Eastman-kodak Company

William A Light

Donald Saul Rimai

Louis J Sorriero

Thomas W Martin

Albert T Brault

Dinesh Tyagi

Muhammed Aslam

Douglas E Bugner

Peter S Alexandrovich

Lori J Shaw-Klein

Mark Lelental

Martin A Berwick

Charles J Fox

Groner C Fred

There is disclosed an image recording element for inkjet ink images comprising, in the following order, a support, a base layer and a top layer, wherein: the base layer comprises a hydrophilic material; the top layer is ink receptive and comprises a cationically modified cellulose ether having the structure: ##STR1## R represents C.sub.n H.sub.2n+1 ; X represents halide; and

Inkjet ink image recording elements with cationically modified cellulose

A method of forming a toner image on a receiving sheet includes a step of either transferring or fixing a toner image to the receiving sheet, in which the receiving sheet is heated to a temperature of at least 100.degree. C. To allow steam to escape from the receiving sheet, a gas impermeable layer on the side of the sheet opposite the toner image is made permeable by application of small, closely spaced holes in the layer. The method is particularly usable with a receiving sheet having a heat-softenable layer which is heated beyond its softening point to facilitate transfer of images made up of very small toner particles. The holes are preferably mechanically punched in a curl-preventing layer on the opposite side of the sheet.

Method of forming a toner image, a receiving sheet and a method of

A transparent electrostatographic-toner-image-receiving element comprises a substrate sheet having on each side thereof a layer comprising a polymeric binder having dispersed therein, at a concentration of at least about 2 percent by weight, a mixture of particles protruding from the layer, said mixture comprising:

Transparent electrostatographic-toner-image-receiving element

A method of fusing an electrostatographic colored toner image on a transparent support to provide a projection viewable color transparency exhibiting excellent color clarity. The support comprises a polymer layer bearing the color toner image. The toner image and the polymer forming the layer on the support have a loss tangent value of at least 1.6. The transparent element is subjected to fusing in three distinct zones; a fusing zone where it is contacted with a textured fusing member, a cooling zone where contact with the fusing member is maintained and the toner image is cooled and a release zone where the toner image is released from the fusing member at a temperature where no toner image or polymer layer offset occurs.

Method of making a projection viewable transparency comprising an

Transparent image-recording elements that contain ink-receptive layers that can be imaged by the application of liquid ink dots. The ink-receptive layers contain a combination of:

Transparent image-recording elements

Ink jet recording transparency

Ink jet recording sheet

Ink jet transparency

A process is provided for providing a non-electrostatically transferred toned image. From the surface of an element, the image is thermally transferred by contact to the face of a thermoplastic film that is strippably laminated to a paper or like backing. The film is then positioned against a receiver with the toner image therebetween, and the resulting composite is subjected to two successive stages of compressive heating. The process is particularly well suited for producing high resolution images from very small particle size toner powder on rough paper.

Transfer of high resolution toned images to rough papers

Transparent image-recording elements containing ink-receptive layers

Transparent ink jet receiving elements

Ink-receiving transparent recording elements

A method is provided for non-electrostatically transferring dry toner particles which comprise a toner binder and have a particle size of less than 8 micrometers from the surface of an element which has a surface layer comprising a film-forming, electrically insulating polyester or polycarbonate thermoplastic polymeric binder resin matrix and a surface energy of not greater than approximately 47 dynes/cm, preferably from about 40 to 45 dynes/cm, to a receiver which comprises a substrate having a coating of a thermoplastic addition polymer on a surface of the substrate in which the Tg of the polymer is less than approximately 10.degree. C. above the Tg of the toner binder and the surface energy of the thermoplastic polymer coating is approximately 38 to 43 dynes/cm by contacting the toner particles with the receiver which is heated to a temperature such that the temperature of the thermoplastic polymer coating on the receiver substrate during transfer is at least approximately 15.degree. C. above the Tg of the thermoplastic polymer whereby virtually all of the toner particles are transferred from the surface of the element to the thermoplastic polymer coating on the receiver substrate and the thermoplastic polymer coating is prevented from adhering to the element surface during transfer in the absence of a layer of a release agent on the thermoplastic polymer coating or the element. After transfer, the receiver is separated from the element while the temperature of the thermoplastic polymer coating is maintained above the Tg of the thermoplastic polymer. The method is particularly well suited for providing images having high resolution and low granularity from very small size toner particles.

Thermally assisted transfer of electrostatographic toner particles to a

A method is provided for non-electrostatically transferring dry toner particles which comprise a toner binder and have a particle size of less than 8 micrometers from the surface of an element which has a surface layer comprising a film-forming, electrically insulating polyester or polycarbonate thermoplastic polymeric binder resin matrix and a surface energy of not greater than approximately 47 dynes/cm, preferably from about 40 to 45 dynes/cm, to a receiver which comprises a substrate having a coating of a thermoplastic condensation polymer on a surface of the substrate in which the Tg of the polymer is less than approximately 10.degree. C. above the Tg of the toner binder and the surface energy of the thermoplastic polymer coating is approximately 38 to 43 dynes/cm by contacting the toner particles with the receiver which is heated to a temperature such that the temperature of the thermoplastic polymer coating on the receiver substrate during transfer is at least approximately 5.degree. C. above the Tg of the thermoplastic polymer whereby virtually all of the toner particles are transferred from the surface of the element to the thermoplastic polymer coating on the receiver substrate and the thermoplastic polymer coating is prevented from adhering to the element surface during transfer in the absence of a layer of a release agent on the thermoplastic polymer coating or the element. After transfer, the receiver is separated from the element while the temperature of the thermoplastic polymer coating is maintained above the Tg of the thermoplastic polymer. The method is particularly well suited for providing images having high resolution and low granularity from very small size toner particles.

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William A Light