A stratified support item for printing on a surface with sublimation inks is disclosed. The surface may include, for example, clothing items, such as T-shirts, sweatshirts or the like. The stratified support item includes a thermo-adhesive layer configured to adhere to the surface and at least one finish layer configured to receive said sublimation inks. The finish layer includes a powder, which is comprised of at least one from the group of (i) a polyester powder, and (ii) a polyamide powder, incorporated in a matrix of polymeric material.

Provided is an object to be printed which can improve the quality of a printed image in inkjet printing on the object to be printed, regardless of the resolution of an inkjet image. In a method for producing an object to be printed having an area to be printed on a surface thereof, a surface of the area to be printed is adjusted so that the area to be printed has a surface energy E (mN/m) of 30 or more and 50 or less. The object to be printed is selected from a can and a film for containers.

An intermediate transfer medium that allows formation of high-density images on a transfer layer while suppressing printing unevenness and provides good foil cutting properties of the transfer layer, a combination of the intermediate transfer medium and a thermal transfer sheet, and a method for forming a print using the intermediate transfer medium. In an intermediate transfer medium having a transfer layer on a substrate, the transfer layer has a single layer structure including only a receiving layer or a layered structure including the receiving layer. When the transfer layer has the layered structure, the receiving layer is located furthest from the substrate among layers constituting the transfer layer. The receiving layer contains a binder resin having a number average molecular weight of 8000-32000 and a release agent. The content of the release agent based on the total mass of the receiving layer is 6% by mass or more.

The present invention further relates a sublimation printing process of a multilayer system comprising a polyester top layer and at least one heat sensitive polymer layer whereby a temperature gradient is applied during sublimation printing such that the heat sensitive polymer layer is maintained at a temperature below its melting temperature and the polyester top layer is maintained at a temperature above its glass transition temperature to allow diffusion of a sublimation dye into the polyester top layer. The temperature gradient is maintained by using a heat sink element beneath the heat sensitive polymer layer. The temperature gradient can also be maintained by cooling the heat sink element. The cooling preferably occurs with a circulating coolant. The heat sink element comprises a polymer, a ceramic or a metal. The invention further relates to a sublimation printed multilayer system comprising a polyester top layer and at least one heat sensitive polymer layer. The present invention also relates to the multilayer system in the manufacturing of textile, tents, outdoor gear, apparel, clothing, bags, jackets, gloves.

A printable substrate including a polymer substrate and a coating layer is provided. The coating layer covers the polymer substrate. The thickness of the coating layer is 0.1 μm to 30 μm. The surface impedance value of the coating layer is 10.sup.7 ohms to 10.sup.12 ohms. The maximum printable temperature of the printable substrate is 100° C. to 190° C. After printing on the coating layer of the printable substrate, the result of an adhesion test for the printable substrate is 3B to 5B.

A decorative illumination recording sheet that includes: a resin base; and a white layer that is disposed on the resin base and contains a white pigment and a binder, in which a colorant different from the white pigment is contained, and in a case where an average transmittance in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 700 nm is represented by Tv and an average transmittance in a wavelength range exceeding 700 nm, but not exceeding 800 nm is represented by Tr, Tv and Tr satisfy relationships expressed by the following Formulae (1) and (2), a method of manufacturing the decorative illumination recording sheet, a decorative illumination image sheet, a method of manufacturing the decorative illumination image sheet, and a decorative illumination signboard.

40.0%≦Tv<50.0%  (1)

40.0%≦Tr<50.0%  (2)

Provided is a textile printing paper for use in a paper printing method, the textile printing paper being excellent in color development on a printing substrate, transferred unevenness suppressing property and strike-through resistance while satisfying the requirements for adhesiveness of a printed paper to a printing substrate. The textile printing paper comprises a base paper and a glue layer on a surface of the base paper, the base paper having a sizing degree of 10 g/m.sup.2 to 40 g/m.sup.2 as measured according to JIS P 8140:1998.

A fabric printable medium comprising a fabric base substrate, with an image-side and a back-side, having a water proofing treatment including a water-repellant agent applied thereto; an adhesion promoting layer, applied to the image-side of the fabric base substrate, comprising a polymeric compound and a physical networking component; an ink-receiving coating layer over the adhesion promoting layer, comprising a first and a second crosslinked polymeric network; and a barrier layer applied to the back-side of the fabric base substrate, comprising polymeric binders and filler particles with flame retardancy properties. Also disclosed are the method for making such fabric print medium and the method for producing printed images using said material.

This invention relates to a conductive thermal image receiver element that has an aqueous coatable dye-receiving layer. The dye-receiving layer comprises a conductive polymeric material, a dispersant, one or more surfactants, one or more antifoamers, a water-dispersible release agent, a crosslinking agent, and a polymer binder matrix consisting essentially of a water-dispersible polyester and a water-dispersible acrylic polymer. This invention also relates to a method for making this thermal image receiver element as well as method for using it to provide a dye image by thermal transfer from a donor element.

A recording medium includes a substrate and an ink-receiving layer, wherein the ink-receiving layer contains an inorganic particle and a binder, and does not contain any water-soluble resin or contains a water-soluble resin such that a ratio of the content of the water-soluble resin to the content of the binder in the ink-receiving layer is 20% by mass or less, the binder contains at least one component selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins, polycarbonate-modified urethane resins, and polyether-modified urethane resins, and, for the recording medium, a ratio of a total pore volume in a pore radius range of 7 nm or more and 20 nm or less to a total pore volume in a pore radius range of 0 nm or more and 20 nm or less is 25% by volume or less.