IP Library Granted Patent US 6,887,536
Granted Patent B2
US 6,887,536 · App. 10/357,078 · Granted May 3, 2005

Recording element for ink jet printing

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Patent No.
US 6,887,536
App. No.
10/357,078
Granted
May 3, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

An improved ink jet recording element is disclosed comprising a subbed polyester support, and an ink receiver layer containing a cationic compound, characterized in that between said support and said ink receiver layer there is an additional adhesion promoting layer present comprising a binder and a cationically modified silica.

Claims (37)

1. An ink jet recording material comprising a subbed polyester support, and an ink receiver layer containing a cationic compound, characterized in that between said subbed polyester support and said ink receiver layer there is an additional adhesion promoting layer present comprising a binder and a cationically modified silica wherein said silica is cationically modified by subjecting it to a surface treatment with pseudo-boehmite.

2. An ink jet recording material comprising a subbed polyester support, and an ink receiver layer containing a cationic compound, characterized in that between said subbed polyester support and said ink receiver layer there is an additional adhesion promoting layer present comprising a binder and a cationically modified silica wherein said silica is cationically modified by subjecting it to a surface treatment with an organic compound having both an amino group or quaternary group thereof or a quaternary phosphonium group, and a functional group having reactivity to a silanol group on the surface of silica.

3. An ink jet recording material comprising a subbed polyester support, and an ink receiver layer containing a cationic compound, characterized in that between said subbed polyester support and said ink receiver layer there is an additional adhesion promoting layer present comprising a binder and a cationically modified silica wherein said silica is cationically modified by polymerization of a cationic or amino functional monomer in the presence of silica.

4. An ink jet recording material according to claim 1 wherein the binder in said adhesion promoting layer is cationic polyvinyl alcohol.

5. An ink jet recording material comprising a subbed polyester support, and an ink receiver layer containing a cationic compound, characterized in that between said subbed polyester support and said ink receiver layer there is an additional adhesion promoting layer present comprising a binder and a cationically modified silica wherein the cationically modified silica/binder ratio in said adhesion promoting layer is between 1:4 and 10:1.

6. An ink jet recording material comprising a subbed polyester support, and an ink receiver layer containing a cationic compound, characterized in that between said subbed polyester support and said ink receiver layer there is an additional adhesion promoting layer present comprising a binder and a cationically modified silica wherein the thickness of said adhesion promoting layer is comprised between 1 and 6 g/m 2 .

7. An ink jet recording material according to claim 1 wherein the cationic compound present in the ink receiver layer is a cationic inorganic pigment.

8. An ink jet recording material according to claim 7 wherein said cationic pigment is chosen from the group consisting of aluminum oxides, aluminum hydroxides, alumina hydrates, aluminum silicates, and cationically modified silicas.

9. An ink jet recording material comprising a subbed polyester support, and an ink receiver layer containing a cationic compound, characterized in that between said subbed polyester support and said ink receiver layer there is an additional adhesion promoting layer present comprising a binder and a cationically modified silica wherein the cationic compound present in the ink receiver layer boehmite.

10. An ink jet recording material according to claim 1 wherein the cationic compound present in the ink receiver layer is a cationic polymer.

11. An ink jet recording material according to claim 10 wherein said cationic polymer is cationic polyvinyl alcohol.

12. An ink jet recording material according to claim 10 wherein said cationic polymer is poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride).

13. An ink jet recording material according to claim 2 wherein the binder in said adhesion promoting layer is cationic polyvinyl alcohol.

14. An ink jet recording material according to claim 2 wherein the catioinic compound present in the ink receiving layer is a cationic inorganic pigment.

15. An ink jet recording material according to claim 14 wherein said cationic pigment is chosen from a group consisting of aluminum oxides, aluminum hydroxides, alumina hydrates, aluminum silicates and cationically modified silicas.

16. An ink jet recording material according to claim 2 wherein the cationic compound present in the ink receiver layer is a cationic polymer.

17. An ink jet recording material according to claim 16 wherein said cationic polymer is cationic polyvinyl alcohol.

18. An ink jet recording material according to claim 16 wherein said cationic polymer is poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride).

19. An ink jet recording material according to claim 3 wherein the binder in said adhesion promoting layer is cationic polyvinyl alcohol.

20. An ink jet recording material according to claim 3 wherein the cationic compound present in the ink receiver layer is cationic inorganic pigment.

21. An ink jet recording material according to claim 20 wherein said cationic pigment is chosen from the group consisting of aluminum oxides, aluminum hydroxides, alumina hydrates, aluminum silicates and cationically modified silicas.

22. An ink jet recording material according to claim 3 wherein the cationic compound present in the ink receiver layer is cationic polymer.

23. An ink jet recording material according to claim 22 wherein said cationic polymer is cationic polyvinyl alcohol.

24. An ink jet recording material according to claim 22 wherein said cationic polymer is poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride).

25. An ink jet recording material according to claim 5 wherein the binder in said adhesion promoting layer is cationic polyvinyl alcohol.

26. An ink jet recording material according to claim 5 wherein the cationic compound present in the ink receiver layer is a cationic inorganic pigment.

27. An ink jet recording material according to claim 26 wherein said cationic pigment is chosen from the group consisting of aluminum oxides, aluminum hydroxides, alumina hydrates, aluminum silicates and cationically modified silicas.

28. An ink jet recording material according to claim 5 wherein the cationic compound present in the ink receiver layer is a cationic polymer.

29. An ink jet recording material according to claim 28 wherein said cationic polymer is cationic polyvinyl alcohol.

30. An ink jet recording material according to claim 28 wherein said cationic polymer is poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride).

31. An ink jet recording material according to claim 6 wherein the binder in said adhesion promoting layer is cationic polyvinyl alcohol.

32. An ink jet recording material according to claim 6 wherein the cationic compound present in the ink receiver layer is cationic inorganic pigment.

33. An ink jet recording material according to claim 32 wherein said cationic pigment is chosen from the group consisting of aluminum oxides, aluminum hydroxides, alumina hydrates, aluminum silicates and cationically modified silicas.

34. An ink jet recording material according to claim 6 wherein the cationic compound present in the ink receiver layer is a cationic polymer.

35. An ink jet recording material according to claim 34 wherein said cationic polymer is cationic polyvinyl alcohol.

36. An ink jet recording material according to claim 34 wherein said cationic polymer is poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride).

37. An ink jet recording material according to claim 9 wherein the binder in said adhesion promoting layer is cationic polyvinyl alchol.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNOR FROM PATRICK THEUNIS TO AGFA-GEVAERT N.V. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 019390 FRAME 0241. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ENTIRE INTEREST. Recorded Sep 25, 2009
From: AGFA-GEVAERT N.V.
To: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
Reel/Frame 023282/0106 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 29, 2007
From: THEUNIS, PATRICK
To: AGFA GRAPHICS NV
Reel/Frame 019390/0241 →