Image forming process and printed article
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1. An image forming process, comprising the steps of:
- ejecting droplets of a liquid ink containing a disperse dye according to predetermined information to form an image on an ink-absorbent printing sheet;
bringing the printing sheet into close contact under heat with an ink-nonabsorbent base material having a receiving layer for receiving the disperse dye to diffuse the disperse dye into the receiving layer; and
separating the printing sheet from the base material,wherein the receiving layer comprises a resin having a pencil hardness of H or harder as determined by the pencil hardness test in accordance with JIS K 5400.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an image forming process, comprising the steps of:
ejecting droplets of a liquid ink containing a disperse dye according to predetermined information to form an image on an ink-absorbent printing sheet;
bringing the printing sheet into close contact under heat with an ink-nonabsorbent base material having a receiving layer for receiving the disperse dye to diffuse the disperse dye into the receiving layer; and
separating the printing sheet from the base material,
wherein the receiving layer comprises a resin having a pencil hardness of H or harder as determined by the pencil hardness test in accordance with JIS K 5400.
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1. An image forming process, comprising the steps of:
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ejecting droplets of a liquid ink containing a disperse dye according to predetermined information to form an image on an ink-absorbent printing sheet; bringing the printing sheet into close contact under heat with an ink-nonabsorbent base material having a receiving layer for receiving the disperse dye to diffuse the disperse dye into the receiving layer; and separating the printing sheet from the base material, wherein the receiving layer comprises a resin having a pencil hardness of H or harder as determined by the pencil hardness test in accordance with JIS K 5400. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An image forming process, comprising the steps of:
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ejecting droplets of a liquid ink containing a disperse dye according to predetermined information to form an image on an ink-absorbent printing sheet; bringing the printing sheet into close contact under heat with an ink-nonabsorbent base material having a receiving layer for receiving the disperse dye to diffuse the disperse dye into the receiving layer; and separating the printing sheet from the base material, wherein the receiving layer comprises a resin the pencil hardness of which turns H or harder as determined by the pencil hardness test in accordance with JIS K 5400 by the step of the close contact under heat. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An image forming material, comprising a base material selected from the group consisting of pottery, glass, ceramics and metals;
- and a receiving layer provided on the base material comprising a resin having a pencil hardness of H or harder as determined by the pencil hardness test in accordance with JIS K 5400.
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20. A printed article, comprising a base material selected from the group consisting of pottery, glass, ceramics and metals, on which a receiving layer comprising a resin having a pencil hardness of H or harder as determined by the pencil hardness test in accordance with JIS K 5400 is provided;
- and an image formed with a disperse dye on the receiving layer.
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21. A process for forming an image with an ink on a printing medium, comprising the steps of:
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ejecting droplets of an ink containing a disperse dye according to predetermined information to form an image on an ink-absorbent printing medium; bringing the printing medium into close contact under heat with an ink-nonabsorbent base material having a receiving layer for receiving the disperse dye, the pencil hardness of the receiving layer being H or harder, to transfer and diffuse the disperse dye to and into the receiving layer; separating the printing medium from the base material; overcoating at least a part of the receiving layer of the image formed article obtained by the preceding steps with a substantially transparent resin; and
thencuring the transparent resin. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A process for forming an image with an ink on a printing medium, comprising the steps of:
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ejecting droplets of an ink containing a disperse dye according to predetermined information to form an image on an ink-absorbent printing medium; bringing the printing medium into close contact under heat with an ink-nonabsorbent base material having a receiving layer for receiving the disperse dye, the pencil hardness of the receiving layer being H or harder, to transfer and diffuse the disperse dye to and into the receiving layer; separating the printing medium from the base material; subjecting the receiving layer of the image formed article obtained by the preceding steps to a surface treatment; overcoating at least a part of the receiving layer thus surface-treated with a substantially transparent resin; and
thencuring the transparent resin. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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