Patent ID: 9682540
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B32B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A process for making a graphics film comprising the following steps in sequence: a. die coating and drying an ink receptive layer directly onto a polyester film; b. extrusion coating a polyolefin material onto the ink receptive layer at an extrusion temperature of from about 600° F. to 650° F.; and c. removing the polyester film from the ink receptive layer to expose a surface of the ink receptive layer; wherein the ink receptive layer is selected from a vinyl acetate homopolymer or copolymer or a mixture thereof, an acrylic copolymer or a mixture of an acrylic copolymer with a vinyl acetate/ethylene copolymer, a vinyl acetate/ethylene copolymer and an acrylic hybrid, or a polyurethane containing polymer; and wherein the graphics film is halogen-free.