than 1 part by weight to 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the vinyl chloride homopolymer; and a thermal sublimation transfer image-receiving sheet using the same.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: TOSOH CORPORATIONInventors: Nobuyuki Ito, Tamotsu Sato, Kazunori Watanabe
-
Patent number: 8865276Abstract: A water-pressure transfer printing film that achieves a smooth image surface on the transfer target by allowing print images such as photographs to be transferred without causing the image quality to degrade, wherein such water-pressure transfer printing film is characterized in that it has at least two layers including an ink-receiving layer and a base layer and that the base layer has a surface roughness Ra of 0.40 ?m or less and gloss of 80 or more.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Aicello CorporationInventors: Katsuhito Ito, Yasuyoshi Kondo
-
Patent number: 8685503Abstract: A surface-treated paper produced by applying a surface sizing composition to at least one surface of a base paper, wherein said surface sizing composition comprises a non-film-forming polymer latex and a metallic salt, said non-film-forming polymer latex has a minimum film-forming temperature (MFFT) of greater than 70° C., and said surface sizing composition does not form a continuous film on the treated surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Gracy Wingkono, Dave Edmondson
-
Publication number: 20140004263Abstract: A recording medium includes a base and an ink receiving layer. The ink receiving layer contains inorganic particles. The surface of the recording medium has an arithmetic mean roughness of 0.8 ?m or more in accordance with JIS B 0601:2001. The surface of the recording medium includes openings having a width of 30 ?m or less and a length of 500 ?m or less. The number of the openings is 5 or more and 30 or less per 1 mm2 of the surface of the recording medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Tetsuro Noguchi, Hisao Kamo, Isamu Oguri, Shinya Yumoto
-
Patent number: 8613987Abstract: An ink-jet recording medium comprising: a support including a base paper, a first polyolefin resin layer disposed on one side of the base paper, and a second polyolefin resin layer disposed on the other side of the base paper, and an ink receiving layer including inorganic particles and a water-soluble resin, the ink receiving layer being disposed on one side of the support, wherein a first surface of the support at a side that is opposite to a side at which the ink receiving layer is disposed has a centerline average roughness (Ra) of from 0.5 ?m to 1.0 ?m when measured in accordance with JIS-B-0601 with a cutoff value of 0.8 mm, and an average surface roughness (Sra) of 0.3 ?m or less when a cutoff value is from 1 ?m to 25 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Ryoichi Nakano, Masashi Yamauchi, Atsushi Osawa
-
Patent number: 8563100Abstract: A wall covering includes a composite structure that includes a first layer forming a non-image side of the composite structure and a second layer laminated to the first layer forming an image side of the composite structure. The first layer includes a fabric to facilitate air flow on the non-image side. The image side has a surface roughness of less than or equal to 5 microns by PPS method. The second layer includes one of synthetic polymeric fiber in a non-woven structure and a synthetic polymeric film. The wall covering is a Type-II wall covering that is PVC-free.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Xulong Fu, Paul C. Landrum
-
Publication number: 20130266746Abstract: The present invention relates to a sizing composition that, when applied to paper substrate, creates a substrate, preferably suitable for inkjet printing, having increased print density, and print mottle, as well as print sharpness, low HST, and/or image dry time, the substrate preferably having high brightness and reduced color-to-color bleed as well. In addition, the present invention relates to a method of reducing the HST of a paper substrate by applying the sizing composition to at least one surface thereof. Further, the application relates to methods of making and using the sizing composition, as well as methods of making and using the paper containing the sizing composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Yan C. Huang, Kapil M. Singh, David B. Shelmidine, Benjamin Thomas Liguzinski, Christopher Michael Wilson
-
Patent number: 8390859Abstract: An image forming device includes a first development unit configured to form a first image on a recording medium with a first developer, a second development unit configured to form a second image on the recording medium with at least one of a plurality of second developers that are different from the first developer, and a print control unit configured to select the at least one of the plurality of second developers for forming the second image. The second developers are transparent developers, and the second image is a transparent image.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Oki Data CorporationInventor: Tetsuya Watanabe
-
Publication number: 20120308744Abstract: A method of fabricating a smooth or ultra-smooth printable sheet, the method comprising the steps consisting in: preparing a multilayer structure (12) having at least one bottom plastics film (14), one anti-adhesive intermediate layer (16), and one printable top layer (18), pasting one face (30) of a substrate (24) or the top face (28) of the printable layer, and applying the substrate onto the printable layer in order to laminate them together, then withdrawing the plastics film from the printable layer, the printable layer (18) defining a smooth or ultra-smooth face (22) on the sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: December 6, 2012Applicant: ARJO WIGGINS FINE PAPERS, LIMITEDInventors: Gael Depres, Jean-Marie Vau
