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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hsin-hsin Chou, Woodbury, MN (US);
Wu-Shyong Li, Woodbury, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428323 ; 428195 ; 428484 ; 4284881 ; 428913 ; 428914 ;
Abstract
A novel donor construction is used for thermal mass transfer imaging applications. The donor constructions are coated from pigment dispersions which are flushed in solutions containing a chlorinated wax. Because of near refractive index matching to the coloring pigments and the low cohesive strength of the chlorinated wax, this novel thermal mass transfer system is characterized by low transfer energy requirements and high transparency in the transferred images.