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Receiving material for ink-jet printing

Assignee: Felex Schoeller Jr and GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1991-03-05
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Granted: 1992-08-25
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Expires: 2011-03-05
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Abstract

Abstract A receiving material for ink-jet printing includes a polyolefin coated base paper and an ink receiving layer applied on the front face thereof, and the receiving layer contains a mixture of gelatin and starch.

Inventors

  • 👤 Reiner Jahn
  • 👤 Horst Westfel

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 02:04
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41M; B41M5/00; B41M5/50; B41M5/52; B41M5/5236; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31725; Y10T428/31768; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/3188; Y10T428/31895; Y10T428/31899; Y10T428/31971; Y10T428/31993

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 29
Claim 1
Independent Claim 67 words
A receiving material with a gloss surface for ink jet printing comprising: a support material including a polyolefin coated base paper; and an ink receiving layer coated on said support material containing a protein binding agent comprising a mixture of gelatin and starch of a grain size of less than about 20 μm, and wherein the ratio of gelatin to starch is between about 1:1 and 10:1.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 67 words
A receiving material with a gloss surface for ink jet printing comprising: a support material including a polyolefin coated base paper; and an ink receiving layer coated on said support material containing a protein binding agent comprising a mixture of gelatin and starch of a grain size of less than about 20 μm, and wherein the ratio of gelatin to starch is between about 1:1 and 10:1.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 19 words
The receiving material of claim 1, wherein the ink receiving layer additionally contains a copolymer which contains polar groups.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 15 words
The receiving material of claim 2, wherein the copolymer is a carboxylized vinylidene chloride copolymer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 30 words
The receiving material of claim 2, wherein the copolymer is an acrylate copolymer which contains groups consisting essentially of carboxyl groups, metal combined carboxyl groups, nitrile groups and combinations thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 29 words
The receiving material of claim 2, wherein the quantity of the copolymer which contains the polar groups in the ink receiving layer is between about 0.5 and 35% weight.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 16 words
The receiving material of claim 5, wherein said quantity is between about 4 and 10% weight.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 29 words
The receiving material of claim 3, wherein the quantity of the copolymer which contains the polar groups in the ink receiving layer is between about 0.5 and 35% weight.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 16 words
The receiving material of claim 7, wherein said quantity is between about 4 and 10% weight.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 29 words
The receiving material of claim 4, wherein the quantity of the copolymer which contains the polar groups in the ink receiving layer is between about 0.5 and 35% weight.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 16 words
The receiving material of claim 9, wherein said quantity is between about 4 and 10% weight.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 17 words
The receiving material of claim 1, wherein the ink receiving layer additionally contains organic and/or inorganic pigments.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 19 words
The receiving material of claim 11, wherein the organic pigment is a carbamide formaldehyde resin containing reactive methylol groups.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 17 words
The receiving material of claim 2, wherein the ink receiving layer additionally contains organic and/or inorganic pigments.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 19 words
The receiving material of claim 13, wherein the organic pigment is a carbamide formaldehyde resin containing reactive methylol groups.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 17 words
The receiving material of claim 3, wherein the ink receiving layer additionally contains organic and/or inorganic pigments.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 19 words
The receiving material of claim 15, wherein the organic pigment is a carbamide formaldehyde resin containing reactive methylol groups.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 17 words
The receiving material of claim 4, wherein the ink receiving layer additionally contains organic and/or inorganic pigments.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 19 words
The receiving material of claim 17, wherein the organic pigment is a carbamide formaldehyde resin containing reactive methylol groups.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 32 words
The receiving material of claim 1, wherein the ink receiving layer contains other additives selected from the group consisting essentially of hardening agents, wetting agents, shading dyes, antistatics, and other auxiliary agents.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 24 words
The receiving material of claim 1, wherein the coating weight of the ink receiving layer is between about 0.5 and 10 g/m 2 .
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 18 words
The receiving material of claim 20, wherein said coating weight is between about 2and 7 g/m 2 .
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 17 words
The receiving material of claim 1, wherein the polyolefin coating is a mixture of LDPE and HDPE.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim 19 words
The receiving material of claim 1, wherein the polyolefin coating weight is at least about 5 g/m 2 .
Claim 25
Dependent Claim 20 words
The receiving material of claim 1, wherein the polyolefin coating weight is between about 15 and 35 g/m 2 .
Claim 26
Dependent Claim 13 words
The receiving material of claim 1, wherein said starch is a rice starch.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim 13 words
The receiving material of claim 2, wherein said starch is a rice starch.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim 15 words
The receiving material of claim 1, wherein said starch is a type B wheat starch.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim 15 words
The receiving material of claim 2, wherein said starch is a type B wheat starch.

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