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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Thomas B. Brust, Webster, NY (US);
Anne Troxell Wyand, Victor, NY (US);
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for forming an ink jet image on a substrate includes ink jetting an ink jettable and UV-curable composition onto the substrate in an imagewise fashion to form an ink jetted image on the substrate. The ink jettable and UV-curable composition includes: a reactive polymer comprising: (a1) or (a2) recurring units comprising pendant metal complexing water-solubilizing groups, (b) at least 5 mol % of recurring units having a pendant group capable of crosslinking via [2+2] photocycloaddition, and optionally (c) at least 1 mol % of recurring units comprising a pendant amide, hydroxyl, or lactam group, or a pendant precursor moiety for the pendant amide, hydroxyl, or lactam group. The ink jetted image is cured to form a UV-cured ink jet image on the substrate. The ink jettable and UV-curable composition can also include metal nanoparticles or reducible metal ions that can serve as catalytic sites for electroless plating.