Two-sided thermal media
View Patent ↗Two-sided thermal media comprising thermal transfer receptive and/or direct thermal thermally sensitive coatings on one or both of a first and a second side thereof are provided. In one embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, and a first and a second thermal transfer receptive coating supported on the respective first and second substrate sides is provided. In another embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a thermal transfer receptive coating on a first side thereof, and a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating on a second side thereof, is provided. In some embodiments, a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating provided on one or both sides of two-sided thermal media is adapted to image at a temperature different than a temperature at which thermal transfer printing has or can occur.
1. Two-sided thermal media comprising:
a substrate having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side;
a first thermal transfer receptive coating supported on the first side of the substrate;
a second thermal transfer receptive coating supported on the second side of the substrate;
a direct thermally sensitive coating supported on the first side of the substrate and disposed on the first thermal transfer receptive coating;
thermal transfer print applied to a first region of the direct thermally sensitive coating; and
direct thermal print imaged in a second region of the direct thermally sensitive coating, wherein the second region is other than the first region in which the thermal transfer print was applied.
2. The two-sided thermal media of claim 1 , wherein the direct thermal print in the second region was imaged at a temperature different from the temperature at which the thermal transfer print was applied.
3. The two-sided thermal media of claim 2 , wherein the thermal transfer print in the first region was applied at a temperature 20 to 80 degrees Celsius greater than the temperature at which the direct thermal print in the second region was imaged.
4. The two-sided thermal media of claim 3 , wherein the thermal transfer print in the first region was applied at a temperature 30 to 50 degrees Celsius greater than the temperature at which the direct thermal print in the second region was imaged.
5. The two-sided thermal media of claim 2 , wherein the thermal transfer print in the first region was applied at a temperature in the range of 100 to 150 degrees Celsius and the direct thermal print in the second region was imaged at a temperature in the range of 50 to 100 degrees Celsius.
6. The two-sided thermal media of claim 5 , wherein the thermal transfer print in the first region was applied at a temperature in the range of 100 to 120 degrees Celsius and the direct thermal print in the second region was imaged at a temperature in the range of 60 to 80 degrees Celsius.
7. The two-sided thermal media of claim 1 , wherein the direct thermal print in the second region was imaged at a temperature below that at which the thermal transfer print was capable of having been applied.
8. The two-sided thermal media of claim 1 , wherein the thermal transfer print applied to the first region was applied without imaging the direct thermally sensitive coating in the first region.
9. The two-sided thermal media of claim 8 , wherein the thermal transfer print applied to the first region was applied at a temperature different from the temperature at which the direct thermal print was imaged in the second region.
10. The two-sided thermal media of claim 9 , wherein the direct thermal print was imaged in the second region at a temperature 20 to 80 degrees Celsius greater than the temperature at which the thermal transfer print was applied to the first region without imaging the direct thermally sensitive coating in the first region.
11. The two-sided thermal media of claim 10 , wherein the direct thermal print was imaged in the second region at a temperature 30 to 50 degrees Celsius greater than the temperature at which the thermal transfer print was applied to the first region without imaging the direct thermally sensitive coating in the first region.
12. The two-sided thermal media of claim 10 , wherein the direct thermal print was imaged in the second region at a temperature in the range of 100 to 150 degrees Celsius and the thermal transfer print applied to the first region was applied at a temperature in the range of 60 to 110 degrees Celsius.
13. The two-sided thermal media of claim 12 , wherein the direct thermal print was imaged in the second region at a temperature in the range of 100 to 120 degrees Celsius and the thermal transfer print applied to the first region was applied at a temperature in the range of 70 to 90 degrees Celsius.
14. The two-sided thermal media of claim 8 , wherein the thermal transfer print applied to the first region was applied at a temperature below that at which the direct thermally sensitive coating is capable of being imaged.
15. Two-sided thermal media comprising:
a substrate having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side;
a direct thermally sensitive coating supported on the first side of the substrate;
a first thermal transfer receptive coating supported on the first side of the substrate and disposed on the direct thermally sensitive coating;
a second thermal transfer receptive coating supported on the second side of the substrate;
thermal transfer print applied to a first region of the first thermal transfer receptive coating; and
direct thermal print imaged in a second region of the first thermal transfer receptive coating, wherein the second region is other than the first region in which the thermal transfer print was applied.
16. The two-sided thermal media of claim 15 , wherein the direct thermal print in the second region was imaged at a temperature different from the temperature at which the thermal transfer print was applied.
17. The two-sided thermal media of claim 16 , wherein the thermal transfer print in the first region was applied at a temperature 20 to 80 degrees Celsius greater than the temperature at which the direct thermal print in the second region was imaged.
18. The two-sided thermal media of claim 17 , wherein the thermal transfer print in the first region was applied at a temperature 30 to 50 degrees Celsius greater than the temperature at which the direct thermal print in the second region was imaged.
19. The two-sided thermal media of claim 16 , wherein the thermal transfer print in the first region was applied at a temperature in the range of 100 to 150 degrees Celsius and the direct thermal print in the second region was imaged at a temperature in the range of 50 to 100 degrees Celsius.
20. The two-sided thermal media of claim 19 , wherein the thermal transfer print in the first region was applied at a temperature in the range of 100 to 120 degrees Celsius and the direct thermal print in the second region was imaged at a temperature in the range of 60 to 80 degrees Celsius.
21. The two-sided thermal media of claim 15 , wherein the direct thermal print in the second region was imaged at a temperature below that at which the thermal transfer print was capable of having been applied.
22. The two-sided thermal media of claim 15 , wherein the thermal transfer print applied to the first region was applied without imaging the direct thermally sensitive coating in the first region.
23. The two-sided thermal media of claim 22 , wherein the thermal transfer print applied to the first region was applied at a temperature different from the temperature at which the direct thermal print was imaged in the second region.
24. The two-sided thermal media of claim 23 , wherein the direct thermal print was imaged in the second region at a temperature 20 to 80 degrees Celsius greater than the temperature at which the thermal transfer print was applied to the first region without imaging the direct thermally sensitive coating in the first region.
25. The two-sided thermal media of claim 24 , wherein the direct thermal print was imaged in the second region at a temperature 30 to 50 degrees Celsius greater than the temperature at which the thermal transfer print was applied to the first region without imaging the direct thermally sensitive coating in the first region.
26. The two-sided thermal media of claim 23 , wherein the direct thermal print was imaged in the second region at a temperature in the range of 100 to 150 degrees Celsius and the thermal transfer print applied to the first region was applied at a temperature in the range of 60 to 110 degrees Celsius.
27. The two-sided thermal media of claim 26 , wherein the direct thermal print was imaged in the second region at a temperature in the range of 100 to 120 degrees Celsius and the thermal transfer print applied to the first region was applied at a temperature in the range of 70 to 90 degrees Celsius.
28. The two-sided thermal media of claim 22 , wherein the thermal transfer print applied to the first region was applied at a temperature below that at which the direct thermally sensitive coating is capable of being imaged.