Process for transferring particle images from photopolymerized image-bearing layers
Abstract
Abstract METHOD OF FORMING AN IMAGE ON THE SURFACE OF A RECEPTOR ELEMENT FROM AN ELEMENT COMPRISING (A) A SUPPORT, (B) A PHOTOPOLYMERIZABLE LAYER, AND (C) A COVER SHEET BY GIVING THE LAYER AN OVERALL EXPOSURE TO ACTINIC RADIATION, BEFORE OR AFTER AN IMAGEWISE EXPOSURE, SUFFICIENT TO FORM AN ADDITION POLYMER BUT INSUFFICIENT TO COMPLETELY POLYMERIZE THE LAYER, EXPOSING THE LAYER TO ACTINIC LIGHT TO FORM AN ADDITION POLYMER IMAGE IN SAID LAYER, REMOVING THE COVER SHEET, APLYING FINELY DIVIDED PIGMENT PARTICLES TO THE NON-EXPOSED IMAGE AREAS, PLACING THE LAYER IN CONTACT WITH A RECEPTOR SURFACE, AND APPLYING HEAT AND PRESSURE AND REMOVING THE RECEPTOR ELEMENT WHILE STILL HOT. THE RESULTING IMAGE IS DRY, HAS NO APPRECIABLE RELIEF, AND HAS A MATTE, INK LIKE APPEARANCE.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert Henry Boyd
- 👤 Victor Fu-Hua Chu
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