Patent ID: 6866904

Claim:
A heat activatable ink-jet printable material comprising a support and a heat-activatable ink-jet printable polymer layer wherein the polymer of the polymer layer is a mixture of (i) about 40 to 70 weight percent based upon the total polymers in the polymer layer of nonionic water-soluble polyalkylene oxide polymer having the general formula H—[—O—CH 2 —CH 2 —] n OH wherein the degree of polymerization n is in the range of about 1,000 to 200,000; and (ii) 35 to 60 weight percent based upon the total polymers in the polymer layer of at least one additional thermoplastic polyurethane polymer having a softening point of about 50 to 70° C.; and wherein said polymer layer is located on and remains on the support after heat activation.