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EP 0 940 265 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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12.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/28 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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08.09.1999 Bulletin 1999/36 |
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Date of filing: 23.02.1999 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B41M 5/00 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE |
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AL LT LV MK RO SI |
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Priority: |
04.03.1998 JP 6952398
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Applicant: TEIKOKU PRINTING INKS MFG. CO., LTD |
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Tokyo 108 (JP) |
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Inventors: |
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- Takada, Naoto c/o Teikoku Printing Inks Mfg.Co.Ltd
Arakawa-ku Tokyo 116 (JP)
- Kato, Chikako c/o Teikoku Printing Inks Mfg.Co.Ltd
Arakawa-ku Tokyo 116 (JP)
- Uranaka, Reiko c/o Teikoku Printing Inks Mfg.Co
Arakawa-ku Tokyo 116 (JP)
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Representative: Votier, Sidney David |
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CARPMAELS & RANSFORD 43, Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2RA
London WC1A 2RA (GB) |
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Composition for forming an ink receiving layer and product using the same |
(57) To provide a composition for forming a receiving layer, said composition containing
an agent to enhance an ink-jet ink-receiving property and to confer a phosphorescent
property, and products which use said composition.
The composition for forming a receiving layer according to the present invention has
a receiving property to ink-jet inks and a phosphorescent property and enable to print
or coat on substrates and to print with ink-jet inks on said composition, phosphorescent
pigments used in said composition for forming a receiving layer being commercial pigments
such as an N noctilucent phosphorescent pigment and an S noctilucent phosphorescent
pigment, average particle size of said phosphorescent pigments being 0.5-50µm, most
preferably 8-25µm. Water-absorptive or water-absorbing organic fillers or inorganic
fillers can be mixed with said composition.