Patent ID: 7226716
Filing Date: 2007-06-05
Classification: B41M,G02B,G02F,G03F,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A thermal transfer element comprising: a thermal transfer layer; a light-to-heat conversion layer including a material that absorbs imaging radiation to convert the radiation into heat to produce an imaging temperature sufficient to enable transfer of the thermal transfer Layer to a receptor; and a temperature modulation interlayer coated between the light-to-heat conversion layer and the thermal transfer layer to modulate a temperature attained in the thermal transfer layer without transferring portions of the temperature modulation interlayer to the receptor as heat is transferred from the light-to-heat conversion layer to the thermal transfer layer, wherein the temperature modulation interlayer comprises a crosslinked organic polymer, and wherein the transfer layer comprises electrically conducting or insulating particles.