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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2003
William H. Simpson, Pittsford, NY (US);
Jacob J. Hastreiter, Spencerport, NY (US);
Robert F. Mindler, Churchville, NY (US);
William H. Simpson, Pittsford, NY (US);
Jacob J. Hastreiter, Spencerport, NY (US);
Robert F. Mindler, Churchville, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A process of transferring a protection layer from a dye-donor receiver after thermal dye transfer. In one embodiment, the transferable protection layer contains inorganic particles, a polymeric binder, organic particles and an organic gloss-enhancing agent that enhances the gloss of the final print. The transferred protection layer that provides a higher gloss to an image after transfer. A laminate containing such a gloss-enhancing agent has been found to enable printing at lower line times, faster printing, for thermal prints withwhile maintaining high gloss.