CN101605662B - Information carrier precursor and its preparation method, and information carrier and its production method - Google Patents

Abstract

An information carrier precursor comprising: a rigid sheet or support; a receiving layer configuration comprising at least one layer; and at least one substance, optionally provided pattern-wise, capable of and available for interacting in situ with at least one species diffusing through the receiving layer configuration to produce a functional species, wherein at least one layer of the receiving layer configuration is opaque, porous, has the capability of being rendered substantially transparent by penetration by a lacquer provided at the outermost surface of the receiving layer configuration and comprises at least one pigment and at least one binder, - a method for producing the above-mentioned information carrier precursor, the method comprising the steps of : optionally applying at least one layer to a rigid sheet or support thereby providing an outermost surface; and applying as a continuous or discontinuous layer or print in at least one application step a receiving layer configuration to a rigid sheet or support or the outermost surface of the optionally applied at least one layer, at least one substance capable of and available for interacting in situ with at least one species diffusing through the receiving layer configuration to produce a functional species being provided in at least one of the constituent receiving layers and the at least one optionally applied layer and rigid sheet or support in diffusion contact with the receiving layer configuration; a method for producing an information carrier, using the above-mentioned information carrier precursor; and an information carrier obtained according to the above-mentioned process for producing an information carrier.

Description

Information carrier precursor and preparation method thereof, information carrier and manufacturing approach thereof

Invention field

The present invention relates to information carrier precursor, manufacturing information precursor carrier method and manufacturing information carrier method and with the information carrier of its manufacturing.

Background of invention

Personal document such as passport, driver's license, identification card (ID card) and license file such as visa and admission ticket are not only contained in security fields, and the authentication of containing product and identification are to avoid copying, distort and swindle like lottery ticket, stock, transaction file, luggage and drug packages and the label on the product of high value usually.

Card and the scope that requirement identification holder contained in term " identification card " comprise from national ID card to set up the identification of country to its citizen; The related card of wire transfer to currency; For example bank card, Payment Card, credit card and purchase card to allowing the card holder to get into the safety card of specific region, for example get into strong-room department of company's (employee job card), army, communal facility, bank or the like again; Arrive social security card again, arrive the member card of club and corporations again.

Usually, the information that comprised of ID card relates to mechanism that issues this card and the owner who relates to this card on the other hand on the one hand.The information of the first kind can be general information, the for example title of issuer and/or sign, or safety label, for example watermark and security printing, the monochromatic pattern of the repetition that for example is difficult to copy or the multicolour pattern of gradual change.Second type for example comprises unique card number, personal data such as date of birth, owner's photo and signature.Therefore said card can further comprise and hides Info and comprise magnetic stripe or electronic chip (" smart card ").

Usually on the big volume width of cloth or sheet material, prepare a big group ID card through step and repeat process, will roll up the width of cloth or sheet material then and be cut into the suitable a plurality of objects of size, each object is represented an individual ID card.Smart card and ID card have the modular size of 85.6 millimeters x54.0 millimeter x0.76 millimeters now.

Under the normal condition, said card is protected by plastic sheet material, for example through this card being laminated under plastic sheet or the usual condition through lamination between two plastic sheets.

Consider their extensive use, especially in commodity transaction such as cash on bank, credit are bought or the like, importantly rely on said ID card identification holder's people can guarantee to greatest extent that this ID card was not distorted and/or this ID card is not a counterfeit.

This area has related to " checking characteristic (verificationfeatures) " integrated to prove their authenticity with the ID card to the response of forgery problem.The most famous signature that comprises in these " checking characteristics " for example is authorized to issue a side's of said ID card signature or holder's signature.Other " checking characteristic " comprises the use of watermark, fluorescent material, affirmation pattern or mark and polarisation striped.These " checking characteristics " are integrated in many ways in the ID card and they can be visible or sightless in the card of processing.If invisible, then they can be through showing that said characteristic detects making under its visible condition.Can be about the details of in the ID card, using " checking characteristic " at US 2,984,030, find among US 3,279,826, US 3,332,775, US 3,414,998, US 3,675,948, US 3,827,726 and the US 3,961,956.

A kind of method with polychrome form (for example as image or pattern) understanding information is to use dye diffusion to shift imaging system, thereby wherein makes one or more dyestuffs with the distribution diffusion according to pattern.All dye diffusion shift imaging system all based on principle of identity: change as the colorant dissolubility of the photography of developing with the function of silver halide amount.Shift in the formation method in known dye diffusion, provide the material of dyestuff in alkaline aqueous medium, to move at first and in process, become fixing, perhaps be at first fix and in process, become mobile.The summary of these class methods by C.C.Van de Sande at Angew.Chem.-Int.Ed.Engl.22 (1983) no 3,191-209 provides.The more details of these class methods and dye providing material can be found in document and the DE-A Nos.1 that wherein quotes, 095,115; 1,930,215; 1,772,929; 2,242,762; 2,505,248; 2,543,902; 2,645,656; With Research DisclosuresNos.15,157 (in November, 1976) and 15,654 (in April, 1977).

EP-A 0250658 discloses in claim 1 and has been applicable to the image receiving material that generates image through the dye diffusion transfer method of being controlled by the development of the one or more silver halide emulsion layers that expose according to image; The supporter of wherein said material is the resin supporter that scribbles image receiving layer; Said image receiving layer comprises the gelatin in the mixture that is in the cationic polymer mordant; This mordant comprises the glycidyl that can react with the active hydrogen atom of gelatin; It is characterized in that said supporter is formed and be coated with polymer mordant that image receiving layer above that has basically by vinyl chloride-base polymer and the weight ratio of gelatin is 25: 1-2.5: 1, said gelatin is with the every m of at least 0.1 gram ²Coverage exist.

US 4; 820; 608 disclose the picture receiver element that is used for dye diffusion transfer formation method; Comprise supporter with the image receiving layer of having introduced hydrophilic colloid, comprise at least a long chain hydrocarbon group and can fix the non-polymer that closes the Phosphonium mordant and comprise free acid group that gathers through diffusion transfer to the sour image-forming dye of said image receiving layer, wherein said polymer is that the copolymer emulsion and the said image receiving layer that comprise free weak acid group also comprise at least a heterocyclic compound corresponding to one of following general formula I, II and III:

Wherein: the Y representative realizes saturated or undersaturated 5 or 6 yuan of non-metallic atoms that heterocyclic nucleus are required; Its portability has the aromatic ring system that condenses, and M represents hydrogen, alkali metal atom, quaternary ammonium group or forms the negative electrical charge of inner salt with the quaternized nitrogen-atoms of said heterocyclic compound.

Term " silver halide method of diffusion " expression wherein forms all black and white imaging methods of positive through the diffusion counter-rotating.The principle of silver complex diffusion transfer reversal process (being called the DTR method hereinafter) has been described in for example US 2; 352; 014 and the works " Photographic Silver Halide Diffusion Processes " of Andr é Rott and Edith Weyde; The Focal Press, London and New York, (1972).In said DTR method; The photography that will expose according to information with so-called ag halide solvent converts the silver soluble complex compound into the non-development silver halide of silver emulsion layer material; This silver complex can diffuse into the imaging receiving element and reduced (usually in the presence of physical development nuclei) by developer therein, the silver-colored image that with the black silver image that forms with respect in the exposed region of photographic material, obtain, has the image density value (" DTR image ") of counter-rotating.

US 4; 278; 756 disclose the negativity silver diffusion transfer method that is used for making from photosensitive silver halide emulsion reflectivity electric insulation data storage medium; Be included in and limit at least one posting field in the photosensitive silver halide emulsion; Contact the surperficial latent image layer that forms silver deposition nuclear according to area with Alevaire through the posting field that makes said photosensitive silver halide emulsion; Said layer has maximum nucleome volume concentrations and has according to depth direction concentration gradient decrescence in a surface of said emulsion; (it is used for reacting to form the silver soluble ionic complex with unexposed and undeveloped silver halide with the silver halide complexing solvent that comprises weak silver halide developing agent (it is used for the chemical development of the said surperficial latent image layer of silver deposition nuclear) and snap action to make said photosensitive silver halide emulsion; This silver ion complex is delivered to the silver deposition nuclear of said chemical development through diffusion transfer, herein the silver of said silver ion complex having settle and be adsorbed on the nuclear of said chemical development at the said developer that serves as reducing agent) the reagent contact, in said posting field, form thus and assemble and reflexive electric insulation layer of independent silver-colored particle; The activity of said solvent is allowed through the said surperficial sub-image of weak developer chemical development, simultaneously through all undeveloped and unexposed silver halides of complexing agent dissolving.

US6; 645,280 disclose composition for ink, and it comprises slow vapo(u)rability solvent and translucentization agent; Wherein this composition for ink does not contain or is substantially free of colouring agent and is applicable in the ink jet printing on paper substrates; And the amount of said slow vapo(u)rability solvent is the about 70 weight % of about 15 weight %-of said composition for ink, and said translucentization agent makes the paper opacity reduce, and therefore under light, on said paper, forms visible image during observation; And the refractive index of typically said translucentization agent is about 1.3 (± 0.05)-Yue 1.7 at 20 ℃, and preferably about 1.4-about 1.6.

US6,358,596 disclose at the bottom of a kind of cellulose base, and it has at least one transparent part that is formed at wherein, and the wherein said cellulose base lowest limit is made first and second interareas; Said transparent part comprises with predetermined pattern and putting at the bottom of the said cellulose base so that limit the transparence composition of graphical image, wherein the transparency relatively of said graphical image is selected so that in said substrate, limit the zone that the transparency improves; The zone that the said transparency improves is similar to graphical watermark and limits the different transparency of transparency that is limited with transparency window; Said transparence composition comprises transparentizing agent and secret agent.US 6; The transparence composition of disclosed radiation-hardenable comprises at least a acrylic acid ester that is selected from the multi-hydroxy polyether of being made by polyhydroxy-alcohol (polyalcohol) raw material or methacrylate (formula I compound) and/or the acrylic acid ester of the multi-hydroxy polyether made by uncle or secondary amine raw material or the monomer of methacrylate (formula II compound) in 358,596.

EP-A 1362710 discloses a kind of method that is used to make the information carrier that prevents to distort; Said method may further comprise the steps successively: (1) provides the two-layer equation assembly parts; It comprises (i) rigid sheet or volume width of cloth supporter; The opaque ink receiving layer that (ii) comprises the porous of pigment and adhesive; The surface of said carrier thus, perhaps the surface of said opaque layer is loaded with first group of printed information, and (2) rely on ink jet printing on the opaque ink receiving layer of said porous, to print to be different from second group of said first group information; (3) by apply, printing, spraying or spray fully, partly or the assembly parts that obtain thus according to the covering of pattern ground by ultraviolet solidifiable basic coating compositions; Through the infiltration of said base lacquer in the opaque ink receiving layer of said porous, this layer becomes substantial transparent thus, and said basic coating compositions is solidified by means of comprehensive uv exposure in (4); Improve the adhesion between said carrier and the said ink receiving layer thus, and the cohesive strength of said ink receiving layer.

EP-A 1398175 discloses four different embodiments of information carrier.In the first embodiment, information carrier comprises: rigid sheet or volume width of cloth supporter; Can become the opaque porous receiving layer of substantial transparent through the infiltration of base lacquer, said receiving layer comprises pigment and adhesive; Be provided on the said receiving layer and/or interior image; The cured pattern of varnish, this varnish are provided on the said receiving layer with said image, if perhaps said varnish can not make that said receiving layer is transparent, then this varnish is provided on the said receiving layer with said image and/or in the said receiving layer; And the cured layer that is provided at the said base lacquer on the said receiving layer of said cured pattern with said image and said varnish; Said base lacquer has made the said part substantial transparent that is in contact with it of said receiving layer, and the cured pattern of wherein said varnish forms opaque watermark.In second embodiment, information carrier comprises: rigid sheet or volume width of cloth supporter; Can become the opaque porous receiving layer of substantial transparent through the infiltration of varnish, said receiving layer comprises pigment and adhesive; Be provided on the said receiving layer and/or interior image; The cured pattern of said varnish, this varnish are provided in the said receiving layer with said image; Cured layer with the base lacquer; This base lacquer is provided on the said receiving layer of the cured pattern with said image and said varnish; If perhaps said basic lacquer can not make that said receiving layer is transparent; Then should base lacquer be provided on the said receiving layer of cured pattern and/or in the said receiving layer with said image and said varnish, said varnish has made the said part substantial transparent that is in contact with it of said receiving layer, the said cured pattern of wherein said base lacquer forms the watermark of substantial transparent.In the 3rd embodiment, information carrier comprises: rigid sheet or volume width of cloth supporter; Can become opaque basically transparent porous receiving layer through the infiltration of base lacquer, said receiving layer comprises pigment and adhesive; Be provided on the said receiving layer and/or interior image; The cured pattern of varnish, this varnish are provided on the said receiving layer with said image, if perhaps said varnish can not make that said receiving layer is opaque, then this varnish is provided on the said receiving layer with said image and/or in the said receiving layer; And the cured layer that is provided at the said base lacquer on the said receiving layer of said cured pattern with said image and said varnish; Said base lacquer has made that the said part that is in contact with it of said receiving layer is opaque basically, and the cured pattern of wherein said varnish forms transparent watermark.In the 4th embodiment, information carrier comprises: rigid sheet or volume width of cloth supporter; Can become opaque basically transparent porous receiving layer through the infiltration of varnish, said receiving layer comprises pigment and adhesive; Be provided on the said receiving layer and/or interior image; The cured pattern of said varnish, this varnish are provided in the said receiving layer with said image; Cured layer with the base lacquer; This base lacquer is provided on the said receiving layer of the said cured pattern with said image and said varnish; If perhaps said basic lacquer can not make that said receiving layer is opaque, then should coat with lacquer on the said receiving layer that is provided at said cured pattern and/or in the said receiving layer by base with said image and said varnish; Said varnish has made that the said part that is in contact with it of said receiving layer is opaque basically, and the said cured pattern of wherein said base lacquer forms opaque basically watermark.

