Foto-Wear, Inc.

Anne Hermetet Agler

Scott A Williams

Heather Reid

An image transfer sheet, having a support sheet, an optional barrier layer on the support sheet, at least one heat release layer on the optional barrier layer or on the support sheet, an image receiving layer on the heat release layer, an optional image layer on the image receiving layer, an optional non-water-dispersible polymer layer on the image layer, and an optional transfer blocking overcoat layer on the optional polymer layer or the image layer, is used in a dry heat transfer process to transfer an image to a receptor element. The image receiving layer of the present invention is a precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC)-containing image receiving layer, a polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-containing image receiving layer, or an image receiving layer containing both PCC and PVP (PCC/PVP).

Image transfer material with image receiving layer and heat transfer process using the same

A coated transfer sheet comprising a substrate having a first and second surface; at least one thermosetting and/or UV curable polymeric barrier layer overlaying said first surface, at least one release layer overlaying said at least one barrier layer; and an optional image receiving layer; wherein the coated transfer sheet exhibits cold peel, hot peel, or warm peel properties when transferred. The sheet may be imaged in electrostatic printers and copiers or imaged with other image marking techniques such as Ink Jet, conventional printing inks, thermal wax, and all craft-type markers. The resulting image may be imagewise applied to a receptor.

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Hawley, PA, United States of America

Anne Hermetet Agler