Patent ID: 6562178
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B32B,B41M,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for producing a scratch-resistant, self-laminated printed material, which comprisesproviding a first underlying substrate layer which is capable of being transported through a printing device comprising an ink jet printer; forming a second layer on said first layer, said second layer being flowable when heated to at least its melting point and being fusible below it's melting point; forming a third layer on said second layer, said third layer being printable and permeable so that when said second layer is in a flowable state it will permeate through and about said third layer; printing a predetermined image onto said third layer; heating said second layer above its melting point until it is in a flowable state, said flowable second layer permeating through and about said third layer and about said predetermined image; and fusing said flowable second layer by lowering its temperature below its melting point thereby encapsulating said third layer and said predetermined image and forming said scratch-resistant, self-laminated fused printed material to produce a multi-layer composite material which can be printed in an ink jet printer.