GB 1073433 discloses the method that on the opaque layer of porous, forms image; Comprise with (imagewise) structure and apply image forming material according to image; Said image forming material refractive index and opaque layer are similar; And reduce said image forming material viscosity so that in its ostium to fill the hole of said opaque layer, it is transparent to make that said opaque layer becomes in said image-region.

US4; 252; 601 disclose the information record external member of making the lantern slide that is used for information projection or making the photographic negative that is used for duplicate; It comprises opaque recording materials, be used for writing liquid and being used on these opaque recording materials, applying the device that this writes liquid with the way of transparent lines form of on these recording materials recorded information; Wherein said recording materials comprise transparent liner plate and the opaque layer that adheres to a surface of said liner plate; Said opaque layer comprises and spreads all over the equally distributed granular organic styrene resin pigment in small, broken bits of polyvinylidene chloride film-forming resin adhesive; Said write liquid comprises the solvent that is used for this organic styrene resin pigment, and when the pattern according to information was applied to said opaque layer with said write liquid, said opaque layer became according to said pattern visible transparent thus.

WO81/01389A 1 discloses the flaky material that contains the micropore of self-supporting; To carry out mark insensitive to applying through the heating or the part of pressure basically for it; But it can admit ink, pencil, wax crayon or similar mark and its to be adapted to temporarily or for good and all provide through applying colourless liquid mark; Comprise as combination: the substrate of self-supporting and be combined in the color layer (it comprises by the bonding particle of adhesive) of reflexive opaque white color to light color at least one side of said substrate, the two all has the refractive index of 1.3-2.2 said particle and adhesive; There is interconnective micropore in the said layer with spreading all over; It is characterized in that said adhesive: the volume ratio of particle is about 1: 20-2: 3 so that said particle remain intend sintering and put, the pore volume of said layer is 15-70%; Said adhesive is heat cured, and layer has the image force (image force) of at least 200 fors.

US4; 499; 211 disclose the microporosity mechanograph that has the open cells structure and comprise thermoplastic; But it has intrinsic potentiality structure transformative and comprises the active porosity that diameter is about 0.002-10 micron; Said thermoplastic comprises the terpolymer of about at least 70 weight %; This terpolymer consist of copolymerization fluorinated olefins (this alkene is selected from ethene and propylene) with respect to about 20-80 weight % of said terpolymer gross weight; With respect to the copolyalkenamer (this alkene is selected from ethene and propylene) of about at the most 40 weight % of said terpolymer gross weight with respect to the copolymerization vinyl acetate of about 80-20 weight % of said copolymer gross weight, at least 5% of the acetate group toatl proportion that is comprised in the wherein said copolymer changes OH group with after forming said ter-polymers through saponification in the copolymerization of specifying comonomer.

EP-A 0390638 discloses substrate; It comprises can be with reversible mode through contacting the layer that becomes transparent with liquid; Its tolerance is exerted pressure via the part and/or is heated and the mark that carries out; Be characterised in that it comprises: at least one flexible sheet material, be applied on the said flexible sheet material and at least one layer of subsequent drying with moisture form, said sheet material is micro porous, opaque, and comprises the particle of non-thermosettable at least, at least a adhesive and other additive randomly.

JP 10-157280A disclose can by ink jet printing print repeatedly and even under nonexpondable situation, can not damage the recording materials of its record performance yet, this is to realize through having introduced the surface of coarse or porous and the solvent receiving layer opaque and that when having received solvent, become transparent that when not having solvent to exist, becomes.

US 6; 364; 993 disclose the laminated material that comprises substrate and polymer film; This substrate has first substrate surface that comprises image above that, and this polymer film is laminated to said first substrate surface and covers said image, but said film comprises the opaque layer of water activation that thickness is the exposure of about 0.6 mil-about 2.0 mils; Said opaque layer derives from the coating proportional preparation that comprises the about 40wt% alumina silicate of about 5-and about about 95wt% adhesive of 60-, and wherein said adhesive comprises the mixture of solvent, butyl acetate, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (EGMBE) and propane diols.

US 6; 723; 383 disclose the method that is used to make dry image; May further comprise the steps: (a) basad surface applies the opaque paint composition in this substrate, to form opaque coating, and wherein said surface is selected from luminous surface, reflecting surface, glossy surface, shiny surface and combination thereof; (b) substrate of coating is contacted with recording liquid; Wherein said opaque paint composition comprises opaque coating agent; This opaque coating agent comprises polymer polyacid and polymer polyacid base, and the said opaque coating that wherein contacts with said recording liquid is because this contact becomes transparent.

WO 04/052655A1 discloses the opaque and matt ink jet recording medium of multilayer that is applicable to by dyestuff and pigmented ink document image; It fades to the zone that at least one printed transparent in and glossy to show the surperficial of substrate and luminous, glossiness, reflexive, metalloid image are provided thus from opaque experience mutually; Or demonstrate hologram image; Wherein said recording medium comprises the substrate of the layer that scribbles at least two chemistry connections; Said layer comprises: (a) the first transparent ink receiving layer; It comprises that polymer adhesive and crosslinking agent also randomly have plasticizer and granules of pigments as being coated in said suprabasil aluminium oxide and silica; Wherein said crosslinking agent comprises azetidine (azetidinium) polymer or its salt, and/or polyfunctional aziridines or its salt, or Duo Guan Neng oxazoline and metallic salt; (b) the second ink receiving layer; It comprises opaque or half opaque coating composition; Wherein thereby this opaque or half opaque coating composition can be accepted printed images and become translucent or obviously transparent by applying of ink jet printing ink or similar ink; Present luminous, reflexive, glossiness, metalloid or holographic or transparent fine definition and high quality graphic simultaneously; Between the said second layer and substrate of wherein said ground floor in said recording medium, and said first and second stratification connect.

The invention of EP-A 1362710 and EP-A 1398175 all discloses the opaque ink receiving layer of the porous that comprises pigment and adhesive, but it can be by the base lacquer transparence of UV sclerosis.In addition, but the adhesion of the opaque ink receiving layer of porous and adjoining course or supporter improve through base lacquer transparence with UV sclerosis, but this base lacquer that is hinting said UV sclerosis to the diffusion at the interface of said adjoining course or supporter.

There is demand for the safe possibility of expansion, additional security feature is provided with disclosed information carrier in EP-A 1362710 and EP-A1398175.Also need have personalized said information carrier, the personal details of promptly introducing the release carrier is image or other sign for example, possibility.

Prior art:

So far, following prior art file is that the applicant is known:

DE-A1095115 is disclosed in December 15 nineteen sixty

DE-A1930215 is disclosed on December 23rd, 1970

DE-A1772929 is disclosed on April 15th, 1971

DE-A2242762 is disclosed on March 8th, 1973

DE-A2505248 is disclosed on August 19th, 1976

DE-A2543902 is disclosed on April 8th, 1976

DE-A2645656 is disclosed on April 13rd, 1978

EP-A0250658 is disclosed on January 7th, 1988

EP-A0390638 is disclosed in October 3 nineteen ninety

EP-A1362710 is disclosed on November 19th, 2003

EP-A1398175 is disclosed on March 17th, 2004

JP10-157280A is disclosed on June 16th, 1998

GB1073433 is disclosed on June 28th, 1967

US2,352,014, be disclosed in June 26 nineteen forty-four

US2,984,030, be disclosed on May 16th, 1961

US3,279,826, be disclosed on October 18th, 1966

US3,332,775, be disclosed on July 25th, 1967

US3,414,998, be disclosed in December 10 nineteen sixty-eight

US3,675,948, be disclosed on July 11st, 1972

US3,827,726, be disclosed on August 6th, 1974

US3,961,956, be disclosed on June 8th, 1976

US4,252,601, be disclosed on February 14th, 1981

US4,278,756, be disclosed on July 14th, 1981

US4,499,211, be disclosed on February 12nd, 1985

US4,820,608, be disclosed on April 11st, 1989

US6,358,596, be disclosed on March 19th, 2002

US6,364,993, be disclosed on April 2nd, 2002

US6,645,280, be disclosed on November 11st, 2003

US6,723,383, be disclosed on April 20th, 2004

WO81/01389A1 is disclosed on May 28th, 1981

WO04/052655A1 is disclosed on June 24th, 2004

Research Disclosure 15,157 is disclosed in November, 1976

Research Disclosure 15,654 is disclosed in April, 1977

" the Photographic Silver Halide DiffusionProcesses " of A.Rott and E.Weyde, The Focal Press, London and New York; Be disclosed in C.C.Van de Sande in 1972; Angew.Chem.-Int.Ed.22,191-209 is disclosed in March nineteen eighty-three

Inventive aspect

One aspect of the present invention provides and has transparent opaque porous layer and the information carrier with additional security feature.

Of the present invention again one also the aspect information carrier with transparent opaque porous layer is provided, its can individuate through the details of introducing said information holder (individualized).

It is obvious that others of the present invention and advantage will become owing to description hereinafter.

Summary of the invention

Against expectation find; The receiving layer structure (at least one layer of wherein said receiving layer structure is opaque, porous and has the ability that through the infiltration of base lacquer the time, becomes substantial transparent) that comprises at least one layer is before can the transported substance class with said base lacquer transparence; Among said thing class and composition receiving layer self Already in one or more or with the diffusion of said receiving layer structure contact layer or supporter in the thing class people can be provided readable or machine-readable information; If said diffusivity thing class is applied to the outmost surface of said receiving layer structure according to information, if perhaps among Already in said composition receiving layer one or more or the layer that contact with the diffusion of said receiving layer structure or the said thing class in the supporter with pattern (information-wise pattern) existence according to information.Among Already in said composition receiving layer one or more or contact with the diffusion of said receiving layer structure layer or supporter in said thing class can be associativity thing class (binding species), catalytic thing class (catalytic species) or reactive species (reacting species).The instance of this type of thing class is a mordant, its can be reversible ground or irreversibly combine diffusivity thing class (diffusing species), in one situation of back, causing the reaction between said mordant and the said diffusivity thing class.Said diffusivity thing class is the precursor of the readable or detectable functional thing class of machine of people.Different diffusivity thing classes can interact with the individually defined thing class or separately original position and said composition receiving layer Already in one or more in self contact with the diffusion of said receiving layer structure layer or supporter in the interaction of not jljl class.

Each side of the present invention realizes that through the information carrier precursor this information carrier precursor comprises: rigid sheet or supporter; The receiving layer structure that comprises at least one layer; With at least a material (optional provide) according to pattern; It can be realized and be effective to and at least a thing class original position through the diffusion of said receiving layer structure interacts producing functional thing class, at least one layer of wherein said receiving layer structure be opaque and porous, can become substantial transparent and comprise at least a pigment and at least a adhesive through the base lacquer infiltration that is provided in said receiving layer structure outmost surface.

Also through being used to make the method realization of above-mentioned information carrier precursor, the method includes the steps of for each side of the present invention: randomly apply at least one layer to rigid sheet or supporter, outmost surface is provided thus; Outmost surface to rigid sheet or supporter or said optional at least one layer that applies; Apply at least one as continuous or discontinuity layer or block letter and to apply the receiving layer structure in the step, can realize and be effective to interacting with at least a thing class original position through the diffusion of said receiving layer structure be provided in composition receiving layer and said at least one optional layer that applies and spreads the rigid sheet that contacts or at least one in the supporter with said receiving layer structure with at least a material that produces functional thing class.

Each side of the present invention also realizes that through the method for manufacturing information carrier the method includes the steps of: above-mentioned information carrier precursor (i) is provided; (ii) to the outmost surface of said receiving layer structure according to pattern apply the composition that comprises at least a functional thing class or functional thing class precursor, in said information carrier precursor, to produce pattern; (iii) the transparence base is coated with lacquer the part at least in the zone of the outmost surface that is applied to the said receiving layer structure corresponding with the porous part of said at least one opaque porous layer; The said part of said at least one the opaque porous layer of transparence (it is opaque and porous, has applied transparence base lacquer to it) at least in part thus; The said transparence base lacquer of (iv) optional curing; If (the part that v) has opaque and porous at the outermost layer of the (iv) back said receiving layer structure of step; Then to said receiving layer structure outermost should be opaque and porous part apply nontransparentization base lacquer, fill thus not to it and do not apply the hole that said receiving layer that the transparence base coats with lacquer is constructed those parts; And (the vi) optional basic lacquer of said nontransparentization that solidifies.

