Quintessential pictorial label and its distribution

• US 6,566,024 B1
• Filed: 12/21/2001
• Issued: 05/20/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Original Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
• Inventors: Nair, Mridula, Bourdelais, Robert P., Rochford, William T., Rieger, John B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Schilling, Richard L.
• Application Number:
  US10/027,971
• Time in Patent Office: 515 Days
• Field of Search: 430/256, 430/259, 430/262, 430/263, 430/536, 430/961, 430/538, 430/11
• US Class Current: 430/11
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/00 Layered products comprising a layer of synthetic resin fibrous or filamentary layer made of a synthetic resin B32B5/02; particulate layer made of a synthetic resin B32B5/16; foamed layer made of a synthetic resin B32B5/18
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/08 of synthetic resin
• CPC Class Codes: B41M 5/52 Macromolecular coatings
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 2203/334 as a label
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 2301/162 the carrier being a laminate constituted by plastic layers only
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 1/795 the base being of macromolecular substances G03C1/775 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 1/805 characterised by stripping layers or stripping means
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 1/93 Macromolecular substances therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 11/02 Marking or applying text
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 11/08 Varnishing, e.g. application of protective layers on finished photographic prints
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 2001/7621 Antiabrasion
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 2001/7635 Protective layer
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 2200/47 Polymer
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0222 Features for removal or adhesion, e.g. tabs
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0267 die cut
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2003/0273 Labels for bottles, flasks
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/10 by an adhesive layer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 430/162 Protective or antiabrasion layer

Abstract

The invention relates a photographic label comprising a pragmatic polymer sheet, at least one layer comprising an image comprising dyes formed from couplers above said pragmatic polymer sheet, and a lower strippable paper carrier, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer between said lower strippable carrier and said pragmatic polymer sheet, and an environmental protection layer overlaying at least one photosensitive layer wherein said carrier has exposed edges where it has a greater surface area than the pragmatic sheet and said image further comprises fiducial marks.

Claims

1. A photographic label comprising a pragmatic polymer sheet, at least one layer comprising an image comprising dyes formed from couplers above said pragmatic polymer sheet, and a lower strippable paper carrier, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer between said lower strippable carrier and said pragmatic polymer sheet, and an environmental protection layer overlaying at least one photosensitive layer wherein said carrier has exposed edges where it has a greater surface area than the pragmatic sheet and said image further comprises fiducial marks.

2. The photographic label of claim 1 wherein said pragmatic polymer sheet comprises a voided polymeric sheet.

3. The photographic label of claim 1 wherein said environmental protection layer comprises a mixture of a vinyl polymer and urethane polymer wherein said urethane polymer has an indentation modulus less than 0.6 GPa and wherein said environmental protection layer is less than 10 micrometers in thickness.

4. The photographic label of claim 1 wherein said fiducial marks comprise coupler formed marks with a density of greater than 0.5.

5. The photographic label of claim 1 wherein said exposed edges have a width of less than 20 mm.

6. The photographic label of claim 1 wherein said exposed edges have a width of between 4 and 16 mm.

7. The photographic label of claim 2 wherein said voided polymeric sheet further comprises a integral polymer layer containing between 8 and 24% by weight of white pigment.

8. The photographic label of claim 1 wherein said lower strippable carrier has a stiffness of between 15 and 60 millinewtons and an L* is greater than 92.0, and wherein said carrier has a stiffness of between 40 and 120 millinewtons.

9. The photographic label of claim 1 wherein said base lower strippable base comprises cellulose paper has an edge penetration of less than 8 mm and contains salt between 0.1 and 0.5% by weight of cellulose fibers.

13. The photographic label of claim 1 wherein said photographic label comprises an image having at least one overcoat layer over said image comprising at least one tactile or olfactory feature.

14. The photographic label of claim 1 wherein said image has at least one partial layer overlaying said image that comprises an olfactory feature.

15. The photographic label of claim 13 wherein said tactile or olfactory feature location corresponds to a complimentary area of said image.

