Claims
- 1. In a dye-receiving element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having thereon a dye image-receiving layer, the improvement wherein said support comprises a continuous oriented polymer matrix phase having dispersed therein microbeads of a crosslinked polymer coated with a slip agent and which are at least partially bordered by void space.
- 2. The dye-receiving element of claim 1 wherein the average size of said microbeads is from about 2 microns to about 30 microns.
- 3. The dye-receiving element of claim 1 wherein the continuous oriented polymer matrix phase comprises a polyester.
- 4. The dye-receiving element of claim 3 wherein the polyester is poly(ethylene terephthalate).
- 5. The dye-receiving element of claim 1 wherein the support comprises from about 30 to about 60 volume percent void space.
- 6. The dye-receiving element of claim 1, further comprising a smoothing layer between the void containing support and the dye image-receiving layer.
- 7. The dye-receiving element of claim 6 wherein the smoothing layer contains microbeads of a relatively smaller size than the beads in the void containing support.
- 8. In a process of forming a dye transfer image comprising:
- a) imagewise-heating a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising a dye dispersed in a binder, and
- b) transferring a dye image to a dye-receiving element comprising a support having thereon a dye image-receiving layer to form said dye transfer image,
- the improvement wherein said dye-receiving element support comprises a continuous oriented polymer matrix phase having dispersed therein microbeads of a cross-linked polymer coated with a slip agent and which are at least partially bordered by void space.
- 9. The process of claim 8 wherein the average size of said microbeads is from about 2 microns to about 30 microns.
- 10. The process of claim 8 wherein the oriented polymer matrix phase comprises poly(ethylene terephthalate).
- 11. The process of claim 8 wherein the dye-receiving element support comprises from about 30 to about 60 volume percent void space.
- 12. The process of claim 8 wherein said support is coated with sequential repeating areas of cyan, magenta and yellow dye, and said process steps are sequentially each color to obtain a three-color dye transfer image.
- 13. In a thermal dye transfer assemblage comprising:
- a) a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising a dye dispersed in a binder, and
- b) a dye-receiving element comprising a support having thereon a dye image-receiving layer, said dye-receiving element being in a superposed relationship with said dye-donor element so that said dye layer is in contact with said dye image-receiving layer,
- the improvement wherein the dye-receiving element support comprises a continuous oriented polymer matrix phase having dispersed therein microbeads of a cross-linked polymer coated with a slip agent and which are at least partially bordered by void space.
- 14. The assemblage of claim 13 wherein the average size of said microbeads is from about 2 microns to about 30 microns.
- 15. The assemblage of claim 13 wherein the oriented polymer matrix phase comprises poly(ethylene terephthalate).
- 16. The assemblage of claim 13 wherein the dye-receiving element support comprises from about 30 to about 60 volume percent void space.
- 17. The assemblage of claim 13 wherein said dye layer comprises sequential repeating areas of cyan, magenta and yellow dye.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 516,616, filed Apr. 30, 1990, now abandoned.
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