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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Teh-Ming Kung, Rochester, NY (US);
Thomas W Martin, Rochester, NY (US);
Cheryl L Warner, Brockport, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503227 ; 428195 ; 428412 ; 428913 ; 428914 ;
Abstract
A dye-receiving element for thermal dye transfer includes a support having on one side thereof a dye image-receiving layer. Receiving elements of the invention are characterized in that the dye image-receiving layer comprises a miscible blend of an unmodified bisphenol-A polycarbonate and a polyether modified polycarbonate, the polyether modified polycarbonate being a block copolymer of polyether block units and bisphenol-A polycarbonate block units.