Each side of the present invention also realizes through the information carrier that obtains according to said method.

Others of the present invention are disclosed in the dependent claims.

Specify:

Definition

The term " information carrier precursor " that uses during the present invention is open is illustrated in the intermediate product that uses in the realization of information carrier.

The term " receiving layer " that uses during the present invention is open representes that it has the ink-jet ink of acceptance and quick-drying ability, promptly has enough porositys to take away the ink-jet ink decentralized medium rapidly through capillarity.

Term " porous layer " expression of using during the present invention is open has the layer in hole, and this hole can be in the composition neutralization of said layer/or hole except the composition of said layer, and for example, what comprise the porous composition layer is porous layer.

Term " diffusion suppressing agent " expression of using during the present invention is open suppresses the transparence of opaque porous layer and hinders the material that material diffuses into said opaque porous layer, and said porous layer comprises at least a pigment and at least a adhesive and can coat with lacquer transparence by base.

Term " opaque " that uses during the present invention is open and the expression of " nontransparent " layer are not transparent layers.Term " White-opalescent film " expression of using during the present invention is open can provide enough contrasts so that the perceptible white films of this clear picture as transparent image.The nontransparent film of white can be " opaque coating ", but need not be opaque fully, because there is not residual translucence, does not promptly have light to penetrate this film.The tolerance of film opacity can be provided through the transmitted light density of visible light filter measurement by MacBeth TR924 densitometer.ISO2471 relates to the opacity of paper backing; And when sheet material of the domination that involves paper visually makes the character of the fuzzy degree of printed matter on the similar paper sheets of lower floor, be suitable for, and the definition opacity is the ratio (being expressed as percentage) of the light reflectivity factor and the intrinsic light reflectivity factor of the same sample with white reflecting backing of single sheet material with paper of black.For example, 80g/m ²Copy paper is white, nontransparent and has 0.5 optical density (being measured according to ISO5-2 through yellow filter by MacBeth TR924 opacimeter), and metallized film has the optical density of 2.0-3.0 usually.The opaque porous layer that uses among the present invention has very high turbidity value, and for example 98%, show very high light scattering.Relatively opacity can through as give a definition: the initial light density that will under standard conditions, be measured by black background will be appointed as 100% opacity (D _Ref), and the complete transparence that will under standard conditions, be measured by black background is appointed as 0% opacity (D _Black), promptly optical density is equivalent to the combination of black background and supporter optical density.The percentage opacity is provided by following expression then: (D _Black-D _Observe)/(D _Black-D _Ref).

Term " substantial transparent " expression of using during the present invention is open has the incident visible light of transmission at least 75% and can not make the character of its remarkable diffusion.

The term " transparence base lacquer " that uses during the present invention is open is illustrated in liquid transparent under the application conditions; It comprises at least a polymer and/or at least a wax and/or at least a polymerizable material (for example monomer and oligomer) and can when cooling, solidify; When evaporating solvent, become solid or when being exposed to heat, moisture or radiation (for example visible light, ultraviolet rays and electron beam) sclerosis/crosslinked; Promptly be curable, it makes said receiving layer constructing transparentization.

The term " nontransparentization base lacquer " that uses during the present invention is open is illustrated in the liquid under the application conditions; It comprises at least a polymer and/or at least a wax and/or at least a polymerizable material (for example monomer and oligomer) and can when cooling, solidify; When evaporating solvent, become solid or when being exposed to moisture or radiation (for example visible light, ultraviolet rays and electron beam) sclerosis/crosslinked; Promptly be curable, it can not make said receiving layer constructing transparentization.

The term that uses during the present invention is open " is coated with lacquer the ability of the substantial transparent that becomes ", and the said receiving layer structure of expression becomes transparent through the infiltration of said base lacquer at least by base.This does not get rid of by water or solvent realization transparent, and this water or solvent provide transparence when said liquid remaines in the hole, interim transparence promptly is provided.

Term " interactions " expression of using during the present invention is open can be for example through combination with it, catalysis or react with it and act at least a material that the porous part that passes said receiving layer structure spreads.

Term " combination " expression of using during the present invention is open can physical absorption be passed at least a material of the porous part diffusion of said receiving layer structure, does not promptly change the chemical property of adsorbed material.

Term " catalysis " expression of using during the present invention is open can promote to pass the intermolecular reaction of at least a material of the porous part diffusion of said receiving layer structure, for example in the processing such as non-electro-deposition metal.

At least a substance reaction that term " reaction " expression of using during the present invention is open can be spread with the porous part that passes said receiving layer structure is to produce different chemical species.

Term " mordant " expression of using during the present invention is open can combine or fix the material of (preferential adsorption promptly is provided) at least a functional thing class.

Term " the functional thing class " expression of using during the present invention is open has functional character makes it having or not have visually to detect under the assistance of suitable light source or by the thing class that detecting instrument detects, promptly be people or machine-readable.This functional thing class for example can be used to realize security feature.The instance of this functional thing class is INFRARED ABSORPTION thing class, metal, luminous organic matter class or organic metal thing class and dyestuff.Said dyestuff for example can provide image or other required image of the owner or the assignee of information carrier.

The term that uses during the present invention is open " ... on ", " arrive ... on " with " ... in " for certain layer, have point-device implication: " ... on " infiltration of said layer of expression possibly take place or possibly not take place; " arrive ... on " expression at least 90% (promptly do not permeate said layer) basically on said layer, and " ... in " other layer or a plurality of layer appear penetrating in expression.Through the information printing of stored digital " is arrived " porous receiving layer structure " on ", we will understand image be provided " " said receiving layer structure " on " and/or it " in ".Under the situation of ink jet printing, if ink remain on the receiving layer configurations above, then image be provided " arriving " this receiving layer structure " on ".If said ink bleed gets into said porous receiving layer structure, then its " " said layer " in ".Identical term is used for varnish and base lacquer.For example, for " varnish permeate basically in said receiving layer structure before ", should be appreciated that≤10% said varnish is arranged in said receiving layer structure " ".

Term " conventional printing process " expression of using during the present invention is open not only is applied to graphic printing but also be applied to functional pattern such as the printing impact type printing process of conductive pattern and non-impact type printing process.Said term comprises but is not to be confined to ink jet printing, intaglio printing (intaglioprinting), serigraphy, flexographic printing, anhydrous hectographic printing, electrophotographic printing, electrographic recording printing, hectographic printing, impression, photogravure (gravure printing), heat and laser induced method and to comprise and make a plurality of zones of conductive layer in the one-stroke method, become nonconducting printing process; For example disclosed among EP 1054414A and the WO03/025953A, but be not included in the method for the for example evaporation used in the manufacturing of conventional electrical equipment (like silicon-based electronics), etching, method of diffusion.

Following printing process represented in the term " impact type printing process " that uses during the present invention is open: wherein; Between medium (be printed on wherein and carry out) and print system, come in contact; Said print system for example is through impacting the printing machine of colour band work; For example daisy wheel formula, dot matrix and line printer; (wherein thermal recording material prints through directly contacting in heat head and printing machine with heating element heater for diffusion-transfer process (for example from AGFA-GEVAERT

material) and direct heat printing machine; Wherein main frame is covered by ink layer on corresponding to the zone of required image or shape; Ink is transferred to said medium then, for example hectograph, intaglio plate or flexographic printing.

Following printing process represented in the term " non-impact type printing process " that uses during the present invention is open: wherein; Between medium (be printed on wherein and carry out) and print system, do not come in contact; Said print system is electrostatic printer, electrophotographic printer, laser printer, ink-jet printer for example, when wherein printing not demand impact printed medium.

The term " pattern " that uses during the present invention is open comprises the array of symbol, image, geometry and the non-geometry of hologram, image, presentation, guilloche, figure and regular and irregular, and can be made up of pixel, continuous tone, lines, geometry and/or any random configuration.

Term " according to the pattern " expression of using during the present invention is open is with pattern form and contain term according to image.

The term " coloured image " that uses during the present invention is open is that the image that produced by one or more colouring agents and its are by the combination results of at least two kinds of colouring agents, only if specifically apply as the non-visible light transparent pattern under the situation of black.

The term " colouring agent " that uses during the present invention is open is illustrated in the material that absorbs in the visible spectrum of 400 nanometers-700 nanometer.

The term " dyestuff " that uses during the present invention is open is illustrated in that the solubility under affiliated environmental condition is 10mg/L or higher staining reagent in the medium (said dyestuff is applied in this medium).

The term " pigment " that uses during the present invention is open is defined among the DIN55943 (this paper incorporates it into by reference); Be inorganic or organic, colored or achromatic staining reagent; In fact it be not dissolved under the environmental condition that relates to and apply in the medium, therefore has the solubility less than 10mg/L therein.

Term " security printing " expression of using during the present invention is open is designed to be difficult to copy and provide thus the printed images or the pattern of security feature.

Term " layer " expression of using during the present invention is open covers the coating of the entire area of entity such as supporter.

Term " discontinuity layer " expression of using during the present invention is open does not cover the coating of the entire area of entity such as supporter.

PET is the abbreviation of PET.

PETG is the abbreviation of PET glycol; This glycol is represented the glycol modification agent; Be ethylene glycol by substituting glycol as 1; 4-cyclohexanedimethanol or neopentyl glycol are partly replaced, and it minimizes fragility and wears out with early sending out, if these phenomenons use unmodified amorphous PET (APET) to occur in the manufacturing of card.

The information carrier precursor

Aspect of the present invention realizes that through the information carrier precursor this information carrier precursor comprises: rigid sheet or supporter; The receiving layer structure that comprises at least one layer; With at least a material; Choosing wantonly provides according to pattern; It can be realized and be effective to and at least a thing class original position through the diffusion of said receiving layer structure interacts producing functional thing class, at least one layer of wherein said receiving layer structure be opaque and porous, can become substantial transparent and comprise at least a pigment and at least a adhesive when be provided in the base lacquer infiltration of said receiving layer structure outmost surface.In case but the single or multiple said thing class that diffuses through said receiving layer structure self be through certain material that for example in the present invention, uses combine to accomplish diffusion process just visually detectable (promptly being that the people is readable), can through make use up via fluorescence or phosphorescence detect (promptly readable) through the contributor of suitable light source or machine-readable (as electric or magnetic property machine readable).Perhaps; The thing class that diffuses through said receiving layer structure is functional thing class precursor; Through at least a thing class catalysis in the information carrier precursor or with at least a thing class reaction in the information carrier precursor be exactly visually detectable thing class to produce that in case at least a said reaction accomplishes; Promptly be that the people is readable, can detect through making to use up via fluorescence or phosphorescence, promptly readable or machine-readable like electric or magnetic property ground machine readable through the contributor of suitable light source.

Aspect of the present invention also realizes that through the information carrier precursor this information carrier precursor comprises: rigid sheet or supporter; The receiving layer structure that comprises at least one layer; With at least a mordant that can original position combines functional thing class and/or component that can catalysis property thing class original position forms and/or the thing class that can produce functional thing class with the precursor original position of functional thing class; These thing classes all randomly provide according to pattern, at least one layer of wherein said receiving layer structure be opaque and porous, can become substantial transparent and comprise at least a pigment and at least a adhesive when be provided in the base lacquer infiltration of said receiving layer structure outmost surface.

First embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, said can realize and be effective to interacting with at least a thing class original position through the diffusion of said receiving layer structure can realize and be effective to combining and/or can realize and be effective at least a thing class that catalysis diffuses through at least a thing class of said receiving layer structure and/or can realize and be effective to and diffuse through said receiving layer structure with at least a material that produces functional thing class and react with at least a thing class that diffuses through said receiving layer structure.

Second embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, said at least a material equably or according to pattern be distributed in the receiving layer structure.

The 3rd embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, said at least a material are present at least one layer or pattern of or adjacency approaching with said receiving layer structure.

The 4th embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention; Said at least a material in receiving layer structure equably or according to pattern ground distribute and said at least a material be present in the receiving layer structure near or at least one layer or pattern of adjacency in, the said material in said receiving layer structure and with receiving layer structure at least one layer or the material in the pattern approaching or adjacency be identical or different.

The 5th embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention; Said information carrier precursor also comprises at least a optional material that provides according to pattern; Its at least a thing class original position that can realize and be effective to and diffuse through said information carrier precursor interacts to produce functional thing class, and wherein said at least a material distributes at least one receiving layer of said receiving layer structure equably or according to pattern ground.

The 6th embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention; Said information carrier precursor also comprises at least a optional material that provides according to pattern; Its at least a thing class original position that can realize and be effective to and diffuse through said information carrier precursor interacts to produce functional thing class, and wherein said at least a material is present at least one layer or pattern of or adjacency approaching with said receiving layer structure.

The 7th embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention; Said rigid sheet or supporter are printed by security printing in advance; The for example character array of guilloche, figure, regular and irregular, geometry and non-geometry or the random configuration that obtains through the printing of rainbow (rainbow) or iris (iris), the perhaps security feature of non-printing.

