Claims
- 1. A substrate suitable for printing a toner image thereon, comprising:a sheet of plastic; an underlayer coating, on the sheet of plastic, comprising amine terminated polyamide; and an overlayer, directly on the underlayer, comprising a second polymer material and having an outer surface to which a toner image can be fused and fixed.
- 2. A substrate suitable for printing a toner image thereon, comprising:a sheet of plastic; an underlayer coating, on the sheet of plastic, comprising amine terminated polyamide; and an overlayer coating, directly on the underlayer, comprising a second polymer material and having an outer surface to which a toner image can be fused and fixed, wherein the overlayer coating has a thickness of between 0.1 and 10 microns.
- 3. A substrate according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the overlayer is free of particulate matter.
- 4. A substrate according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the overlayer is wax and pigment free.
- 5. A substrate according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the sheet of plastic is polyethylene.
- 6. A substrate according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the sheet of plastic is vinyl.
- 7. A substrate according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the sheet of plastic is polycarbonate.
- 8. A substrate according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the sheet of plastic is polyethylene terepthalate (PET).
- 9. A substrate according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the sheet of plastic is BOPP (biaxially oriented polypropylene film).
- 10. A substrate according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the overlayer comprises styrene butadiene copolymer.
- 11. A substrate according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the overlayer comprises ethylene acrylic acid copolymer.
- 12. A substrate according to claim 11 wherein the ethylene acrylic acid copolymer has an acrylic acid comonomer percentage weight of less than 18%.
- 13. A substrate according to claim 11 wherein the ethylene acrylic acid copolymer has an acrylic acid comonomer percentage weight of less than 16%.
- 14. A substrate according to claim 11 wherein the ethylene acrylic acid copolymer has an acrylic acid comonomer percentage weight of more than 8%.
- 15. A substrate according to claim 11 wherein the ethylene acrylic acid copolymer has an acrylic acid comonomer percentage weight of more than 12%.
- 16. A substrate according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the overlayer comprises polyvinyl pyridine.
- 17. A substrate according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein The underlayer has a weight of between 0.1 and 1 grams per square meter.
- 18. A substrate according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the underlayer has a weight of between about 0.3 and 0.5 grams per square meter.
- 19. A substrate according to claim 1 wherein the overlayer has a weight of between 0.1 and 10 grams per square meter.
- 20. A substrate according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the overlayer has a weight of between 0.2 and 2 grams per square meter.
- 21. A substrate according to claim 20 wherein the overlayer has a weight of between about 0.25 and about 0.35 grams per square meter.
- 22. A substrate according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the underlayer is free of particulate matter.
- 23. A substrate according to claim 1 or claim 2 consisting of only two coating layers.
- 24. A method of producing a coated substrate to which a toner image can be adhered comprising:coating a sheet of plastic with an underlayer comprising amine terminated polyamide; and directly overcoating the underlayer with a second polymer material to form an overlayer coating on the underlayer, the overlayer having an outer surface to which a toner image can be adhered and fixed.
- 25. A method of producing a coated substrate which a toner image can be adhered comprising:coating a sheet of plastic with an underlayer comprising amine terminated polyamide; and directly overcoating the underlayer with a second polymer material to form an overlayer coating on the underlayer, the overlayer having an outer surface to which a toner image can be adhered and fixed, wherein the overcoating has a dry thickness of between 0.1 and 10 microns.
- 26. A substrate produced according to the method of claim 24 or claim 25.
- 27. A printing method comprising:providing a substrate according to claim 1 or claim 2 or produced according to claim 24 or claim 25; and printing a toner image on the substrate.
- 28. A printing method according to claim 27 wherein the toner image is a liquid toner image.
- 29. A printing method according to claim 27 wherein printing comprises transferring the toner image to the substrate using heat and pressure.
- 30. A printing method according to claim 27 wherein printing comprises electrostatically transferring the toner image to the substrate.
- 31. A printing method according to claim 27 and comprising:forming the image on an image forming surface; transferring the image from the image forming surface to an intermediate transfer member; and transferring the image from the intermediate transfer member to the substrate.
Priority Claims (2)
Number |
Date |
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Kind |
121951 |
Oct 1997 |
IL |
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PCT/IL97/00391 |
Nov 1997 |
WO |
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RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present application is a US national stage application of PCT/IL98/00491, filed 8 Oct. 1998.
PCT Information
Filing Document |
Filing Date |
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Kind |
PCT/IL98/00491 |
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WO |
00 |
Publishing Document |
Publishing Date |
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Kind |
WO99/19773 |
4/22/1999 |
WO |
A |
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