Patent ID: 7087274

Claim:
An ink-jet printable heat-transfer medium, comprising a base substrate having a surface coated with: a) a hot-melt layer comprising a thermoplastic polymer having a melting point in the range of about 60° C. to about 180° C., and b) an ink-receptive layer overlaying the hot-melt layer, the ink-receptive layer comprising (i) non-polymeric organic particles that are a reaction product of a diamine and two molecules, each molecule having at least one carboxylic acid group and at least five carbon atoms, (ii) thermoplastic polymer particles, and (iii) a thermoplastic film-forming binder having a melting point in the range of about 60°C. to about 180° C., wherein said non-polymeric organic particles are between about 20% to about 60% by weight based on total weight of solids in the ink-receptive layer.