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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2007
Richard Anthony Hann, Ipswich, GB;
Ian Stephenson, Essex, GB;
Anthony Joseph Martino, Suffolk, GB;
Nicholas Clement Beck, Essex, GB;
Richard Anthony Hann, Ipswich, GB;
Ian Stephenson, Essex, GB;
Anthony Joseph Martino, Suffolk, GB;
Nicholas Clement Beck, Essex, GB;
Akzo Nobel Coatings International B.V., Arnhem, NL;
Abstract
A retransfer intermediate sheet for receiving an image to be printed onto an article by thermal retrasfer comprises a substrate which is preferably heat-deformable; and an image-receiving coating on one side of the substrate, comprising an image-receiving layer for receiving an image by printing, preferably inkjet printing, of dye-containing ink, the image-receiving layer comprising amorphous porous silica, a first, non-dye absorbing polymeric binder and a second, flexible polymeric binder. The sheet is particularly useful for printing on three dimensional articles, e.g. being heated and vacuum formed to conform to an article. The invention also coven a method of printing and an article bearing a printed image.