Patent ID: 7232213

Claim:
A process for ink-jet printing an image onto a rigid thermoplastic interlayer comprising the steps: (a) feeding a rigid interlayer sheet through an ink jet printer and (b) ink-jet printing an image on the rigid interlayer sheet, (i) wherein the rigid interlayer sheet has a Storage Young's Modulus of 50–1,000 MPa (mega Pascals) at 0.3 Hz and 25° C., as determined according to ASTM D 5026-95a, (ii) wherein the rigid interlayer sheet is selected from the group consisting of (A) ethylene/meth)acrylic acid copolymer ionomer sheets or (B) polyvinyl butyral sheets comprising plasticizer in an amount of less than 30 parts per hundred parts based on the weight of the rigid interlayer sheet and (iii) wherein the rigid interlayer sheet has a thickness of about 0.025 mm to about 0.45 mm.