Patent ID: 6761788
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: B41M,Y10T

Abstract:
A nanoporous receiver element for use in thermal mass transfer imaging comprising a substrate carrying an image-receiving layer comprising particulate material and binder material,said substrate comprising a layer of a material having a compressibility of at least about 1% under a pressure of 1 Newton per mm2, or, a material having a thickness of less than about 50 &mgr;m and having a compressibility of less than about 1% under a pressure of 1 Newton per mm2; and said image-receiving layer having a void volume of from about 40% to about 70% and a pore diameter distribution wherein at least about 50% of the pores having a diameter of greater than about 30 nm have a diameter less than about 300 nm and at least about 95% of the pores having a diameter greater than about 30 nm have a diameter less than about 1000 nm.