-
Patent number: 8293355Abstract: In the present glossy paper, an opposite surface of a glossed and smooth image formation surface is rough-surfaced. Therefore, the glossy paper do not adhere together even under the high-temperature and high-humidity environment. In fact, the present invention provides glossy paper which can advantageously achieve a continuous paper feeding in the image forming apparatus regardless of the use environment conditions.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaharu Kimura, Masatsugu Ohishi, Yasuaki Fukada, Masaya Asakawa
-
Patent number: 8247042Abstract: The invention provides a recording medium capable of inhibiting cracks and also inhibiting peeling off of an ink receiving layer upon folding of the recording medium. The recording medium has a substrate and an ink receiving layer provided on the substrate, wherein the substrate is a resin-coated substrate obtained by coating a base material with a resin, the arithmetic average roughness Ra of a surface of the substrate on the side of the ink receiving layer as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 is 3.0 ?m or more, the skewness Rsk of a roughness curve of the surface of the substrate as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 is 0.2 or less, and the coating thickness of the ink receiving layer is 50 ?m or less.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2011Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroshi Asakawa, Masaya Asao, Hitoshi Nagashima, Takatoshi Tanaka
-
Publication number: 20120100314Abstract: A method of manufacturing a flexible, laminated sheet operable to receive an ink for use as signage includes mixing solidified polyethylene and at least one solidified ink binder together to form a substantially evenly distributed mixture of the same. The method also includes processing the mixture into a flowable coating layer having a substantially even distribution of the polyethylene and the at least one ink binder. Moreover, the method includes coating the coating layer onto a substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2011Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: YJIP, Inc.Inventor: Tseng Hsiang Lin
-
Publication number: 20110300315Abstract: The invention provides a recording medium capable of inhibiting cracks and also inhibiting peeling off of an ink receiving layer upon folding of the recording medium. The recording medium has a substrate and an ink receiving layer provided on the substrate, wherein the substrate is a resin-coated substrate obtained by coating a base material with a resin, the arithmetic average roughness Ra of a surface of the substrate on the side of the ink receiving layer as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 is 3.0 ?m or more, the skewness Rsk of a roughness curve of the surface of the substrate as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 is 0.2 or less, and the coating thickness of the ink receiving layer is 50 ?m or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Hiroshi Asakawa, Masaya Asao, Hitoshi Nagashima, Takatoshi Tanaka
-
Patent number: 8053044Abstract: A print media for inkjet web-press printing includes a paper base and a porous surface treatment. The porous surface treatment layer includes an inorganic pigment; at least one water-soluble and/or water-dispersible polymeric carrier; and at least one fixer. The fixer is a metal salt. A method of making print media is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2007Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Xiaoqi Zhou, Kelly Ronk, Hai Quang Tran
-
Patent number: 7935397Abstract: A high quality ink jet recording medium with a printed image non-vulnerable and excellent in scratch resistance is obtained with an ink jet recording using a water pigment ink. An ink jet recording medium having a substrate and an ink receiving layer including an inorganic particle and a binder on the substrate is provided. A surface of the ink receiving layer has (a) a projected valley portion depth (Rvk) of not less than 20 nm and not more than 100, (b) an arithmetic average roughness (Ra) of not less than 5 nm and not more than 100 nm, and (c) an average spacing (S) of local peaks of not more than 1.0 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2007Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Teruaki Okuda, Yoshiyuki Nagase, Nobuo Tokutake, Asako Watanabe
-
Patent number: 7906186Abstract: An ink jet recording medium comprising a substrate and at least one ink-receiving layer on the substrate, wherein said ink-receiving layer after recording has the characteristic that the sum of image clarity values is 130 or more (when measured by optical combs of 0.125 mm, 0.25 mm, 0.5 mm, 1.0 mm and 2.0 mm) and the regular reflection strength is 30 or more, makes it possible to record a high quality image which has high glossiness and photographic feel.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Toshiyuki Watanabe, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Taihei Noshita, Kouichi Sasaki
-
