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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2004
Thomas M. Laney, Spencerport, NY (US);
Kenneth W. Best, Jr., Hilton, NY (US);
Thomas M. Laney, Spencerport, NY (US);
Kenneth W. Best, Jr., Hilton, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a thermal dye-transfer dye-image receiving element comprising a thermal dye-transfer receiver element comprising a dye-receiving layer 1; beneath layer 1, a substrate layer 2 containing a microvoided layer 2 comprising, in a continuous phase, a polylactic-acid-based material, wherein microvoids in said microvoided layer provide a void volume of at least 25% by volume, and wherein at least about half of the microvoids are formed from void initiating particles less than 1.5 micrometer in average diameter; and beneath layer 2, an optional support layer 3.