High-security identification card obtained by thermal dye transfer
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1. A dye-receiving element for producing a high-security, monolithic identification card, said element comprising a support having thereon a dye image-receiving layer adapted to receive a thermally-transferred dye image, said dye image-receiving layer containing indicia printed thereon approximately 40-120 μ
- m in width.
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Abstract
A dye-receiving element and process for producing a high-security, monolithic identification card, the element comprising a support having thereon a dye image-receiving layer adapted to receive a thermally-transferred dye image, the dye image-receiving layer containing indicia printed thereon approximately 40-120 μm in width.
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1. A dye-receiving element for producing a high-security, monolithic identification card, said element comprising a support having thereon a dye image-receiving layer adapted to receive a thermally-transferred dye image, said dye image-receiving layer containing indicia printed thereon approximately 40-120 μ
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6. A process of producing a high-security, monolithic identification card comprising:
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(a) printing indicia approximately 40-120 μ
m in width onto a dye-receiving element comprising a support having thereon a dye image-receiving layer;(b) imagewise-heating a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer; and (c) transferring a dye image to said dye-receiving element to form said high-security, monolithic identification card. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A high-security, monolithic identification card comprising a support having thereon printed indicia approximately 40-120 μ
- m in width and a dye image-receiving layer containing a thermally-transferred dye image.
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18. A thermal dye transfer assemblage comprising:
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(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, said dye image-receiving layer containing indicia printed thereon approximately 40-120 μ
m in width. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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