Said security printing can for example comprise tangible cognizable design, or abstract the periodicity monochrome or the multicolor patterns that repeat, or the multicolour pattern of gradual change, its gradual change aspect the tone of color and/or concentration, and therefore be difficult to copy.Preferably, the spectral characteristic of ink of selecting said security printing is so that they are difficult to duplicate through the color copy machine of commerce.This security printing also can comprise, for example the sign of the issuer of information carrier, title or abbreviation.This security printing can apply through any known printing technology, for example typographic printing, lithographic printing, photogravure, intaglio printing, iris printing (iris printing), rainbow printing (rainbow printing), serigraphy or the like.Preferred technology is anhydrous hectographic printing, and it is lithographic anhydrous variant, does not have fountain solution to put on printing machine thus.

The 8th embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, said information carrier precursor also comprise with said receiving layer constructs the not opaque element of adjacency.

The 9th embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, said information carrier precursor also comprise by the preprinted and said receiving layer of so-called security printing constructs the not opaque element of adjacency.Said security printing can for example comprise tangible cognizable design, or abstract the periodicity monochrome or the multicolor patterns that repeat, or the multicolour pattern of gradual change, its gradual change aspect the tone of color and/or concentration, and therefore be difficult to copy.Preferably, the spectral characteristic of ink of selecting said security printing is so that they are difficult to duplicate through the color copy machine of commerce.This security printing also can comprise, for example the sign of the issuer of information carrier, title or abbreviation.This security printing can apply for example typographic printing, lithographic printing, photogravure, serigraphy or the like through any known printing technology.Preferred technology is anhydrous hectographic printing, and it is lithographic anhydrous variant, does not have fountain solution to put on printing machine thus.

The diffusion suppressing agent

The tenth embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, said at least one opaque porous layer also comprises the diffusion suppressing agent that applies according to pattern.Said diffusion suppressing can be part or overall and can be nonvolatil or interim.The instance of suitable diffusion suppressing agent is filler opening and liquid, surface-active liquid, the functional components that can remove through evaporation; For example fluorescence or phosphorescent compound or fiber; And painted ink, particularly phase change inks, the degree that coloring degree and penetration degree decision suppress.The affinity of the particle ink type that uses can work in seepage velocity.For example, hydrophobicity oil base ink will permeate quite hydrophilic receiving layer structure, for example silica containing layer more slowly than moisture hydrophily ink.The transparence inhibitor is the diffusion suppressing agent of particular type, and it prevents that specifically transparence liquid from penetrating into open paint holes, this be comprise at least a pigment and at least a adhesive opaque transparent receiving layer opacity is provided.

The 11 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention; Said receiving layer structure also comprise the diffusion suppressing agent that applies according to pattern, this diffusion suppressing agent be selected from by gather the substituted nonionic silicone of alkylene oxide group, have the fluoroalkyl that brings to few 7 carbon atoms and/or bring to the alkyl of few 10 carbon atoms and/or bring to the thiazolinyl of few 10 carbon atoms and/or bring to few 8 carbon atoms two alkyl anion surfactant and have and the fluoroalkyl of at least 7 carbon atoms and/or bring to the alkyl of few 10 carbon atoms and/or bring to the cationic surfactant of two alkyl of few 8 carbon atoms.

The transparence of term " diffusion suppressing agent " the expression inhibiting substances of using during the present invention is open also hinders the material that material diffuses into opaque porous layer; Said porous layer comprises at least a pigment and at least a adhesive and can coat with lacquer transparence by base that said material is preferably non-polymerizable compound.

The 12 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, said receiving layer structure comprise that also the diffusion suppressing agent that applies according to pattern, this diffusion suppressing agent are selected from the tetraalkylammonium salt that has with at least one alkyl of 10 or more carbon atoms; Tetraalkylammonium salt with counter ion counterionsl gegenions, this tetraalkylammonium salt have alkyl or the fluoroalkyl with 8 or more carbon atoms; Alkyl benzene sulfonate with the carbochain that brings to few 10 carbon atoms; What have at least 8 carbon atoms contains carboxylic acid fluoride and salt thereof; Sulfate with the alkyl that brings to few 10 carbon atoms; The heterocycle sulphonic acid ester and the salt thereof that are connected with alkyl with at least 10 carbon atoms; Amidosulfonic acid ester and salt thereof with carboxylic acid of at least 12 carbon atoms; And by gathering the substituted silicone of alkylene oxide group.

The 13 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, said receiving layer structure also comprises the diffusion suppressing agent of the formula (I) that applies according to pattern:

Wherein M is a hydrogen, alkali metal (alkali) atom or ammonium group; R ¹Be alkyl, thiazolinyl-, alkynyl-, alkylthio-, sulfo-thiazolinyl-or sulfo-alkynyl-group, wherein said alkyl-, thiazolinyl-or alkynyl-group have 6-25 carbon atom; X is-O-,-S-or-N (R ²)-; And R ²Be hydrogen,

-(CH ₂) _mSO ₃The M group or

Group; And m is the integer of 1-5, in preferred embodiments, and R ¹Be dodecyl, tridecyl, myristyl, pentadecyl, cetyl, heptadecyl or octadecyl, and in particularly preferred embodiments, R ¹Be dodecyl, tridecyl, myristyl, pentadecyl, cetyl, heptadecyl or octadecyl and R ²Be-(CH ₂) _mSO ₃The M group.

The 14 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, said receiving layer structure also comprises the diffusion suppressing agent by formula (II) expression that applies according to pattern:

Wherein M is a hydrogen, alkali metal (alkali) atom or ammonium group; R ¹Be alkyl, thiazolinyl-, alkynyl-, alkylthio-, sulfo-thiazolinyl-or sulfo-alkynyl-group, wherein said alkyl-, thiazolinyl-or alkynyl-group have 6-25 carbon atom; R ²Be hydrogen ,-(CH ₂) _mSO ₃M

Group or group; And m is the integer of 1-5.

The 15 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, said receiving layer structure also comprises the diffusion suppressing agent by formula (III) expression that applies according to pattern:

At least a compound by formula (IV) expression:

Or the mixture of at least a compound and at least a compound of representing by formula (IV) by formula (III) expression, wherein M is hydrogen, alkali metal atom or ammonium group; R ³Be alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl with 6-25 carbon atom;

R ²Be hydrogen ,-(CH ₂) _mSO ₃The M group or

Group; And m is the integer of 1-5.

Suitable compound comprises for example following compound:

2-alkyl-benzimidazole-sulfoacid compound, for example:

Inhibitor nr.	?
		27	The 2-dodecyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonic acid
28	The 2-dodecyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonic acid potassium salt
		29	The 2-dodecyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid
30	The 2-dodecyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid potassium salt
		31	The 2-pentadecyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonic acid
32	The 2-pentadecyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonic acid potassium salt
		33	The 2-pentadecyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid
34	The 2-pentadecyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid potassium salt
		35	The 2-cetyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonic acid
36	The 2-cetyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonic acid potassium salt
		37	The 2-cetyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid
38	The 2-cetyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid potassium salt
		39	The 2-heptadecyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonic acid
40	The 2-heptadecyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonic acid potassium salt
		41	The 2-heptadecyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid
42	The 2-heptadecyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid potassium salt
		43	2-dodecyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonic acid (with 19 tautomerisms)
44	2-dodecyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonate sodium (with 20 tautomerisms)
		45	2-dodecyl-benzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid (with 17 tautomerisms)
46	The 2-dodecyl, 5-sulfo group benzimidazole-5-sulfonate sodium (with 18 tautomerisms)
		47	2-pentadecyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonic acid (with 23 tautomerisms)
48	2-pentadecyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonate sodium (with 24 tautomerisms)
		49	2-pentadecyl-benzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid (with 21 tautomerisms)
50	2-pentadecyl-benzimidazole-5-sulfonate sodium (with 22 tautomerisms)
		51	2-cetyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonic acid (with 27 tautomerisms)
52	2-cetyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonate sodium (with 28 tautomerisms)
		53	2-cetyl-benzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid (with 25 tautomerisms)
54	2-cetyl-benzimidazole-5-sulfonate sodium and 26 tautomerisms)
		55	2-heptadecyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonic acid (with 31 tautomerisms)
56	2-heptadecyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonate sodium (with 32 tautomerisms)
		57	2-heptadecyl-benzimidazole-5-sulfonic acid (with 29 tautomerisms)
58	2-heptadecyl-benzimidazole-5-sulfonate sodium (with 30 tautomerisms)

And 2-alkylthio-benzimidazole-sulfoacid compound, for example:

The synthetic of 2-alkyl-benzimidazole-sulfoacid compound and 2-alkylthio-benzimidazole-sulfoacid compound is disclosed among EP-A 1484323 and the EP-A 11484640.

Can realize and be effective to the material that combines with at least a thing class that diffuses through receiving layer structure

The 16 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, the said at least a material that can realize and be effective to combining with at least a thing class that diffuses through the receiving layer structure is a mordant.

The 17 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, can realize and be effective to the said at least a material that combines with at least a thing class that diffuses through receiving layer structure can with combine through the image-forming dye that spreads to its conveying.

The 18 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, can realize and be effective to the said at least a material that combines with at least a thing class that diffuses through receiving layer structure can with combine through the sour image-forming dye that spreads to its conveying.

The 19 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, the said at least a material that can realize and be effective to combining with at least a thing class that diffuses through the receiving layer structure can combine with at least a functional thing class that is selected from diffusible visible dyes, diffusible IR dyes, diffusible organic light emission compound and diffusible organic metal luminophor.

Be used for shifting the photography mordant dyeing or otherwise combining the character of one or more dyestuffs of selection through treating mordant dyeing of the mordant of one or more diffusivity dyestuffs to confirm in dye diffusion.For example; Be well known that by the alkaline polymerization mordant and come the mordant dyeing acid dyes; Said alkaline polymerization mordant for example the polymer of the amino-guanidine derivatives of ethenyl methyl ketone (like US2, described in 882,156), alkaline polymerization mordant and derivative as gather-the N-methyl-p-methyl benzenesulfonic acid ester of 4-vinylpridine, 2-vinylpyridine and similar compound be (like US 2; Described in 484,430) and DE-A 2009498 and the compound described in the DE-A 2200063.Other mordant is the long-chain quaternary ammonium Huo phosphonium compounds of ternary sulfonium compound, and for example US 3,271,147 and US3, and those described in 271,148, and cetyl trimethyl-ammonium bromide.Also can use some slaine and their hydroxide, it forms sl. sol. compound through acid dyes.Said dyestuff mordant in one of conventional hydrophilic adhesive of image receiving layer, disperse or the molecular water level land separately, for example in the cellulose esters of gelatin, polyvinylpyrrolidone or partially or completely hydrolysis.

At US 4,186, in 014, described being particularly suitable for the fixedly cationic polymerization mordant of anionic dye, for example US 4,232, pass through the sulfinate dyestuff that redox reaction discharges according to image described in 107.

Perhaps, can use non-polymerization mordant, for example ammonium salt is with phosphonium salt.In order to prevent to ooze out, can stablize non-polymerization mordant with hydrophilic organic colloid, said hydrophilic organic colloid comprises the salt dispersion in small, broken bits of organic acidic composition; Said organic acidity composition comprises the free acid part, like US 3,271; 147 with US 3,271, described in 148.For example, can be as the stabilizing agent of said mordant with the gelatin of dicarboxylic acids acylated.Can use non-Ju He Phosphonium mordant and comprise of the combination of free weak acid group as the copolymer emulsion of the stabilizing agent of said mordant, like US 4,820, disclosed in 608.Said non-gathering closes the Phosphonium mordant and can for example comprise at least one long chain hydrocarbon group.

Functional thing class precursor

According to the present invention; Functional thing class precursor is the thing class that diffuses through said receiving layer structure, its with at least one composition receiving layer and said at least one optional layer that applies and the rigid sheet that contacts with the diffusion of said receiving layer structure or in the supporter at least one in the catalysis that provides or reactive material interaction to produce functional thing class.

The instance of functional thing class precursor is a metal complex, and it metal or metal sulfide center by metal development wherein; With the developer of oxidation, the amino developer of the aromatic primary of oxidation for example, its can with the coupling agent reaction to produce visible dyes, IR dyes or shiner class.

For example; If developing, the silver halide in the donor layer is silver complex in the presence of silver-colored complexing agent or fixer; It is as solution diffusion to metal or metal sulfide center; The silver complex of this place dissolving through the metal that is pre-existing at these or metal sulfide in the heart physical development change silver-colored image into, then can be according to the pattern generating metal complex.

Can realize and be effective to the material that catalysis diffuses through at least a thing class of receiving layer structure

Can realize and be effective to material and functional thing class precursor that catalysis diffuses through at least a thing class of receiving layer structure and interact producing functional thing class such as electroless deposition catalyst and metal or metal sulfide center, itself and from the metal reaction of diffusivity metal complex.

The development nuclear that diffusion transfer reversal (DTR) imaging receives common general knowledge in the material is preferred electroless deposition catalyst; Noble metal granule for example; Like silver-colored particle, and colloidal state heavy metal sulfide particle, the for example silver-colored nickel sulfide of colloidal state palladium sulfide, nickel sulfide and mixing.These are endorsed to exist under the situation of adhesive having or do not have.

