Patent ID: 6537720
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: B41M,G01D,G03F,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
An organization adopted for transferring a contrasting pattern of intelligence from an ablation-transfer imaging medium to a receptor element, consisting essentially of (1) an ablation-transfer imaging medium including a support substrate and a laser radiation-ablative topcoat essentially coextensive therewith, said essentially coextensive topcoat containing an effecting ablative-transfer effecting amount of at least one non-black body, non-imaging sensitizer that absorbs laser radiation at a rate sufficient to effect the imagewise ablation mass transfer of said topcoat, and said laser radiation-ablative topcoat also containing an imaging amount of a non-black body, non-ablation sensitizing contrast imaging material therein, said non-black body, non-ablation sensitizing contrast imaging material comprising a yellow dye or pigment a magenta dye or pigment, or a cyan dye or pigment, and (2) a receptor element in contiguous registration therewith.