Patent ID: 6264321
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: B41M

Abstract:
An ink recording process which comprises the steps of:(1) applying droplets of ink in an image-wise fashion onto a surface of an ink-receiving layer of an ink-recording medium to record an image thereon, said ink-recording medium comprising said ink-receiving layer provided on a transparent, plastic film support;(2) placing the surface of said ink-receiving layer containing said recorded image in contact with a substrate comprising paper, cloth or glass to form a composite of said ink-recording medium and said substrate, and(3) applying temperature and pressure to the composite thus formed sufficient to bond said ink-receiving layer of said ink-recording medium to said substrate, said ink-receiving layer comprising at least one hydrophilic resin that bonds said ink-receiving layer to said substrate upon the application of heat and pressure to said composite.