Said electroless deposition catalyst can be for nonmetallic, and palladium complex catalyged precursor for example is like [(CH ₃-(CH ₂) ₁₆-CN) ₂PdCl ₂], the individual layer of the self assembly of the individual layer of the self assembly that stops by amino or hydroxyl, palladium activation, colloidal state Pd (II) catalyst, activated carbon, polyacetylene or the heavy metal sulfide that the surface combines; For example palladium sulfide, silver, nickel, cobalt, copper, lead and mercury; Or the sulfide that mixes; For example silver sulfide nickel, or metal is like silver, platinum, rhodium, iridium, gold, ruthenium, palladium and copper particle.

EP-A 0769723 discloses the method for preparing the physical development nuclei that is used for silver salt diffusion transfer method; Said physical development nuclei comprises heavy metal sulfide; Said method comprising the steps of: precipitate said heavy metal sulfide through making water miscible heavy metal compound and water miscible sulfide reactive association the in waterborne liquid; And this existence that is deposited in hydrophilic polymer is implemented down so that disperse said heavy metal sulfide; Said hydrophilic polymer comprises heterocyclic group, it is characterized in that said heterocyclic group is present in the repetitive of said hydrophilic polymer, and said repetitive is included in the said polymer with the amount of 0.1mol%-5mol%.

The 20 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention; The said at least a material of at least a thing class reaction that can realize and be effective to and diffuse through the porous part of said receiving layer structure is metal or metal sulfide center, and it comes through the metal development from metal complex.

Can realize and be effective to and diffuse through the material of at least a thing class reaction of receiving layer structure

The 21 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention; The said at least a material that can realize and be effective to and diffuse through at least a thing class reaction of said receiving layer structure is the component that can produce functional thing class with functional thing class precursor; As serving as the cationic substance of mordant and coupling agent, it is through producing visible dyes, IR dyes or shiner class with the developer of oxidation such as the amino developer reaction of aromatic primary of oxidation.

The 22 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention; The said at least a material that can realize and be effective to and diffuse through at least a thing class reaction of said receiving layer structure is the component that can produce functional thing class with functional thing class precursor; This component that wherein can produce functional thing class is a coupling agent, its through be created in the systemic thing class of visible spectrum with the reaction of the developer of oxidation, in systemic thing class of infrared spectrum or shiner class.

Cationic substance improves the ability that said receiving layer is used for fixing and combines the dyestuff of ink droplets.Specially suitable compound be gather (diallyldimethylammonium chloride) or, gather (DADMAC) in brief.These compounds can be available from some companies, for example Aldrich, Nalco, CIBA, Nitto Boseki Co., Clariant, BASF and EKA Chemicals.

Other useful cationic compound comprise the DADMAC copolymer for example with the copolymer of acrylamide; For example from NALCO 1470 or the PAS-J-81 (trade mark of Nitto Boseki Co) of ONDEO Nalco; The for example copolymer of DADMAC and acrylic acid ester, for example NALCO 8190 (trade mark of ONDEO Nalco); DADMAC and SO ₂Copolymer; For example PAS-A-1 or PAS-92 (trade mark of Nitto Boseki Co), the copolymer of DADMAC and maleic acid, for example PAS-410 (trade mark of Nitto Boseki Co); The copolymer of DADMAC and diallyl (3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl) amine hydrochlorate; PAS-880 (trade mark of Nitto Boseki Co) for example, dimethylamine-epichlorohydrin copolymer, for example Nalco7135 (trade mark of ONDEO Nalco) or POLYFIX 700 (trade name of Showa High Polymer Co); Operable other POLYFIX level is POLYFIX 601, POLYFIX301, POLYFIX 301A, POLYFIX 250WS and POLYFIX 3000; NEOFIX E-117 (trade name of Nicca Chemical Co, polyoxy alkylidene polyamine dicyano diamines) and REDIFLOC 4150 (trade name of EKA Chemicals, polyamine); The polymer of MADAME (methacrylate dimethyl aminoethyl=dimethyl amino ethyl methacrylate) or MADQUAT (methacryl-oxygen base ethyl-trimethyl salmiac) modification; For example from the ROHAGIT KL280 of Rohm, ROHAGIT 210, ROHAGITSL144, PLEX 4739L, PLEX 3073, from the DIAFLOCKP155 of Diafloc Co and other DIAFLOC products with from BMB 1305 and other BMB products of EKA chemicals; Cation epichlorohydrin adducts such as POLYCUP 171 and POLYCUP172 (from the trade name of Hercules Co); From Cytec industries: CYPRO product, for example CYPRO 514/515/516, SUPERFLOC507/521/567; Cationic acrylic polymer, ALCOSTAT 567 (trade mark of CIBA) for example, cationic cellulose derivative as

L-2OO, H-1OO, SC-240C, SC-230M (trade name of Starch&Chemical Co) and QUATRISOFT LM200, UCARE polymer JR125, JR400, LR400, JR30M, LR30M and UCARE polymer LK; Fixative from Chukyo Europe: PALSET JK-512, PALSETJK512L, PALSET JK-182, PALSET JK-220, WSC-173, WSC-173L, PALSET JK-320, PALSET JK-320L and PALSET JK-350; Polymine and copolymer, for example LUPASOL (trade name of BASF AG); Triethanolamine-titanium chelate, for example TYZOR (trade name of Du Pont Co); Vinylpyrrolidone copolymers such as VIVIPRINT 111 (trade name of ISP, a kind of methacrylamido propyl group dimethylamine copolymer); With dimethyl amino ethyl methacrylate such as COPOLYMER845 and COPOLYMER 937 (trade name of ISP); With vinyl imidazole, for example LUVIQUAT CARE, LUVITEC 73W, LUVITEC VPI55 K18P, LUVITEC VP155 K72W, LUVIQUAT FC905, LUVIQUAT FC550, LUVIQUAT HM522 and SOKALAN HP56 (all are the trade name of BASF AG); Polyamidoamines amine, for example RETAMINOL and NADAVIN (trade mark of Bayer AG); Disclosed and other cationic polymers such as NEOFIXRD (trade mark of NICCA Chemical Co) among phosphonium compounds such as the EP609930.

Said receiving layer also can comprise known conventional ingredient, for example serves as surfactant, curing agent, plasticizer, brightening agent and the delustering agent of coating additive.Surfactant can be any cationic, anionic, both sexes and the non-ionic surfactant described in JP-A62-280068 (1987).The instance of said surfactant is the N-alkylaminoacid salts; The alkyl ether carboxy acid salt; The peptide of acylated; Alkylsulfonate; Alkylbenzene and alkylnaphthalene sulfonate; Sulfosuccinate; Alpha-alkene sulfonate; N-acyl group sulfonate; The oil of sulfonation; Alkylsulfonate; Alkylether sulfonate; Alkyl allyl ether sulfonate; Alkylamide sulfonate; Alkylphosphonic; Alkyl ether phosphate; Alkyl allyl ether phosphate; Alkyl and alkyl allyl polyethenoxy ether; Alkyl pi-allyl formaldehyde condensation hydrochlorate; Alkyl allyl ether-sulfonate; Alkyl-amidosulfonic acid salt; Alkylphosphonic; Alkyl ether-phosphate; Alkyl allyl ether phosphate; Alkyl and alkyl allyl polyethenoxy ether; Alkyl pi-allyl formaldehyde condensation APEO; Terminated polymer with polyoxypropylene; Polyoxyethylene polyoxyethyl propyl alkyl ether; The APEO of glycol ester; The APEO of Isosorbide Dinitrate (sorbitanesters); The APEO of sorbitol ester; Cithrol; Glyceride; Anhydro sorbitol (sorbitane) ester; Propylene glycol ester; Sugar ester; Fluorine C ₂-C ₁₀Alkyl carboxylic acid, N-PFO sulfonyl disodium glutamate, 3-(fluoro-C ₆-C ₁₁-alkoxyl)-1-C ₃-C ₄Sodium alkyl sulfonate, 3-(ω-fluoro-C ₆-C ₈-alkanoyl-N-ethylamino-)-and 1-propane sulfonic acid sodium, N-[3-(PFO sulfonamide)-propyl group]-N, N-dimethyl-N-carboxyl methylene ammonium betaine, fluoro-C ₁₁-C ₂₀Alkyl carboxylic acid, perfluor C ₇-C ₁₃-alkyl-carboxylic acid, PFOS diglycollic amide, perfluor C ₄-C ₁₂-alkyl sulfonic acid Li, K and Na, N-propyl group-N-(2-hydroxyethyl) PFO sulfonamide, perfluor C ₆-C ₁₀-alkyl sulfonamide-propyl group-sulfonyl-amion acetic acid, two (N-perfluorooctyl sulfonyl-N-alcohol amido ethyl) phosphonate ester, single perfluor C ₆-C ₁₆Alkyl-ethyl phosphonate and perfluoroalkyl betaine.

The 23 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention; The said at least a material of at least a thing class reaction that can realize and be effective to and diffuse through the porous part of said receiving layer structure is a coupling agent, its through the developer reaction with oxidation be created in the systemic thing class of visible spectrum, in systemic thing class of infrared spectrum or shiner class.

US4,180,405 disclose the mixture of thermal sensitivity colorant precursor, and it comprises that (a) and amine and acid amides react to form the ring-type polyketide of colorant at elevated temperatures; (b) be selected from the color-developing compounds of lactone type leuco dye and spiro-pyrans type leuco dye, said color-developing compounds reacts to form colorant with phenols at elevated temperatures.In addition, EP-A 0268704 discloses 1-hydroxyl-2-N-(5-ballasted-the thiazol-2-yl)-naphthalenecarboxamide coupling agent that disperses, and it can be through forming infrared-absorbability quinoneimine dye with the amino developer reaction of the aromatic primary of oxidation.Concrete 1-hydroxyl-2-N-(5-ballasted-the thiazol-2-yl)-naphthalenecarboxamide coupling agent of following general formula is disclosed:

Wherein:

R represents phenyl or substituted phenyl; As carry at least one substituent phenyl; Said substituting group is selected from: halogen atom, cyanic acid, cyclohexyl, alkyl sulfo group acylamino-, aryloxy group, arylthio, alkyl, alkoxyl, alkylthio group, alkyl carbonyl oxy; The hydrogen atom of said alkyl, alkoxyl, alkylthio group or alkyl carbonyl oxy is unsubstituted or in them at least one replaced by halogen atom

Y representes to have the alkyl of at least 8 carbon atoms, myristyl for example, and it makes said coupling agent rapid diffusion in the hydrophilic colloid medium,

Z is hydrogen or substituting group, chlorine or bromine atom for example, and it splits off in coupling reaction process, brings 2 to work as flow characteristic for said coupling agent thus.

The receiving layer structure

Said receiving layer structure comprises single layer or a plurality of layer.Only composition receiving layer of said receiving layer structure need comprise at least a pigment, at least a adhesive, and the zone of the infiltration transparence that can be coated with lacquer through base by not only opaque but also porous and its at least in part formed.Constituting a plurality of layers of receiving layer structure can be simultaneously or coating or printing and can have identical or different composition in order to for example to change the porosity of each layer in succession; Perhaps can realize in order to the location and be effective to combine, at least a thing class that catalysis diffuses through said receiving layer structure or with the said at least a material of at least a thing class reaction that diffuses through said receiving layer structure; It can be positioned in one or more receiving layers of said receiving layer structure thus, and the said material in these layers is identical or different.

Said receiving layer structure can be applied on the said supporter through any conventional coating technique; For example dip coated, scraper coating, extrusion coated, rotary coating, ramp type hopper apply and the curtain coating; And any conventional printing technology, for example serigraphy, hectographic printing, ink jet printing, photogravure and intaglio printing.

The composition of each layer in the receiving layer structure can be through coating or printing change after deposition; For example through according to pattern or non-according to pattern ground deposited material (form of this material can be for example mixed with it through the topmost that is partly dissolved said layer, or diffuses into said layer).Can realize and be effective to combine, at least a thing class that catalysis diffuses through said receiving layer structure or can in applying process, be positioned thus in one or more receiving layers of said receiving layer structure with the said at least a material of at least a thing class reaction that diffuses through said receiving layer structure.

Composition receiving layer one or more choose wantonly and comprise at least a thing class original position that can realize and be effective to and diffuse through said receiving layer structure according to pattern ground and interact to produce at least a material of functional thing class.

According to the present invention, the said composition receiving layer that uses in the information carrier precursor appends layer and also can comprise known conventional ingredient with optional, for example serves as surfactant, curing agent, plasticizer, brightening agent and the delustering agent of coating additive.

