Patent ID: 6572953
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: B41M,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A transfer material for the ink-jet printing process comprising a support, and a heat-activatable adhesive polymer layer with a pigment therein and which is releaseable from said support, wherein the polymer of said polymer layer comprises a nonionic water soluble polyethylene oxide polymer with the general formulaHâ€”[â€”Oâ€”CH2â€”CH2â€”]nOH, the ratio of said polymer to pigment being from 20:1 to 5:1 based on the weight of the components and said polymer being a mixture of degrees of polymerization n in the range of from 1,000 to 200,000 which renders said polymer layer adhesive, releasable from said support, heat activatable and absorbent to the ink jet.