The present application is directed to a transferable film for dye sublimation, the film comprising, in an example implementation, a carrier film; and a dye sublimation-receptive layer comprising a base resin that undergoes crosslinking at elevated temperatures. In an example implementation, the dye sublimation-receptive layer comprises an acrylic copolymer with acrylate reactive groups. Methods of using the transferrable film to create a dye sublimation-receptive surface are also provided, as are substrates having a substantially non-receptive to dye sublimation inks onto which is formed a thermally crosslinked layer to the substrate surface.

A resin dispersion for dye receiving layer of a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, including a polyester resin particle and an aqueous medium. The polyester resin particle includes a polyester resin that is a polycondensate of an alcohol component including at least one of a propylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane and an ethylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, and a carboxylic acid component including an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid compound having a carbon number of 6 or more and 10 or less. A molar ratio of the propylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane to the ethylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane in the alcohol component is 0/100 or more and 40/60 or less. A molar ratio of the ethylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane to the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid compound having a carbon number of 6 or more and 10 or less is 2.1 or more and 15 or less.

Liquid ink-receiving layers or films (receiving layers) for direct ink jet printing or ink printing, into which low-viscous liquid (highly fluid) printing media (printing inks) can be introduced according to said printing methods, and which solidify or are able to be solidified at a time subsequent to the ink insertion (retarded). The invention eliminates limitations on the usability of raw materials for ink jet printing or ink printing, especially of film-forming agents but also of pigments and other ingredients. Moreover, corresponding compositions and methods for ink jet printing or ink printing are proposed.

The present disclosure is drawn to leveling compositions, which can include from 80 wt % to 95 wt % water, from 0.5 wt % to 15 wt % organic solvent, and from 0.2 wt % to 6 wt % surfactant. The leveling compositions can further include from 1 wt % to 10 wt % cationic ionene polymer having a weight average molecular weight from 100 Mw to 8000 Mw, and from 1 wt % to 10 wt % polymeric binder.

The present disclosure relates to a printed absorbent article and a process for making a printed absorbent article. Specifically, the printing onto the outer cover of an absorbent article may be accomplished by using a hydrophobic substrate and applying aqueous ink containing pigments to an ink receptive coating that has a thickness of about 0.1 millimeters or less and a base weight of at least 2 gsm wherein the coating absorbs liquid from the ink at a contact angle at or about zero degrees at which time the ink is printed onto the hydrophobic substrate at a printing speed of at least 500 feet per minute.

The present invention relates to a preparation comprising a light stabilizer, its use for the production of a transfer medium, a process making the same, as well as a transfer medium and its use.

A PET synthetic paper is composed of a PET substrate and a soft ink absorbing coating coated on the PET substrate. The soft ink absorbing coating includes an acrylic coating and a polyurethane coating embossed on the acrylic coating. The acrylic coating has excellent printability and the polyurethane coating has velvety-soft tactility.

A PET synthetic paper is composed of a PET substrate and a soft ink absorbing coating coated on the PET substrate. The soft ink absorbing coating includes an acrylic coating and a polyurethane coating embossed on the acrylic coating. The acrylic coating has excellent printability and the polyurethane coating has velvety-soft tactility.

A printing paper having a base paper, and one or more coating layer(s) arranged on at least one surface of the base paper, wherein; in the coating layer(s), an outermost coating layer positioned on the outermost side with respect to the base paper contains at least a pigment, a binder, a lubricant, a dispersant and a cationic resin, wherein the pigment in the outermost coating layer contains kaolin and calcium carbonate, a content of the kaolin and the calcium carbonate is 80 parts by mass or more based on 100 parts by mass of the pigment in the outermost coating layer, and a mass content ratio of the kaolin to the calcium carbonate in the outermost coating layer is 1:9 to 6:4, and the printing paper satisfies at least one of the following characteristics (I), (II) and (III): (I) when an aqueous solution having a surface tension of 20 mN/m is dropped on the side having the outermost coating layer of the printing paper, a contact angle between the droplet and the outermost coating layer is 40 or more and 65 or less; (II) for the side having the outermost coating layer of the printing paper, a transfer amount of an aqueous solution having a surface tension of 20 mN/m at a contact time of 1 second as determined by the Bristow method is 5.0 ml/m.sup.2 or more and 12.0 ml/m.sup.2 or less; and (III) on the surface of the outermost coating layer of the printing paper, a maximum peak value of specular reflection light quantity of a point image is 2,000 or more and 30,000 or less.

A recording method includes a step of applying a first ink to a recording medium; and a step of recording an image on the recording medium by applying a second ink so that the second ink at least partially overlaps a region to which the first ink has been applied. The first ink is an aqueous ink containing a silver particle. The second ink is an aqueous ink containing a coloring material. The recording medium has an ink receiving layer that contains a halide ion selected from the group consisting of a bromide ion and an iodide ion. The ink receiving layer has a halide ion content (mmol/m.sup.2) of 0.1 mmol/m.sup.2 or more to 0.8 mmol/m.sup.2 or less.