Suitable surfactant is any cationic, anionic, both sexes and the non-ionic surfactant described in JP-A 62-280068 (1987).The instance of said surfactant is the N-alkylaminoacid salts; The alkyl ether carboxy acid salt; The peptide of acylated; Alkylsulfonate; Alkylbenzene and alkylnaphthalene sulfonate; Sulfosuccinate; Alpha-alkene sulfonate; N-acyl group sulfonate; The oil of sulfonation; Alkylsulfonate; Alkylether sulfonate; Alkyl allyl ether sulfonate; Alkylamide sulfonate; Alkylphosphonic; Alkyl ether phosphate; Alkyl allyl ether phosphate; Alkyl and alkyl pi-allyl polyoxy-vinethene; Alkyl pi-allyl formaldehyde condensation hydrochlorate; Alkyl allyl ether sulfonate; Alkylamide sulfonate; Alkylphosphonic; Alkyl ether phosphate; Alkyl allyl ether phosphate; Alkyl and alkyl pi-allyl polyoxy-vinethene; Alkyl pi-allyl formaldehyde condensation APEO; Terminated polymer with polyoxypropylene; Polyoxyethylene polyoxyethyl propyl alkyl ether; The APEO of glycol ester; The APEO of Isosorbide Dinitrate (sorbitanesters); The APEO of sorbitol ester; Cithrol; Glyceride; Anhydro sorbitol (sorbitane) ester; Propylene glycol ester; Sugar ester; Fluorine C ₂-C ₁₀Alkyl carboxylic acid, N-PFO sulfonyl disodium glutamate, 3-(fluoro-C ₆-C ₁₁-alkoxyl)-1-C ₃-C ₄Sodium alkyl sulfonate, 3-(ω-fluoro-C ₆-C ₈-alkanoyl-N-ethylamino)-and 1-propane sulfonic acid sodium, N-[3-(PFO sulfonamide)-propyl group]-N, N-dimethyl-N-carboxyl methylene ammonium betaine, fluoro-C ₁₁-C ₂₀Alkyl carboxylic acid, perfluor C ₇-C ₁₃-alkyl-carboxylic acid, PFOS diglycollic amide, perfluor C ₄-C ₁₂-alkyl sulfonic acid Li, K and Na, N-propyl group-N-(2-hydroxyethyl) PFO sulfonamide, perfluor C ₆-C ₁₀-alkyl sulfonamide-propyl group-sulfonyl-amion acetic acid, two (N-perfluorooctyl sulfonyl-N-alcohol amido ethyl) phosphonate ester, single perfluor C ₆-C ₁₆Alkyl-ethyl phosphonate and perfluoroalkyl betaine.

Useful cationic surfactant comprises N-alkyl-dimethyl ammonium chloride, palmityl trimethyl ammonium chloride, dodecyl dimethyl-amine, four decyl dimethyl amines; Alkyl guanidine-the amine complex of ethoxylation, two trimethyl ammonium (bistrimonium) chlorides of oleyl amine hydroxypropyl, oleyl imidazoline, stearoyl imidazoline; The coco amine acetic acid esters, palmitamide, dihydroxy ethyl coco amine, cocoyl trimethyl ammonium chloride; Alkyl polyethylene glycol-ether ammonium sulfate, ethoxylation oleyl amine, lauryl pyridine chlorination; N-oleyl-1,3-diaminopropanes, the amino propyl group dimethylamine of stearoyl lactate; The coconut fatty acid amide, oleyl hydroxyethyl imidazoline, iso stearyl ethyl acyl imonium (ethylimidonium) sulfovinate; The amino propyl group PEG-of lauroyl chlorination di-basic ammonium phosphate, palmityl trimethyl ammonium chloride, and cetrimonium bromide.

The surfactant that is particularly useful is the fluorocarbon surfactant with following structure: F (CF ₂) _4-9CH ₂CH ₂SCH ₂CH ₂N ⁺R ₃X ^-, wherein R is that hydrogen or alkyl is like for example US-P4, described in 781,985; With the fluorocarbon surfactant with following structure: CF ₃(CF ₂) _mCH ₂CH ₂O (CH ₂CH ₂O) _nR, wherein m=2-10; N=1-18; R is hydrogen or alkyl with 1-10 carbon atom such as US-P 5,084, described in 340.These surfactants can be available from DuPont and 3M.The concentration of surface active agent composition is generally 0.1-2 weight % in the said receiving layer, is preferably 0.4-1.5 weight % and most preferably is 0.75 weight %, based on the gross dry weight of said layer.

In addition, said composition receiving layer can be lightly crosslinked so that required characteristic to be provided, like water proofing property and no blocking characteristics.But crosslinked degree should make that the diffusion of functional thing class or functional thing class precursor and the infiltration of base lacquer all should be unaffected basically.Crosslinked also can be used for, provide wearability on element, to form fingerprint with stoping through processing.Have known a large amount of crosslinking agent (also claiming curing agent), it will work to be cross-linked into film adhesive.Can use curing agent individually or with combination and with free form or block form.It is known can be used for a lot of curing agent of the present invention; Comprise formaldehyde and free dialdehydes; For example the dialdehyde of butanedial and glutaraldehyde, end-blocking, active ester, sulphonic acid ester, active halogen compounds, isocyanates or blocked isocyanate, polyfunctional isocyanate, melamine derivative, s-triazine and diazine, epoxides, the active olefin with two or more reactive bonds, carbodiimide, zirconium complex such as BACOTE 20, ZIRMEL 1000 or zirconium acetate (trade mark of MEL Chemicals), titanium complex are as from the TYZOR level of DuPont, ester, N-carbamoyl pyridiniujm, the curing agent such as the halogen of mixed function of substituted isoxazoline salt, 2-alkoxyl-N-carboxyl-EEDQ replace aldehydic acid (for example mucochloric acid and mucobromic acid), substituted acrylic aldehyde and vinyl sulfone and polymer curing agent in the 3-position; For example dialdehyde starch and copolymerization (acroleinmethacrylic acid) Yi is Ji the oxazoline functional polymer; For example EPOCROS WS-500 and EPOCROS K-1000 are serial; And maleic anhydride copolymers, like GANTREZ AN119.

The composition receiving layer that uses in the information carrier precursor of the present invention can also comprise plasticizer such as ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol (DEG), propane diols, polyethylene glycol, glycerine monomethyl ether, glycerine monochloro alcohol, ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, tetrachlorophthalic tetrachlorophthalic anhydrid, tetrabromophthalic anhydride, urea phosphate, triphenyl, glycerol monostearate base ester, propylene glycol monostearate, tetramethylene sulfone, n-N-methyl-2-2-pyrrolidone N-, n-vinyl 2-Pyrrolidone with the optional layer that appends.

The composition receiving layer that uses in the information carrier precursor of the present invention appends layer and can also comprise the sunproof composition that is used to improve printed images with optional, for example anti-oxidant, UV absorbent, peroxide scavenger, singlet oxygen quencher such as hindered amine as light stabilizer (HALS compound).The stilbene compound is the UV absorbent of preferred type.

Receiving layer pigment

Receiving layer pigment can be selected from inorganic pigment well known in the art, for example silica, talcum, clay, hydrotalcite, kaolin, diatomite, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, basic magnesium carbonate, aluminosilicate, aluminium hydroxide, aluminium oxide (aluminium oxide), titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, barium sulfate, calcium sulfate, zinc sulphide, satin white, boehmite (hydrated alumina), zirconia or mixed oxide.In preferred embodiments, said body pigment is selected from silica, aluminosilicate, aluminium oxide, calcium carbonate, hydrated alumina and aluminium hydroxide.

The 24 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, said pigment are inorganic pigment.

According to the 25 embodiment of information carrier precursor of the present invention, said pigment is silica.

The refractive index of these pigment provides in following table:

Use aluminium oxide (alumina) to be disclosed in some patents in the receiving layer, as at US 5,041,328, among US 5,182,175, US 5,266,383, EP 218956, EP 835762 and the EP 972650.

The aluminium oxide of commercially available type (alumina) comprises α-Al ₂O ₃Type, NORTONE700 for example can be from Saint-Gobain Ceramics&Plastics, and Inc obtains, γ-Al ₂O ₃Type, for example from the ALUMINUM OXID C of Degussa, other aluminium oxide level is for example from BAIKALOX CR15 and the CR30 of Baikowski Chemie; From DURALOX level and the MEDIALOX level of BaikowskiChemie, from BAIKALOX CR80, CR140, CR125, the B105CR of Baikowski Chemie; From the CAB-O-SPERSE PG003 trade mark of Cabot, from CATALOX GRADES and the CATAPAL GRADES of Sasol, for example PLURALOX HP14/150; Colloidal state Al ₂O ₃Type, for example ALUMINASOL 100; From the ALUMINASOL 200 of Nissan Chemical Industries, ALUMINASOL 220, ALUMINASOL 300, ALUMINASOL 520 trade marks or from the NALCO8676 trade mark of ONDEO NalCo.

The hydrated alumina of useful type is γ-AlO (OH), is also referred to as boehmite, the for example DISPERAL from SASOL of powder type, DISPERAL HP14 and DISPERAL40, MARTOXIN VPP2000-2 and GL-3 (from Martinswerk GmbH.); Liquid boehmite alumina system, for example DISPAL 23N4-20, DISPAL 14N-25, DISPERAL AL25 (from SASOL).Patent about hydrated alumina comprises EP500021, EP 634286, US 5,624,428, EP 742108, US 6,238,047, EP622244, EP 810101 or the like.

Useful aluminium hydroxide comprises bayerite, or α-Al (OH) ₃, for example PLURAL BT (can obtain), and gibbsite, or γ-Al (OH) from SASOL ₃MARTINAL rank (from Martinswerk GmbH) for example, MARTIFIN rank, for example MARTIFIN OL104, MARTIFIN OL 107 and MARTIFIN OL111 (from Martinswerk GmbH); MICRAL rank, for example MICRAL 1440, MICRAL1500; MICRAL 632; MICRAL 855; MICRAL 916; MICRAL 932; MICRAL 932CM; MICRAL 9400 (from JM Huber company); The HIGILITE level; For example HIGILITE H42 or HIGILITE H43M (from Showa DenkaK.K.); HYDRAL GRADES is HYDRAL COAT 2 for example, HYDRAL COAT5 and HYDRAL COAT 7, HYDRAL 710 and HYDRAL PGA (from AlcoaIndustrial Chemicals).

The zirconia of useful type is the NALCO OOSS008 trade mark of ONDEO Nalco, the ZrO that acetic acid esters is stable ₂, ZR20/20, ZR50/20, ZR100/20 and ZRYS4 (from the trade mark of Nyacol Nano Technologies).Available mixed oxide is the SIRAL level from SASOL, from the colloidal metal oxide of Nalco such as Nalco 1056, NalcoTX10496, Nalco TX11678.

Silica as pigment in the receiving element is disclosed in numerous the old and new's patents, and for example US 4,892, and 591, US 4,902,568, EP 373573, EP 423829, EP 487350, EP493100, EP 514633 or the like.Can use dissimilar silica; The for example silica such as the US5 of crystalline silica, amorphous silica, precipitated silica, gel silicas, pyrogenic silica, sphere and non-preparing spherical SiO 2, calcium carbonate compounding; 281; Disclosed and have among silica such as the WO 00/02734 of internal void disclosed in 467.In receiving layer, use calcium carbonate to be described in for example DE 2925769 and US 5,185,213.The use of aluminosilicate is disclosed in for example DE 2925769.Can use the mixture of different pigment.

In alternate embodiment, body pigment can be selected from organic granular for example polystyrene, polymethyl methacrylate, silicone, carbamide condensation polymer, urea-formaldehyde condensation polymer, polyester and polyamide.Can use inorganic and mixture organic pigment.But most preferably said pigment is inorganic pigment.

Pigment must exist with enough coverages so that make the opaque fully and porous of said receiving layer.Adhesive is preferably about 1: 50 with the weight ratio lower limit of total pigment in the receiving layer, and most preferably 1: 20, and be limited to about 2: 1 on it, most preferably 1: 1.If the amount of pigment surpasses the said upper limit, then the intensity of receiving layer itself reduces, and therefore the gained image tends in aspect variation such as anti-mass colour come off.On the other hand, if said adhesive is too high to the ratio of pigment, then the ink absorption ability of gained receiving layer reduces, the image possible deviation that therefore forms.

Said transparence method depends on, the refractive index of the refractive index of pigment and the base lacquer (referring to following description) that permeates said receiving layer structure on the other hand should as far as possible closely be mated each other on the one hand.Said refractive index is mated approachingly more, then will obtain good more transparency later on by base lacquer dipping receiving layer.

Most preferred pigment is the silica type, and being more especially particle mean size is 1 micron-15 microns, most preferably the amorphous silica of 2-10 micron.It is unbodied precipitated silica type SIPERNAT 570 that the most useful merchant sells compound, from the trade name of DegussaCo..Its in said receiving layer preferably with 5g/m ²-30g/m ²Amount exist.It has following character:

-specific area (N ₂Absorb): 750m ²/ g

-particle mean size (Multisizer, 100 microns capillarity methods): 6.7 microns

-DBP [dibutyl phthalate] absorption: 175-320 gram/100 grams

-refractive index: 1.45-1.47.

Because the refractive index of the ultraviolet solidifiable basic coating compositions of typical case is about 1.47-1.49, clearly there is matched well in it with the refractive index of this particular silica type, and will obtain the good transparency.

Other available precipitated silica type comprises SIPERNAT 310,350 and 500, AEROSIL level (trade mark of Degussa-H ü ls AG) and SYLOID type (trade mark of Grace Co.).

The receiving layer that comprises Woelm Alumina pigment (for example MARTINOX GL-1) can not become transparent fully when the base lacquer based on acrylate/methacrylate that by refractive index is 1.47-1.49 floods, because its refractive index is 1.6.But, can use to have the more base lacquer of high index of refraction, for example comprise that the N-VCz is as comonomer.

According to the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention, the adhesion of rigid sheet or the supporter curing (for example UV sclerosis) through is subsequently stood improvement by the receiving layer of base lacquer dipping.

