Patent ID: 6124236
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: B32B,B41M,G09F

Abstract:
A direct thermal printable laminate comprising:first and second substrates located adjacent to each other and each having first and second surfaces;a thermosensitive imaging layer applied as a coating on said second surface of the first substrate independently- of said A>first surface of the second substrate;said thermosensitive imaging layer having a color developing mechanism reactive to transmissions of heat through said first substrate for forming images within said thermosensitive imaging layer;said second surface of the first substrate being bonded to said first surface of the second substrate so that 'said thermosensitive imaging layer is located between said first and second substrates;an adhesive layer located between said thermosensitive imaging layer of the first substrate and said first surface of the second substrate for bonding said first and second substrates;said first substrate being of reduced thickness with respect to said second substrate for transmitting concentrations of heat required to form images in said thermosensitive imaging layer from a thermal print head; andat least one of said first and second substrates being optically transmissive for viewing images formed in said thermosensitive imaging layer.