10. A photographic element for forming a label comprising a pragmatic polymer sheet, at least one layer comprising at least one image forming layer comprising photosensitive silver halide grains and dye forming coupler above said pragmatic polymer sheet, and a lower strippable paper carrier, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer between said lower strippable carrier and said pragmatic polymer sheet, wherein said carrier has exposed edges where it has a greater surface area than the pragmatic sheet and said image forming layer comprises at least one layer comprising said photosensitive silver halide grains has an exposure time to obtain a usable Dmax of 1.5 of less than 0.01 seconds.

11. The photographic element of claim 10 wherein said image forming layer is free of image dye stabilizers.

12. The photographic element of claim 10 wherein said photographic label is substantially free of uv inhibitors.

16. The photographic element of claim 10 wherein said element when exposed with an exposure time of less than 0.01 seconds results in a pixel resolution of greater than 250 pixels per inch.

17. The photographic label of claim 10 wherein said at least one image forming layer comprising photosensitive silver halide grains and dye forming coupler further comprises between 2 and 12% 1,2 hexanediol.

18. A method of forming a label comprising providing a pragmatic polymer sheet, at least one layer comprising at least one image forming layer comprising photosensitive silver halide grains and dye forming coupler above said pragmatic polymer sheet, and a lower strippable paper carrier, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer between said lower strippable carrier and said pragmatic polymer sheet, wherein said carrier has exposed edges where it has a greater surface area than the pragmatic sheet and said image further comprises fiducial marks and said at least one layer comprising said photosensitive silver halide grains has an exposure time to obtain a usable Dmax of 1.5 of less than 0.01 seconds, imaging an image and fiducial marks onto said imaged layer at an exposure time of less than 0.01 seconds, developing the image and fiducial marks in less than 50 seconds, drying said image at less than 70°

C., applying an environmental protection layer over said image, dye cutting said imaged material to form labels on said carrier, removing the non-label pragmatic sheet from around said label.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising removing said carrier and applying said label to a package.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein developed silver halide image is further provided with ink jet printed area.

21. The method of claim 18 wherein said polymer pragmatic sheet carrying at least one layer comprising a photographic image formed by combination of dyes formed from couplers wherein areas of said photo image are colored without dyes formed by couplers.

22. The method of claim 18 where in the environmental protection layer further comprises a lubricant on the side of said environment protection layer opposite said primer layer.

23. The method of claim 18 comprising in order a ultraviolet radiation cured environmental protection layer, a primer layer, a hydrophilic image layer, a base and an adhesive layer.

24. The method of claim 23 wherein said primer layer comprises an acrylic latex copolymer containing acid functionalities.

25. The method of claim 23 comprising in order an environmental protection layer, an image formed in a gelatin media, a base, an adhesive, and a peelable back wherein said environmental protection layer comprises a mixture of vinyl polymer and urethane polymer wherein said urethane polymer has an indentation modulus less than 0.6 GPa and wherein said environmental protection layer is less than 10 micrometers in thickness.

26. The method of claim 24 wherein said vinyl polymer comprises at least one acrylic polymer or a vinyl-urethane hybrid polymer or a polyolefin.

27. The method of claim 24 wherein the said mixture of vinyl polymer and urethane polymer comprises an amount in the environmental protective layer of from 15 to 65 weight percent of the vinyl polymer.

28. A method of label distribution comprising forming a label file, managing said label file to calibrate said label file with at least one silver halide output device, distributing said label file to at least two devices in separate geographic locations, printing labels, wherein said labels comprise a pragmatic polymer sheet, at least one layer comprising an image comprising dyes formed from couplers above said pragmatic polymer sheet, and a lower strippable paper carrier, a pressure sensitive adhesive layer between said lower strippable carrier and said pragmatic polymer sheet, and an environmental protection layer overlaying at least one photosensitive layer wherein said carrier has exposed edges where it has a greater surface area than the pragmatic sheet and said image further comprises fiducial marks.

29. The distribution method of claim 28 wherein output to at least one of said devices is different than to the other devices.

30. The distribution method of claim 28 wherein language is added to said image prior to label printing.

31. The distribution method of claim 28 wherein consumption of labeled goods is utilized to control output to said devices.

32. The distribution method of claim 28 wherein output to said devices is interactive with market response to said labels.

33. The distribution method of claim 28 wherein said output to said devices is adapted to select different images from a directory of images.