The receiving layer adhesive

Said receiving layer adhesive can for water miscible, solvent soluble or be latex, and can be selected from a series of compound well known in the art, comprise hydroxyethylcellulose; Hydroxypropyl cellulose; HEMC; Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose; Hydroxy butyl methyl cellulose; Methylcellulose; Sodium carboxymethylcellulose; Carboxymethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose sodium; Water-soluble ethyl hydroxy ethyl cellulose; Sulfate cellulose; Polyvinyl alcohol; Ethenol copolymer; Polyvinyl acetate; Pioloform, polyvinyl acetal; PVP; Polyacrylamide; Acrylamide/acrylic acid copolymer; Polystyrene, styrol copolymer; Acrylic compounds or methacrylic polymer; The styrene/acrylic analog copolymer; Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer; Vinyl methyl ether/maleic acid; Gather (2-acrylamido-2-methyl propane sulfonic acid); Gather (diethylenetriamines-altogether-adipic acid); Polyvinylpyridine; Polyvinyl imidazol; The modification of polymine chloropropylene oxide; The polymine ethoxylation; PEO; Polyurethane; Melmac; Gelatin; Carrageenan; Dextran; Gum arabic; Casein; Pectin; Albumin; Starch; The collagen derivative; Collodion and agar.

The preferred adhesive that is used for the present invention's practice is polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), ethenol copolymer) or modified polyethylene alcohol.Most preferably, said polyvinyl alcohol is a silanol modified polyethylene alcohol.The most useful commercially available silanol modified polyethylene alcohol can find in POVAL R series of polymers (Kuraray Co., the trade name of Japan).This R series of polymers comprises rank R-1130, R-2105, R-2130, R-3109, and they are mainly different aspect the viscosity in aqueous solution separately at them.Said silanol is reactive to inorganic substances such as silica or aluminium oxide.R-polymer pH that can be through changing their aqueous solution or crosslinked easily through mixing with organic substance, and can form the resistance to water film.

The 26 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, said at least one opaque porous layer also comprises at least a latex, preferred said at least one opaque porous layer provides the outermost surface of said receiving layer structure.Through by W-300 as pigment, between 1.2 and 6.5 (2,2.2; 2.45,2.70,2.75; 3.5,3.78,4.25; 5 and 6.25) change pigment/latex ratio, find that the amount that ink oozes out reduces with the pigment/latex ratio that improves.For too high pigment/latex ratio, the receiving layer too powdery that becomes.Use

W-300, at total pigment of 2.0-3.2 to total weight of latex than observing best image definition.In addition, the inhibition ground that exists of high latex concentration has reduced the erasibility of printed images.

The 27 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, said at least one opaque porous layer comprise that at least a latex and total pigment are 1.2 to the weight ratio of total latex: 1-6.5: 1.

If the outermost layer of said receiving layer structure is the opaque porous layer that comprises latex; Then along with latex concentration improves; Be printed on the raising of oozing out of ink jet image on the outermost surface of said receiving layer structure, thereby make the grid of ink jet image disappear, this helps the continuous tone imaging.Perhaps, along with the latex concentration in the opaque porous layer of outermost reduces, the acutance that becomes of the ink jet image on the outermost receiving layer is increasingly high.Under

W-300 situation as pigment, at 2.0-3.2: total pigment of 1 is found best picture quality under to total latex.Because the adhesion that the hectograph ink improves, the latex content that improves in the outermost layer of said receiving layer structure is also improved its hectographic printing property.

Rigid sheet or supporter

The 28 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, rigid sheet or supporter comprise at least one layer and/or multiple field laminated material or coextrusion thing.This multiple field laminated material comprises paper/polymer laminate.Suitably the instance of coextrusion thing is PET/PETG and PET/ Merlon.

Said supporter can be sheet material or the volume width of cloth (web) supporter.According to the 29 embodiment of information carrier precursor of the present invention, said supporter is volume width of cloth supporter.

It can be transparent, translucent or opaque being used for supporter of the present invention, and can be selected from known sheet type of camera work and aggretion type supporter.Sheet type comprises common paper, cast-coated paper, polyethylene coated paper and polypropylene coated paper.The polymeric support body comprise cellulose acetate propionate or cellulose acetate-butyrate, polyester for example PET and PEN, polyamide, Merlon, polyimides, polyolefin, gather (vinyl acetal), polyethers and polysulfonamide.The present invention can with other instance of high-quality polymeric support body comprise opaque and white polyester and PET and the polyacrylic blend of extruding.Polyester film supporter and especially PET since their outstanding dimensional stabilitys from but preferred.When this polyester is used as support body material, can adopt adhering layer (subbing layer) to improve of the combination of receiving layer structure to this supporter.Available for this purpose adhering layer be the camera work known and comprise the polymer of vinylidene chloride such as vinylidene chloride/acrylonitrile/acrylic acid ter-polymers or vinylidene chloride/methyl acrylate/itaconic acid ter-polymers for example.

The 30 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention; Said rigid sheet or supporter are polyvinyl chloride, Merlon or polyester; PET for example, polyvinyl chloride, Merlon or polyester wherein painted or that become white are preferred.

The 31 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, said rigid sheet or supporter are polyvinyl chloride, Merlon or the polyester of opacification.

The method of manufacturing information precursor carrier

Many aspects of the present invention also through being used to make the method realization of above-mentioned information carrier precursor, said method comprising the steps of: optional at least one layer that applies provides outmost surface thus to rigid sheet or supporter; At least one apply in the step as continuously or discontinuity layer or block letter apply the receiving layer structure to the outmost surface of rigid sheet or supporter or optional at least one layer that applies, at least a can the realization is provided at least one of said composition receiving layer and said at least one optional layer that applies and rigid sheet that contacts with the diffusion of said receiving layer structure or supporter with the material that produces functional thing class with being effective to interact with at least a thing class original position that diffuses through said receiving layer structure.

Aspect of the present invention also realizes through the method that is used for the manufacturing information precursor carrier of claim 2, said method comprising the steps of: to rigid sheet or optional at least one layer that applies of supporter, outmost surface is provided thus; And at least one apply in the step as continuously or discontinuity layer or block letter apply the receiving layer structure to the outmost surface of rigid sheet or supporter or optional at least one layer that applies, at least a mordant and/or the component that can catalysis property thing class forms and/or can be provided in said composition receiving layer with the thing class that functional thing class precursor produces functional thing class and at least one of said at least one optional layer that applies and rigid sheet that contacts with the diffusion of said receiving layer structure or supporter in.

First embodiment of the method for said information carrier precursor constructed in accordance, said method also comprise transparence base lacquer through penetrate into according to pattern that said at least one opaque porous layer carries out according to pattern transparence and optional step of solidifying the transparence base lacquer of infiltration subsequently.

Second embodiment of the method for said information carrier precursor constructed in accordance; Said method also comprise transparence base lacquer through penetrate into according to pattern that said at least one opaque porous layer carries out according to pattern transparence and optional step of solidifying the transparence base lacquer of infiltration subsequently, the transparence base lacquer of said infiltration also comprises functional components such as fluorescence, phosphorescent compound or fiber.

The 3rd embodiment of the method for said information carrier precursor constructed in accordance, said method comprise that also nontransparentization base coats with lacquer through penetrate into the basic step of coating with lacquer of nontransparentization according to pattern transparence and the optional infiltration of curing subsequently that said at least one opaque porous layer carries out according to pattern.

The 4th embodiment of the method for said information carrier precursor constructed in accordance, at least a portion of said receiving layer structure outmost surface provides the mechanical mechanism that prevents to diffuse into said receiving layer structure.

The 5th embodiment of the method for said information carrier precursor constructed in accordance, said method also comprises the step that applies the diffusion suppressing agent according to pattern.

The 6th embodiment of the method for said information carrier precursor constructed in accordance, said method is further comprising the steps of: make said at least one opaque porous layer transparence with vaporizable liquid; Generation can be through being absorbed ultraviolet ray, visible light or infrared radiation and the interactional at least a material of at least a thing class that diffuses through said receiving layer structure by the precursor class; And, recover the initial opacity of said receiving layer structure thus from the said vaporizable liquid of said receiving layer structure evaporation, preferably carry out with laser irradiation.

The 7th embodiment of the method for said information carrier precursor constructed in accordance; Said method is further comprising the steps of: through absorbing ultraviolet ray, visible light or infrared radiation by the precursor class; At least a thing class that generation could realize and be effective to and diffuse through said receiving layer structure interacts to produce the said at least a material of said functional thing class; Wherein said receiving layer structure is by the temporary transient transparence of liquid, and preferred said ultraviolet ray, visible light or infrared radiation are laser irradiation.

If use porous silica such as silica gel as the pigment in the receiving layer structure, then following vaporizable liquid is suitable for obtaining interim transparence:

?	Boiling point [℃]	20 ℃ of refractive indexes at the sodium spectral line of 589.3 nanometers
			The 2-butanols	99.5	1.397
N-butyl acetate	126.1	1.394
			Chloroform	61.2	1.4458

Cyclohexane	80.7	1.426
			Pentamethylene	49.3	1.406
Carrene	39.8	1.4241
			1, the 4-dioxane	101	1.4224
Ethylene glycol	198.9	1.4318
			MEK	79.6	1.379
The N-N-methyl-2-2-pyrrolidone N-	202.0	1.488
			Heptane	98.4	1.3878
Isobutanol	107.9	1.396
			Octane	125.7	1.3974
Tetrachloro-ethylene	121.2	1.506
			Oxolane	66	1.4072
Toluene	110.6	1.497
			Trichloro-ethylene	87	1.4767
2,2, the 4-trimethylpentane	99.2	1.391

The 8th embodiment of the method for said information carrier precursor constructed in accordance; Said method also comprises makes said rigid sheet or supporter printed by security printing, for example the character array of guilloche, figure, regular and irregular, geometry and non-geometry or the random configuration that obtains through the printing of rainbow (rainbow) or iris (iris).

The 9th embodiment of the method for said information carrier precursor constructed in accordance, said method also is included in the security feature that non-printing is provided on said rigid sheet or the supporter.

The tenth embodiment of the method for said information carrier precursor constructed in accordance, said method is further comprising the steps of: use conventional printing process as using ink jet printing, electrophotographic printing, electrographic recording printing or heat transfer printing or diffusion transfer reversal process the information group of stored digital to be applied to said rigid sheet or supporter.

The 11 embodiment of the method for said information carrier precursor constructed in accordance, said method also comprise uses conventional coating or printing technology that at least one continuous or discrete layer is applied to said rigid sheet or supporter.

The 12 embodiment of the method for said information carrier precursor constructed in accordance; Said method is further comprising the steps of: use conventional printing process; As use ink jet printing, electrophotographic printing, electrographic recording printing or heat transfer printing to put on said rigid sheet or supporter at least one continuously or discontinuity layer, the information group of stored digital is applied to said rigid sheet or supporter.

The 13 embodiment of the method for said information carrier precursor constructed in accordance, said method also comprise being at least one composition receiving layer that metallic fiber or band in the hardenable compositions is applied to said receiving layer structure.

The 14 embodiment of the method for said information carrier precursor constructed in accordance, said method also comprise the metallic fiber or the band that are in the hardenable compositions are applied to said rigid sheet or supporter.

The method of manufacturing information carrier

Each side of the present invention also realizes that through the method for manufacturing information carrier the method includes the steps of: above-mentioned information carrier precursor (i) is provided; (ii) to the outmost surface of said receiving layer structure according to pattern apply the composition that comprises at least a functional thing class or functional thing class precursor, in said information carrier precursor, to produce pattern; (iii) transparence base lacquer is applied to the subregion at least of the outmost surface of the said receiving layer structure corresponding with the porous part of said at least one opaque porous layer; The part of said at least one the opaque porous layer of transparence (it is opaque and porous, has applied transparence base lacquer to it) at least in part thus; The said transparence base lacquer of (iv) optional curing; If (the part that v) has opaque and porous at the outermost layer of the (iv) back said receiving layer structure of step; Then the outermost said opaque and porous part to said receiving layer structure applies nontransparentization base lacquer, fills the hole that does not apply said those parts of receiving layer structure of transparence base lacquer to it thus; And (the vi) optional basic lacquer of said nontransparentization that solidifies.This method is created in usually visually detectable (being that the people is readable), can use up the functional thing class that detects (promptly readable by suitable light source people) or machine readable (like electric or magnetic property ground machine readable) via fluorescence or phosphorescence through making.

But the single or multiple said thing class that diffuses through said receiving layer structure self is visually detectable (promptly being that the people is readable), can uses up the thing class that detects (promptly readable through the contributor of suitable light source) or machine readable (like electric or magnetic property ground machine readable) via fluorescence or phosphorescence, promptly functional thing class through making.

Perhaps; The thing class self that diffuses through said receiving layer structure by said at least a material catalysis or together with other thing class by said at least a material catalysis; With produce visually can realize (promptly being that the people is readable), can through make use up via fluorescence or phosphorescence detect (promptly readable) or machine readable through the contributor of suitable light source (as electric or magnetic property machine readable) the thing class, promptly functional thing class.

Last alternative is; Diffuse through said receiving layer structure thing class itself or together with other thing class one react with produce visually can realize (promptly being that the people is readable), can through make use up via fluorescence or phosphorescence detect (promptly readable) or machine readable through the contributor of suitable light source (as electric or magnetic property machine readable) the thing class, promptly functional thing class.

