An ink jet printable coating for holographic paper is presented. The coating utilizes a high dyne primer layer and a secondary layer. The secondary layer includes a plurality of microscopic pores which are preferably 1 to 6 microns in diameter. The pores are sized to allow ink jet ink to penetrate during the printing process. The coating is compatible to both water based and solvent based inks. The pores serve to provide a site to which the ink jet ink can anchor and set, thus preventing the ink from running when initially applied to the surface and speeding the rate of ink drying. Additionally, the secondary layer is porous enough to absorb the ink as it dries. The deeper the secondary layer, the further to ink can penetrate for greater adhesion to the surface and for faster drying.
One embodiment of an optical medium includes a substrate having a paper layer, an image deposited or otherwise disposed at the paper layer, a primer layer deposited or otherwise disposed at the image layer, and a receptive coating deposited or otherwise disposed at the primer layer of the substrate. One embodiment of an inkjet receptive coating or laser printable coating includes a binder (e.g., an acrylic resin) having a polyvinyl alcohol resin and a polyvinyl pyrrolidone resin incorporated therein. One manner of incorporating the resins into the binder is by blending the resins into the binder.
A resin made base body in the form of a pipe has (1) a plurality of alternating projections and depressions which are provided on an outer peripheral surface of the pipe and aligned in substantially parallel rows in one of an axial direction and a circumferential direction of the pipe; (2) a specular gloss at 60.degree. of a surface of the pipe in a range of 15 to 25; or (3) a skin layer formed in an outer peripheral portion in the thickness direction of a peripheral wall of the pipe, wherein an amount of the conductive agent present in the skin layer is equal to, or less than, one-tenth an amount of the conductive agent present in a central portion in the thickness direction of the peripheral wall of the pipe.
Image transfer media and methods of transferring images are provided. The image transfer media comprise a sheet having a nonporous micro-embossed surface topography comprising cavities on one major surface of the sheet and an ink release coating on the embossed surface, wherein said major surface has a surface energy of about 43 dyne/centimeter or less. A method of transferring an image to a substrate comprises the steps of (a) printing a selected image onto an imaging surface of an image transfer medium of the invention; (b) contacting the imaged micro-embossed surface with the substrate using pressure; and (c) removing the micro-embossed surface of the image transfer medium from the substrate.
