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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2005
Applicants:
Detlef Schulze-hagenest, Molfsee, DE;
Udo Dräger, Speyer, DE;
Dinesh Tyagi, Fairport, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 9/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to a toner and process for preparing a toner for reproduction of a metallic, preferably golden or silvery, hue by a printing process, especially for electrophotography. A congeneric process and/or a congeneric toner is preserved with regard to its metallic hue and at the same time not to impair the essential properties of the toner for the printing process in which it is to be used. At least one metallic pigment is provided with a coating of silicate and subsequently with an organic layer and combining the thus obtained particle with toner material.