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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pamela A. Geddes, Alden, NY (US);
Barry J. Briggs, Kelowna, CA;
Daniel J. Harrison, Pittsford, NY (US);
Rachael Masin, East Amherst, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Imaging Materials, Inc., Amherst, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 3/300 ;
Abstract
A thermal transfer ribbon with a flexible substrate and, disposed above the substrate, a frosting ink layer. The frosting ink layer is present at a coating weight of from about 2 to about 15 grams per square meter and it contains from about 15 to about 94.5 weight percent of a solid, volatilizable carbonaceous binder, from about 5 to about 75 weight percent of a film-forming glass flux, and at least about 0.5 weight percent of opacifying agent.