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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1992
Agfa-Gevaert, N.V., Mortsel, BE;
Abstract
Dye-donor element for use according to thermal dye sublimation transfer comprising a support having on one side a dye layer and on the other side a heat-resistant layer, characterized in that said heat-resistant layer comprises a polycarbonate derived from a bis-(hydroxyphenyl)-cycloalkane (diphenol) corresponding to formula (I) ##STR1## wherein: R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 (same or different) represent hydrogen, halogen, a C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl group, a C.sub.5 -C.sub.6 cycloalkyl group, a C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl group or a C.sub.7 -C.sub.12 aralkyl group; X represents the necessary atoms to close a 5- to 8-membered cycloaliphatic ring which is substituted with one or more C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl groups or 5- or 6-membered cycloalkyl groups or carries fused-on 5- or 6-membered cycloalkyl groups.