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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1997
David T Ou-Yang, Woodbury, MN (US);
Robert C Fitzer, North Oaks, MN (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A polymeric imaging medium comprising a receptor layer and an optional backing layer particularly useful in electrophotographic printing processes with liquid toners comprising thermoplastic toner particles in a liquid carrier that is not a solvent for the particles at a first temperature and that is a solvent for the particles at a second temperature, methods of imaging such a medium, and such an imaged medium. In one preferred embodiment, the receptor layer comprises a polymer of ethylene, n-butylacrylate, and methacrylic acid. In another preferred embodiment, the receptor layer comprises a blend of 60 to 90 percent by weight of a polymer comprising ethylene, n-butylacrylate, and methacrylic acid and about 10 to 40 percent by weight of a neutralized ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer.