Patent ID: 6331374
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: B41M,D06P,G03C,G03F

Abstract:
A developer or receiver sheet which comprises:a support having a front and rear surface,a developer material capable of reacting with a color forming substance and which is dispersed in a carrier which is capable of transferring and adhering developed image and non-image areas from said front surface of said support upon the application of heat energy to the rear surface of the support, said carrier strips from said front surface of the support by liquefying and releasing from said support when heated, said liquefied carrier providing adherence to a receptor element by flowing onto said receptor element and solidifying thereon, said adherence does not require an external adhesive layer, with the proviso that the carrier is not capable of reacting to form an image, wherein the carrier is cumulatively present in all layers on said support in an amount from about 15 g/m.sup.2 to about 30 g/m.sup.2, and wherein the carrier is capable of melting, flowing and transferring said image and non-image areas to the receptor at temperatures in the range of from more than 100.degree. C. to about 180.degree. C.