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Patent No.:

US 9884503 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 05, 2015

Imagewise priming of non-d2t2 printable substrates for direct d2t2 printing

Applicant:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Inventors:

Robert P. Renz, Ipswich, GB;

Morven McAlpine, Ipswich, GB;

Assignee:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Attorney:

Patula & Associates, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Bruce H Hess

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/392 (2006.01); B41M 5/50 (2006.01); B05D 5/04 (2006.01); B41M 5/395 (2006.01); B05D 3/10 (2006.01); B32B 37/18 (2006.01); B41M 5/52 (2006.01); B41M 5/34 (2006.01); B41M 5/382 (2006.01); B41M 7/00 (2006.01); C08K 5/053 (2006.01); C08K 5/11 (2006.01); C08K 5/12 (2006.01); C08K 5/134 (2006.01); C09D 137/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/395 (2013.01); B05D 3/101 (2013.01); B05D 5/04 (2013.01); B32B 37/182 (2013.01); B41M 5/345 (2013.01); B41M 5/38264 (2013.01); B41M 5/392 (2013.01); B41M 5/5227 (2013.01); B41M 7/0027 (2013.01); C08K 5/053 (2013.01); C08K 5/11 (2013.01); C08K 5/12 (2013.01); C08K 5/1345 (2013.01); C09D 137/00 (2013.01); B41M 2205/02 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24802 (2015.01);
Abstract

A method for enabling D2T2 printing onto non-D2T2 printable substrates uses a diffusible primer material provided on a dye-sheet or ribbon. The primer comprises a polymer, a release agent and a plasticizer. The release agent and the plasticizer are diffused into the substrate, while the polymer remains on the dye-sheet or ribbon. Printing of the primer onto the PC substrate is controlled via a computer image program corresponding to a colored image. This computer image program also controls the printing of the colored image at the primed locations. Accordingly, image-wise treatment of a plastic material via the primer selectively renders the PC substrate surface D2T2 printable at the point of personalization, providing for a 100% PC full card body having the colored image.

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