Patent number: 7867585Abstract: A support for image recording material, comprising a base paper and thermoplastic resin layers formed on both faces of the base paper, wherein: a formation index of the base paper is 60 or more; a surface of the base paper, at least on a side where an image recording layer is formed, has a center surface average roughness SRa of 0.70 ?m or less when measured with a cut-off condition of within the range of 0.05 to 0.5 mm, and a center surface average roughness SRa of 0.80 ?m or less when measured with a cut-off condition of within the range of 1 to 3 mm; and the thickness of the thermoplastic resin layer, at least on the side where the image recording layer is formed, is 35 to 60 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2006Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Shinichi Teramae, Kubota Yutaka
-
Patent number: 7785679Abstract: A support for an image recording material for receiving at least an image recording layer. The center surface average roughness SRa of the support surface to be provided with an image recording layer is 0.15 ?m or less when measured under a condition of a cutoff of 0.02 to 0.5 mm, and is 0.45 ?m or less when measured under a condition of a cutoff of 1 to 3 mm. An image recording material having an image recording layer on the support. The center surface average roughness SRa of the surface of the image recording material which surface is to be provided with an image is 0.1 ?m or less when measured under a condition of a cutoff of 0.02 to 0.5 mm.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2006Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Shinichi Teramae, Hiroshi Yamamoto
-
Patent number: 7771804Abstract: An inkjet recording medium, including a support and an ink receiving layer formed on at least one face of the support, wherein the inkjet recording medium satisfies at least one of the following conditions (i) and (ii): (i) the arithmetical mean deviation of the assessed profile Ra, as specified in JIS-B-0601(2001), of a surface of the ink receiving layer, determined with an evaluation length of 2.5 mm and a cutoff value of 0.8 mm, is 0.3 to 1.2 ?m, and the peak value (reflectance) of the surface of the ink receiving layer, as determined by a goniophotometer, is in the range of 30 to 80%; and (ii) the arithmetical mean deviation of the assessed profile Ra, as specified in JIS-B0601(2001), of a surface of the support, determined with an evaluation length of 2.5 mm and a cutoff value of 0.8 mm, is 0.3 to 1.5 ?m, and the peak value (reflectance) of the surface of the support, as determined by a goniophotometer, is in the range of 20 to 80%.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2006Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Yasuhiro Ogata, Fuyuhiko Mori
-
Patent number: 7709068Abstract: An inkjet recording medium including a resin-coated paper including a base paper and at least one resin layer on each of both faces of the base paper, and an ink-receiving layer on one face of the resin-coated paper, wherein the inkjet recording medium includes linear concavities and convexities that are formed in parallel or approximately parallel to any one side of the resin-coated paper on at least a part of the face of the resin-coated paper on which the ink-receiving layer is not formed.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2008Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Hideki Kaimoto
-
Publication number: 20090202753Abstract: A support for an image recording material for receiving at least an image recording layer. The center surface average roughness SRa of the support surface to be provided with an image recording layer is 0.15 ?m or less when measured under a condition of a cutoff of 0.02 to 0.5 mm, and is 0.45 ?m or less when measured under a condition of a cutoff of 1 to 3 mm. An image recording material having an image recording layer on the support. The center surface average roughness SRa of the surface of the image recording material which surface is to be provided with an image is 0.1 ?m or less when measured under a condition of a cutoff of 0.02 to 0.5 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2006Publication date: August 13, 2009Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Shinichi Teramae, Hiroshi Yamamoto
-
Publication number: 20090022910Abstract: An inkjet recording medium comprising a support and an ink-receiving layer on a support, wherein the hardness of the ink-receiving layer is 9.0 or more; and the D/I value of the ink-receiving layer defined by ASTM E430 is 40 or more, or an inkjet recording medium comprising a support and an ink-receiving layer on a support, wherein the hardness of the ink-receiving layer is 9.0 or more; and the center surface average roughness (SRa) of the ink-receiving layer is 0.1 ?m or less when measured under the condition of cutoff of 0.02 to 0.5 mm, and 0.4 ?m or less when measured under the condition of cutoff of 1 to 3 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2006Publication date: January 22, 2009Inventor: Shinichi Teramae
-
Publication number: 20080124499Abstract: Printing papers, comprising a cellulosic or lignocellulosic web, which contains fillers and an internal sizing agent, and a method for the production thereof. According to the invention, the paper contains a cationic fixing agent applied on the surface of the web, and it exhibits black ink absorption which is 40%±10% of the absorption of coloured ink at 1.0. second and 70%±15% of the absorption of coloured ink at 2.0 seconds, and maximum absorption determined by Emtec standard absorption analyses in the range of 0.3 to 0.5 seconds. The present invention provides multipurpose printing papers for the high-speed inkjet printing technique.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2005Publication date: May 29, 2008Inventors: Helen Sundvall, Nils Pauler, Ake Karlin, Carin Nordin
