Patent ID: 6025100
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: B41C,B41M,G03G,Y10T

Abstract:
An image receiving element, for use in non-impact printing, comprising a support and an image receiving layer thereon containing an hydrophilic binder, TiO.sub.2 particles with average particle size between 0.1 .mu.m and 1 .mu.m, a matting agent and wherein said layer is cross-linked with an element selected from the group of hydrolyzed tetramethyl silicate and hydrolyzed tetraethylsilicate, wherein said TiO.sub.2 particles and said hydrophilic binder are present in a ratio TiO.sub.2 /binder between 2.0 and 20, and wherein said image receiving layer has an average surface roughness R.sub.a and a maximum roughness R.sub.t such that R.sub.a /R.sub.t .gtoreq.0.080.