Patent classifications
B41M5/508
High gloss photo media and method of making same
A high gloss photo media that has a gloss at 20 degrees equal to or greater than 40% includes a photo media substrate that includes a gloss-enhancement film on a front side of a photo base material. A curl control material is on a back side of the photo base material opposite the front side. The gloss-enhancement film being a multilayer that includes an adherent layer and a layer of one of a polyester composition and a polypropylene composition. A thickness of the gloss-enhancement film is at least 20 microns. The high gloss photo media further includes an image receiving layer on the gloss-enhancement film.
Printing paper and method for producing printed material
Printing paper is provided that is able to inhibit the occurrence of cockling and wrinkling during printing and inhibit the occurrence of curling after printing when cut into sheets in the case where inkjet printing is carried out in a rotary inkjet printing press while tension is applied from the time the printing paper is rolled out until it is taken up. The printing paper comprises a base paper and a coating layer containing a pigment and a binder on at least one side of the base paper, wherein an ash content of the base paper is 20% by weight to 30% by weight, and specific tensile strength of the printing paper in the CD direction is 9.0 N.Math.m/g or less, and the ratio of (specific tensile strength in the MD direction)/(specific tensile strength in the CD direction) is 1.9 to 2.3, wherein the specific tensile strength is as determined basically in compliance with JIS P 8113:2006.
Magnetic receptive extruded films
The invention produces a magnetic receptive polymer film with properties that will adhere to magnets by incorporating magnetic receptive particles in the formulation of the extruded or casted film. Furthermore, by use of the co-extrusion technique, the invention produce a print media in the form of a multilayered polymer film including a magnetic receptive core layer for adhering the film to magnets, and one or more layers attached to either one or both sides of the core layer, wherein at least one outermost surface of the layers is absent or substantially absent of ferromagnetic material and suitable to accept printing.
Printing paper for industrial rotary inkjet printing press and method for producing printed material
Printing paper for an industrial rotary inkjet printing press is provided that has superior printability with respect to an offset printing press, and has superior color density uniformity, inhibition of ink strike-through and dot reproducibility with respect to an industrial rotary inkjet printing press using water-based pigment ink. The printing paper for an industrial rotary inkjet printing press comprises a base paper and at least one coating layer containing pigment, binder and water-soluble polyvalent cation salt on at least one side of the base paper, wherein at least one of the pigment is kaolin having an average particle diameter of 0.20 μm to 1.50 μm, and the content of the kaolin in the coating layer is 50 parts by weight or more based on 100 parts by weight of the pigment in the coating layer, the content of the water-soluble polyvalent cation salt in the coating layer is 1.0 parts by weight to 6.0 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the pigment in the coating layer, and the surface resistivity on the coating layer side of the printing paper in an environment at 23° C. and 50% RH as determined basically in compliance with JIS K 6911:2006 is 2.0×10.sup.10 Ω to 5.0×10.sup.12 Ω.
METHOD FOR VARNISHING SUBSTRATES, AND VARNISHED SUBSTRATES
A method of producing a printed product, wherein a formulation for production of a first layer as sealing layer is applied to the substrate and the formulation has at least one monomer, oligomer or prepolymer having at least one crosslinkable functional group. Subsequently, the first layer is cured and a second layer is applied at least to regions of the first layer, wherein the second layer has a coherent surface in the printed regions. Further, a printed product having a substrate, a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer and the second layer comprise an organic crosslinked lacquer and have a coherent surface, and wherein the first layer is transparent and has a layer thickness in the range from 1 to 10 μm. The second layer has been applied at least to regions of the first layer, such that the first layer is disposed between the substrate and the second layer.
PRINTING SHEET AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRINTING SHEET
Provided are a printing sheet that has excellent printability, excellent adhesiveness between a substrate and a coating layer, and excellent antistatic performance and thus is less likely to cause troubles such as paper jams during printing, and further has excellent properties such as water resistance and weather resistance in the printing sheet having the coating layer for receiving an ink on at least one surface of the substrate and a method for producing the same. The printing sheet includes the coating layer by blending clay in a proportion of 35% by mass or more and 65% by mass or less and light calcium carbonate in a proportion of 5% by mass or more and 30% by mass or less in a continuous phase made of an acrylic polymer.
Substrates having improved crockfastness
An ink-printed substrate comprising a substrate and water-based ink composition printed on the substrate, wherein the ink-printed substrate has an average color density of at least about 0.48 or greater.
Fabric print medium
A fabric print medium containing a fabric base substrate and a primer layer composition applied to the fabric base substrate. Said primer layer composition includes at least three types of polymeric particles, at least two different fire retardant agents and a water-soluble high-valence metal complex. Also disclosed are the method for making such fabric print medium and the method for producing printed images using said material.
SURFACE MODIFICATION OF SILICA IN AN AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT COMPRISING ALUMINUM CHLORIDE HYDRATE
The present invention is drawn to a method of treating silica in an aqueous environment. The method can comprise steps of dispersing silica particulates in an aqueous environment to form an aqueous dispersion; reversing the net charge of a surface of the silica particulates from negative to positive using a surface activating agent, thereby forming surface-activated silica particulates dispersed in the water; and contacting the surface-activated silica particulates with organosilane reagents to form reagent-modified and surface-activated silica particulates.
FACE FILMS AND PRESSURE SENSITIVE LAMINATES FOR PRINTING
Microporous structures in face films are described for improving printability of the films. Also described are laminates and pressure sensitive adhesive laminates including the microporous structured face films. Various related methods are additionally described.