Eastman-kodak Company

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Jacob John Hastreiter, Jr

William H Simpson

Ronald Myron Wexler

David P Brust

George B Bodem

Daniel F Hurley

Mary Catherine Oldfield

A dye-donor element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having on one side thereof a dye layer and on the other side a slipping layer comprising a binder containing polyalkylsilsesquioxane particles wherein less than about 8% of the particles have a diameter of &gt;0.8 .mu.m.

Slipping layer for dye-donor element used in thermal dye transfer

A dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer or an overcoat layer thereon which contains crosslinked elastomeric beads having a Tg of 45.degree. C. or less, the elastomeric beads being made from an acrylic polymer, an acrylic copolymer or a styrenic copolymer, the elastomeric beads having from about 5 to about 40% by weight of a crosslinking agent, the beads having a particle size of from about 0.5 to about 20 .mu.m.

Dye-donor element containing elastomeric beads for thermal dye transfer

A dye-donor element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having thereon at least one dye layer area comprising an image dye in a binder and another area comprising a transferable protection layer, the transferable protection layer area being approximately equal in size to the dye layer area, wherein the transferable protection layer comprises either

Thermal dye transfer dye-donor element with transferable protection

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Spencerport, NY, United States of America

Jacob John Hastreiter, Jr