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Image receiving material for electrophotography
Assignee: Fujifilm Corp
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Filing: 2000-03-24
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Granted: 2005-02-15
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Expires: 2020-03-24
Abstract
Abstract An image receiving material for electrophotography having, on a support, one or more structural layers including a toner image receiving layer, wherein at least one layer of said structural layers comprises plasticizer, and wherein a flow starting temperature of said toner image receiving layer is at 30° C. or higher that is, as well, lower than a temperature of a flow starting temperature of toner resin+10° C., is disclosed. Using the image receiving material can provide formation of toner reflected images similar to photographs with respect to smoothness (glossiness) and also provide no image degradation by image roughness or removal.
Inventors
- 👤 Tomomi Tateishi
- 👤 Yoshisada Nakamura
- 👤 Mitsuru Ito
- 👤 Masataka Murata
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 06:28
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B27/00; B32B27/32; B32B29/00; G; G03; G03G; G03G7/00; G03G7/0006; G03G7/002; G03G7/0053; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24058; Y10T428/24074; Y10T428/24091; Y10T428/24273; Y10T428/24322; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24851; Y10T428/24868; Y10T428/24876; Y10T428/249921; Y10T428/249924; Y10T428/249933; Y10T428/249939
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
60 words
An electrophotographic image receiving material having, on a support, one or more structural layers including a toner image receiving layer, wherein at least one layer of said structural layers comprises plasticizer, and wherein a flow starting temperature of said toner image receiving layer is at 30° C. or higher, and lower than a flow starting temperature of toner resin+10° C.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
60 words
An electrophotographic image receiving material having, on a support, one or more structural layers including a toner image receiving layer, wherein at least one layer of said structural layers comprises plasticizer, and wherein a flow starting temperature of said toner image receiving layer is at 30° C. or higher, and lower than a flow starting temperature of toner resin+10° C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 1 , wherein said plasticizer has a flow starting temperature of 30° C. to 90° C.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 1 , wherein said plasticizer has a flow starting temperature of 35° C. to 85° C.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 1 , wherein said plasticizer has a logP value of 20 or lower.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 4 , wherein said plasticizer has a logP value of 15 or lower.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 5 , wherein said plasticizer has a logP value of −70 to 15.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 1 , wherein said plasticizer has an (organic/inorganic) value of 6 or lower.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 7 , wherein said plasticizer has an (organic/inorganic) value of −20 to 6.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 1 , wherein said plasticizer has a molecular weight of 150 to 20000.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 9 , wherein said plasticizer has a molecular weight of 200 to 10000.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 10 , wherein said plasticizer has a molecular weight of 300 to 10000.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 1 , wherein said plasticizer has a melting point of 300° C. or lower.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 12 , wherein said plasticizer has a melting point of −100° C. to 250° C.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
24 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 12 , wherein said plasticizer has a melting point of −100° C. to 200° C.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 1 , wherein said plasticizer has a glass transition temperature of 250° C. or lower.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
25 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 15 , wherein said plasticizer has a glass transition temperature of −100° C. to 200° C.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 16 , wherein said plasticizer has a glass transition temperature of −50° C. to 150° C.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
25 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 1 , wherein said plasticizer has a partial structure derived from ethylene oxide or propylene oxide.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
20 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 1 , wherein said tonor image forming layer comprises said plasticizer.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
41 words
The image receiving material for electrophotography according to claim 1 , wherein said toner image receiving layer comprises one or more additives selected from a group consisting of plasticizer, charge controlling agent, electroconductive metal oxide, fluoroorganic compound and additives for photography.
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