-
Patent number: 7377975Abstract: Pigment suitable for use in coating compositions for inkjet recording media. Surfaces of an inorganic particulate are interacted with a water-soluble polyvalent metal salt in an aqueous medium. The treated particle surfaces have a significant cationic surface charge imparted to them. The salt is a salt of a metal of Group II or Group III of the Periodic Table. Inkjet recording media treated with a coating composition containing the above pigment provide high density, fast-drying, and non-feathering ink images with suitable water fastness, while the coating compositions also offer cost advantages and improved rheology at higher pigment levels over coatings based on silica pigments.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2006Date of Patent: May 27, 2008Assignee: J.M. Huber CorporationInventors: Ching-Yih Chen, Ricky L. Giddens, Richard D. Carter
-
Publication number: 20080118676Abstract: A support for image recording material, comprising a base paper and thermoplastic resin layers formed on both faces of the base paper, wherein: a formation index of the base paper is 60 or more; a surface of the base paper, at least on a side where an image recording layer is formed, has a center surface average roughness SRa of 0.70 ?m or less when measured with a cut-off condition of within the range of 0.05 to 0.5 mm, and a center surface average roughness SRa of 0.80 ?m or less when measured with a cut-off condition of within the range of 1 to 3 mm; and the thickness of the thermoplastic resin layer, at least on the side where the image recording layer is formed, is 35 to 60 ?m.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2006Publication date: May 22, 2008Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hiroshi Yamamoto, Shinichi Teramae, Yutaka Kubota
-
Patent number: 7364800Abstract: The invention relates to an in-line coated, biaxially oriented polyester film in which at least one surface has a coating formed from the dried residue of an aqueous coating composition, where the aqueous coating composition includes from 1 to 20% by weight (based on the weight of the coating composition) of EAA (ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer) particles whose median particle size (d50 value) is from 1 to 200 ?m.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2006Date of Patent: April 29, 2008Assignee: Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbHInventors: Martin Jesberger, Holger Kliesch, Gottfried Hilkert, Stefan Bartsch
-
Patent number: 7264855Abstract: The invention relates to an imaging member comprising an image layer and a base material wherein said base material comprises at least one oriented sheet laminated to a core sheet comprising a vacuous composite of polyolefin and polyester having a density of less than 0.7 g/cc.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2002Date of Patent: September 4, 2007Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Robert P. Bourdelais, Thomas M. Laney, Peter T. Aylward
-
Patent number: 7172651Abstract: Pigment suitable for use in coating compositions for inkjet recording media. Surfaces of an inorganic particulate are interacted with a water-soluble polyvalent metal salt in an aqueous medium. The treated particle surfaces have a significant cationic surface charge imparted to them. The salt is a salt of a metal of Group II or Group III of the Periodic Table. Inkjet recording media treated with a coating composition containing the above pigment provide high density, fast-drying, and non-feathering ink images with suitable water fastness, while the coating compositions also offer cost advantages and improved rheology at higher pigment levels over coatings based on silica pigments.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2003Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: J.M. Huber CorporationInventors: Ching-Yih Chen, Ricky L. Giddens, Richard D. Carter
-
Patent number: 7074551Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging element comprising at least one imaging layer and a support wherein the support comprises at least one layer comprising a splayant and a layered material, wherein the layered material has an aspect ratio from 20:1 and 500:1 and wherein the layered material comprises less than 10% by weight of the layer. The present invention also relates to a method of making a dimensionally stable imaging element comprising providing a support wherein said support comprises at least one layer comprising a splayant and a layered material, wherein said layered material comprises an aspect ratio of from 20:1 to 500:1 and wherein said layered material comprises less than 10% by weight of said at least one layer; and applying at least one imaging layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2003Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: YuanQiao Rao, Robert J. Kress
-
Patent number: 7037634Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging element comprising at least one imaging layer and a base. The base comprises a foam core layer, which comprises a polymer that has been expanded through the use of a blowing agent, and at least one polymeric surface smoothing layer, which comprises a solution polymer.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: May 2, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Peter T. Aylward, Narasimharao Dontula
-
