Patent ID: 6421075
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: B41M

Abstract:
A single-sheet process of forming a single color, ablation image comprising imagewise-heating by means of a laser in the absence of a separate receiving element, an ablative recording element comprising a support having thereon, in order, a barrier layer and a colorant layer comprising a colorant dispersed in a polymeric binder, said colorant layer having an infrared-absorbing material associated therewith, said laser exposure taking place through the colorant side of said element, and removing the ablated colorant to obtain said image in said ablative recording element, wherein said colorant layer contains a plasticizer in an amount of up to about 50% by weight of said polymeric binder, said colorant layer also containing a hardener in an amount of from about 0.1% to about 100% by weight of said polymeric binder.