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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1989
Richard G Crystal, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hardy Sonnenberg, Puslinch, CA;
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a thermal transfer printing element which comprises a substrate upon which is situated an ink composition comprising a liquid crystalline material and a colorant. Diluent materials can also be contained in the ink. Also disclosed is a process for forming images with a thermal transfer printing apparatus which comprises incorporating into a thermal transfer printing apparatus a thermal transfer element which comprises a substrate upon which is situated an ink composition comprising a liquid crystalline material and a colorant and applying heat imagewise to the substrate to transfer ink imagewise from the substrate to a receiver sheet.