A thermal transfer recording medium comprising a substrate and a hot-melt ink layer, provided on one surface of the substrate, and a back-coated layer, provided on the other surface of the substrate, said hot-melt ink layer comprising a polyether resin having a basic bisphenol structure and hydroxyl groups at the terminal ends thereof as a binder, and a colorant, said back-coated layer comprising a reaction product of a polyisocyanate and an amino-modified silicone oil, is disclosed. The thermal transfer recording medium of the present invention is capable of forming a transferred image of high quality substantially without being affected by the surface properties of the image receiving paper, and has a high stability.

Thermal transfer recording medium

A process comprising (a) incorporating into an ink jet printing apparatus (1) a developing composition comprising a liquid vehicle and a color developer; (2) an oxidizing composition comprising a liquid vehicle and an oxidizing agent; (3) a coloring composition comprising a liquid vehicle and a dye coupler; and (4) a fixing composition comprising a liquid vehicle and a fixative; (b) causing droplets of the developing composition to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate; (c) causing droplets of the oxidizing composition to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate; (d) causing droplets of the coloring composition to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate; and (e) causing droplets of the fixing composition to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate; wherein the process results in at least some portions of the substrate bearing images comprising all four of the developing composition, the oxidizing composition, the coloring composition, and the fixing composition, said portions forming a printed image. Specific embodiments of the present invention are directed to the realization of continuous tone and gray scale in images by (1) control of the time at which color forming reactions are quenched by controlling the time period between deposition of the color forming liquids and deposition of the fixing liquid; (2) control of the extent of color forming reactions by limitation of the quantity of one of the color forming liquids; or (3) control of pixel size by drop placement control over the overlap areas of drops of color forming liquids.

Ink jet printing process

An ink-jet recording sheet is disclosed. The ink accepting porous layer comprises a hydrophilic binder containing a polymer compound crosslinked via irradiation of ionizing radiation, micro particles, and at least one component selected from the group consisting of (A) a nitrogen-containing compound, (B) a sulfur-containing compound, (C) a phenol compound and (D) a polyvalent metal salt.

Ink-jet recording sheet

A recording medium is provided which comprises an ink transporting layer and an ink retaining layer. There is also provided a process for forming images on a recording medium comprising a heat or pressure-fusible ink transporting layer and an ink retaining layer, which comprises applying recording droplets to the ink transporting layer of the recording medium, and thereafter fusing the ink transporting layer to a substrate.

Recording medium and image formation process using the same

Disclosed herein is a printing medium, comprising a liquid-absorbent base material, an ink-receiving layer provided on the base material, which comprises a pigment, a binder and a cationic substance, and a surface layer provided on the ink-receiving layer composed principally of cationic ultrafine particles as inorganic particles.

Printing medium, and ink-jet printing process and image-forming process using the same

An ink-jet recording medium having a support and, provided thereon, at least one ink receiving layer containing polymeric organic particles, characterized in that said polymeric organic particles have a glass transition temperature of 40 °C or higher, and are amphoteric polymeric organic particles having both functional groups of cationic groups and anionic groups. The ink-jet recording medium is excellent in ink absorbing property, coloring concentration, gloss, and the resistance to water, light and yellowing, in particular, excellent in ink absorbing property, coloring concentration, gloss, and the resistance to light and yellowing.

Kenichi Endo

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Ink-jet recording medium