Printable film
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Abstract
The invention relates to printable films comprising a substrate and at least a surface layer, said layer covering at least one face of said substrate and comprising a water-dispersible polymer and an ethylenically unsaturated compound; to a process for the manufacture of such films; to printed films and especially to printed labels obtained from such printable films.
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24 Claims
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1-15. -15. (canceled)
- 16. A film printable with UV curable inks, said film comprising a substrate and at least a surface layer, said layer covering at least one face of said substrate and consisting essentially of 10 to 98% by weight of a water-dispersible polymer that provides a smooth film surface for printing and 2 to 90% by weight of an ethylenically unsaturated compound that plasticizes said layer, said ethylenically unsaturated compound selected from polyfunctional acrylates resulting from the esterification of a polyol with (meth)acrylic acid or polyallyl derivatives, whereby said surface layer does not contain an addition polymerization photoinitiator and said ethylenically unsaturated compound does not react with said water-dispersible polymer when said layer is irradiated with UV radiation.
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