Patent number: 7033723Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging element comprising an imaging layer and a support, wherein the support comprises a core layer having a surface roughness of at least 1.4 microns and a pit camouflaging flange layer between the support and the imaging layer. The present invention also relates to a method of forming an imaging support comprising extruding a polymer layer onto a core layer of surface roughness of at least 1.4 microns, and passing the extruded polymer layer on the core layer between two temperature controlled rollers, one of which comprises a pit camouflaging surface and a method of forming an imaging support comprising extruding a polymer layer, passing the extruded polymer layer between two temperature controlled rollers, one of which comprises a pit camouflaging surface, and laminating the polymer layer onto a core layer with a surface roughness of at least 1.4 microns.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2004Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Peter T. Aylward, Narasimharao Dontula, Sandra J. Dagan, Thaddeus S. Gula, Terry A. Heath
-
Patent number: 6974609Abstract: Image transfer media and methods of transferring images are provided. The image transfer media comprise a sheet having a nonporous micro-embossed surface topography comprising cavities on one major surface of the sheet and an ink release coating on the embossed surface, wherein said major surface has a surface energy of about 43 dyne/centimeter or less. A method of transferring an image to a substrate comprises the steps of (a) printing a selected image onto an imaging surface of an image transfer medium of the invention; (b) contacting the imaged micro-embossed surface with the substrate using pressure; and (c) removing the micro-embossed surface of the image transfer medium from the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2003Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Inventors: Lori P. Engle, Omar Farooq, Paul D. Graham, Jonathan P. Kitchin, Lisa M. Miller, David W. Tweeten
-
Patent number: 6896941Abstract: A white biaxially oriented polyester film for use as a base film for receiving an ink jet printer image and a base film for receiving an ink jet printer image which satisfy the following requirements (1) to (4): (1) the content of titanium oxide particles having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 0.5 ?m in the polyester film is 5 to 20 wt %; (2) the polyester film has an average glossiness of 65 to 95%; (3) the polyester film has an X-ray diffraction intensity ratio (F-1/F-2) represented by the following formal (1): 0.05?F-1/F-2?0.15 (1) ?wherein (F-1) is an X-ray diffraction intensity on a plane (1{overscore (1)}0) parallel to the surface of the film and (F-2) is an X-ray diffraction intensity on a plane (100) parallel to the surface of the film; and (4) the polyester film has a static friction coefficient of 0.3 to 0.6. The base film for receiving an ink jet printer image of the present invention is excellent in adhesion, glossiness, opacifying properties and transportability.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2000Date of Patent: May 24, 2005Assignee: Teijin LimitedInventors: Tetsuo Yoshida, Satoshi Kitazawa, Takashi Saigo, Masayuki Fukuda, Shinji Yano
-
Patent number: 6861110Abstract: An ink-jet recording sheet comprising a reflective support having thereon a porous ink absorbing layer containing a dye or a pigment, wherein a color difference ?abL defined by the following formula is not more than 7: ?abL=[(a1?a2)2+(b1?b2)2+(L1?L2)2]1/2 wherein (L1, a1, b1) and (L2, a2, b2) each are a set of coordinates (L*, a*, b*) defined in a CIELAB color space and measured on a surface of the reflective support adjacent to the ink absorbing layer and on an outermost surface of the ink absorbing layer respectively, and a2 is in a range of ?2 to 2 and b2 is in a range of ?4 to 4.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2003Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: Konica CorporationInventors: Keiji Obayashi, Osamu Hatano
-
Publication number: 20040185194Abstract: An ink-jet recording sheet comprising a support having thereon an ink receptive layer containing silica microparticles and a water-soluble resin, wherein the ink receptive layer is a porous layer having ink receptive voids with a peak value in a distribution curve of radii of the ink receptive voids of 10 to 50 nm; and the silica microparticles are prepared by pulverizing a silica powder, two parameters X and Y of the silica microparticles satisfying the following relationship: 150<Y+17×loge (X)<500, X being a number of silica microparticles having a diameter of not less than 10 &mgr;m contained per gram of the silica microparticles; and Y being an average particle diameter of the silica microparticles measured in nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2004Publication date: September 23, 2004Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Masako Kikuchi, Kiyoshi Endo, Tomohiko Sakai, Takayuki Suzuki
-
Patent number: 6692798Abstract: This invention relates to an imaging member comprising an image layer and a paper base comprising a mixture of vegetable fibers and wood fibers wherein said vegetable fibers comprise between 5 and 25 percent by weight of said paper base.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2000Date of Patent: February 17, 2004Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Suresh Sunderrajan, Sandra J. Dagan, Robert P. Bourdelais, Peter T. Aylward, Patrick J. Whittaker