Through solidifying, the cohesive force of receiving layer structure and the adhesion between receiver and the supporter greatly improve, and make information carrier become in this way to prevent to distort, and this is because it has become and has extremely tolerated machinery and chemical affect.

The device that is used for ultraviolet curing is well known to a person skilled in the art and is commercially available.For example, curing can be by the middle medium pressure mercury mercury vapo(u)r lamp that has or do not have electrode, or pulsed xenon lamp is implemented.These ultraviolet light sources are equipped with cooling device usually, and equipment and the optional nitrogen inflow of ozone that is used to remove generation is with the product surface deaeration from solidifying during RADIATION PROCESSING.Usually adopt the intensity of the 40-240W/cm in the 200-400 nano spectral district.The instance of commercially available ultraviolet curing device is from Fusion UV Systems Ltd., the DRSE-120 conveyer (conveyor) with VPS/1600 UV lamp (pressing electrodeless mercury-vapor lamp in a kind of ultraviolet ray) of UK.The DRSE-120 conveyer can be with different travelling speeds and different UV power setting with the length operation on the transporting direction of the width of 20cm and 0.8cm.And it can also use with mercuryvapour or the XeCl Excimer lamp that metal halide mixes, and said lamp has its specific ultraviolet emission spectrum separately.This makes the higher free degree of realization in the preparation of hardening composition: use to have the most suitably the lamp of spectral characteristic and can realize more effective curing.The pulse xenon flash lamp can be available from IST Strahlentechnik GmbH, N ü rtingen, Germany.

First embodiment according to the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention; Said method also comprises step from pattern to the outmost surface of said receiving layer structure that use conventional printing process to apply; Preferred non-impact type printing or impact type printing, and preferred especially ink jet printing.

Second embodiment according to the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention; Said method also comprises step from pattern to the outermost opaque and porous part of said receiving layer structure that use conventional printing process to apply; Preferred non-impact type printing or impact type printing, and preferred especially ink jet printing.

The 3rd embodiment according to the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention;, said method is further comprising the steps of: use conventional printing process the information group of stored digital to be applied to the outmost surface of said receiving layer structure as using ink jet printing, electrophotographic printing, electrographic recording printing or heat transfer printing.In most preferred embodiment, this stored digital information is different customized informations for each individual items that exists on the information carrier.For example, this customized information can be a unique exclusive card number of distributing to this card holder in the future, the maybe date of expiry of this card validity, or future holder's personal data, for example date of birth and/or photo.In addition, when this information carrier will be cut into a plurality of ID card, repetition ink jet printing step on supporter and a plurality of zones that security printing pattern (if existence) aligns, thus to each object different customized informations is provided.

According to the 4th embodiment of the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention, said transparentization of permeability base lacquer also comprises functional components such as fluorescence or phosphorescent compound, fluorescence or phosphorescence fiber and compound or compound mixture with the for example fragrant atmosphere of characteristic odour or fragrance.

According to the 5th embodiment of the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention, said method also comprises the step of using non-impact type printing technology pattern to be applied to said receiving layer structure.

According to the 6th embodiment of the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention, said method also comprises the step of using the impact type printing technology pattern to be applied to said receiving layer structure.

According to the 7th embodiment of the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention, hologram is write or put on the surface of rigid sheet or supporter and/or on any layer the surface that comprises in the information carrier, for example the outmost surface of said information carrier.

According to the 8th embodiment of the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention, but embossed layer is put on any layer the surface (the for example outmost surface of said information carrier) that comprises in surface and/or the information carrier of rigid sheet or supporter and subsequently but embossed layer is impressed as hologram.

According to the 9th embodiment of the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention, process black image and said black image develop through the ultraviolet ray irradiation and are relief pattern on the outmost surface of said receiving layer structure.

According to the tenth embodiment of the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention, will be in the outmost surface that metallic fiber or band in the hardenable compositions are applied to said receiving layer structure.

The 11 embodiment according to the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention; Pattern or metal core or heavy metal sulfide are applied to and patterned below near the receiving layer structured surface adjacency of said rigid sheet or supporter, and through using the silver salt diffusion transfer under said patterned, to obtain silver layer in the method (randomly method for imaging) of the discontinuous silver layer of generation on the nucleating layer.

When information carrier is represented will be cut into a plurality of identification card after a while, on a plurality of zones of the volume width of cloth or sheet material, apply security printing through step and repeat process repeatedly, produce a plurality of identical objects thus.These a plurality of same object distribute on supporter according to fixed pattern such as rectangular mesh.In addition, on a plurality of zones of the information carrier that aligns with the said a plurality of different objects that existed, repeat applying and solidifying of varnish, said a plurality of different objects are made up of optional security printing and customized information.

Can realize opaque background through the base lacquer of selecting to penetrate into said receiving layer structure, but the refractive index of said base lacquer differs greatly with the refractive index of pigment, so that it can not make said receiving layer construct to become transparent.

Keeping the opaque other type of background is through can penetrate into said receiving layer structure basically at it before, to solidify said basic coating compositions.Varnish is opposite with the permeability behavior of base lacquer with respect to first embodiment.The behavior is also through viscosity and/or affinity and/or time of penetration control.

Ink jet printing

If in the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention, use ink jet printing, then it can be realized through any known technology known in the art.In first kind method, through the continuous drop logistics of the ripple pattern generating of exerting pressure.This method is called as continuous ink jet printing.In the first embodiment, said drop logistics is divided into the static electrification electric charge, deflection and drop that reclaim, and keeps uncharged, continues their route and undeflected drop, and forms image.Perhaps, said charged deflection logistics forms said image and the collection again of said uncharged not deflected jet quilt.In this variant of continuous ink jet printing, some jet deflection different extent also write down said image (many deflection systems) thus.

According to second ink ejecting method; Can " according to demand " produce ink droplets (" DOD " or " need based jet " method); Printing equipment has only ability liquid droplets when they are used on receiver, forming images thus, thus the complicated state of avoiding liquid droplet charged, deflection hardware device and ink to collect again.In need based jet, the pressure wave that ink droplets can move generation by means of the machinery through PZT (piezoelectric transducer) forms (so-called " piezoelectric approach "), or by means of discrete pick moving (so-called " bubbling injection " method or " thermojet " method).

The composition for ink that is used for ink-jet generally includes following composition: dyestuff or pigment, water and/or organic solvent, NMF be glycol, cleaning agent, thickener, polymer adhesive, anticorrisive agent or the like for example.Be understood that easily the best of this ink is formed the character of the ink ejecting method that depends on use and substrate to be printed.Said composition for ink roughly can be divided into:

-water base: drying mechanism comprises absorption, infiltration and evaporation;

-oil base: drying comprises absorption and infiltration;

-solvent based: drying mechanism mainly comprises evaporation;

-heat fusing or phase transformation: ink carrier is liquid in the ejection temperature but is solid in room temperature; Dry alternative by solidifying;

-UV-curable: dry alternative by photo polymerization.

The colouring agent that exists in the ink-jet ink can be a dyestuff; It is dissolved in ink fluid with molecular water level land (molecularly); For example be combined in ink by cationic mordant and receive the acid dyes in the body, perhaps they can be the pigment that is finely dispersed in the ink fluid.

Transparence base coating compositions

Basically permeating said at least one opaque porous layer by the base lacquer can be through time of penetration and/or the affinity and/or the viscosity realization of control combination thing.The viscosity of regulating transparence base coating compositions is to guarantee rapid osmotic and fast transparentization thus.

According to the 12 embodiment of the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention, said base lacquer is curable base lacquer, but for example heat-setting electronic beam curing or photopolymerization.

According to the 13 embodiment of the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention, the base lacquer that said base lacquer is a radiation-hardenable.

According to the 14 embodiment of the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention, the base lacquer that said base lacquer is photopolymerization.

The transparence method depends on the refractive index coupling as far as possible closely each other of the base lacquer of pigment and infiltration receiving layer structure.Said refractive index is mated approachingly more, then will after by base lacquer infiltration receiving layer structure, obtain good more transparency.Therefore, the base selection of painting branch must be satisfied this requirement.Other constraints that base lacquer is formed depends on that whether this base lacquer need be curable and if curable selected what kind of curing.

According to the 15 embodiment of the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention, the refractive index of the refractive index of said pigment and said transparence base lacquer differs and is no more than 0.1.

According to the 16 embodiment of the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention, the refractive index of the refractive index of said pigment and said transparence base lacquer differs and is no more than 0.04.

According to the 17 embodiment of the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention, the refractive index of the refractive index of said pigment and said transparence base lacquer differs and is no more than 0.02.

The refractive index of representative polymer is following:

?	589.3 the refractive index of the sodium spectral line of nanometers [ASTM D642]
		Polystyrene	1.57-1.60
Gather-Alpha-Methyl-styrene	1.610
		Gather-4-methyl-styrene	-
Gather-α-vinyl-naphthalene	1.6818
		Polyacrylonitrile	1.514，1.5187
Polymethacrylonitrile	1.520
		Polymethyl methacrylate	1.49，1.4893
Polyacrylamide	-
		Acrylonitrile and cinnamic copolymer	1.56-1.57，1.57
The cinnamic copolymer of 28.5wt% acrylonitrile and 71.5wt%	1.56-1.57，1.57

One of neccessary composition of curable base lacquer is at least a monomer.At curable base lacquer is under the situation of photopolymerization base lacquer, and this base lacquer also will comprise at least a light trigger.

Be generally 1.47-1.49 and therefore use this based composition the matched well with the refractive index of the SIPERNAT 570 of the refractive index with 145-1.47 will be provided based on the refractive index of the curable base lacquer of acrylic acid ester and methacrylate, and therefore obtain good transparency as basic lacquer of the present invention.

The 32 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, the refractive index of the refractive index of said pigment and said transparence base lacquer differs and is less than 0.1.

The 33 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, the refractive index of the refractive index of said pigment and said transparence base lacquer differs and is less than 0.04.

The 34 embodiment of information carrier precursor according to the present invention, the refractive index of the refractive index of said pigment and said transparence base lacquer differs and is less than 0.02.

The suitable monomer that is used for curable base lacquer comprises disclosed monomer among DE-OS4005231, DE-OS3516256, DE-OS3516257, DE-OS3632657 and the US 4,629,676, the beta-unsaturated esters of polyalcohol; This type of ester of alpha-methylene carboxylic acid particularly, diacrylate second diester for example, three (methyl) acrylic acid glyceride, two (methyl) acrylic acid diethylene glycol (DEG) ester; Two (methyl) acrylic acid 1, ammediol ester, three (methyl) acrylic acid 1,2; 4-butantriol ester, two (methyl) acrylic acid 1,4-cyclohexanediol ester; Two (methyl) acrylic acid 1,4-benzenediol ester, four (methyl) acrylic acid pentaerythritol ester; Pentaerythritol triacrylate, five acrylic acid dipentaerythritol ester, trimethylolpropane triacrylate; Two (methyl) acrylic acid 1,5-pentadiol ester, molecular weight are the double methacrylate and the double methyl methacrylate of the polyethylene glycol of 200-500; Unsaturated amides, the especially unsaturated amides of alpha-methylene carboxylic acid, and α especially; Those of ω-diamines that ω-diamines and oxygen insert, bisacrylamide for example, di-2-ethylhexylphosphine oxide-Methacrylamide; 1,6-hexylidene bisacrylamide, diethylenetriamines trimethyl acrylamide; Two (γ-methacrylamido propoxyl group) ethane, Beta-methyl acryloyl-acylamino-ethyl-methyl acrylic acid ester, N-(beta-hydroxy ethyl)-β-(methacrylamido) ethyl acrylate; And N, two (Beta-methyl acryloyl group-oxygen base ethyl) acrylamides of N-; Vinyl esters, butanedioic acid divinyl ester for example, adipic acid divinyl ester, phthalic acid divinyl ester, butane-1,4-disulfonic acid divinyl ester; And unsaturated aldehyde, for example sorbaldehyde (hexandial).

Curable basic lacquer can also comprise polymer and/or the oligomer that comprises two or more different polymerizable functional groups, for example the epoxy material class of acrylated, polyester acrylate, urethanes acrylic acid ester or the like.

Also can be to using simple function property (methyl) acrylic acid ester as monomer, condition is that they are not that too (to) is volatile and can not propagate the smell of not expecting.Suitable compound comprises acrylic acid n-octyl ester, decyl acrylate, decyl-octyl methacrylate, stearyl acrylate base ester, methacrylic acid stearyl, cyclohexyl acrylate, cyclohexyl methacrylate, phenylethyl, methacrylic acid phenethyl ester.Acrylate-functional groups that most preferred comprises one or more (methyl).

The preferred monomers that is used for the photopolymerisable compositions of UV-curable has at least one (methyl) acrylate-functional groups, for example those disclosed among the EP-A 0502562.

The non exhaustive tabulation of monomer that comprises the said transparence curable compositions that uses in the method that is applicable to manufacturing information carrier of the present invention of commercially available compound (chemistry and trade name) is following:

Monomer/oligomer:

(chemical name; Type, supplier)

-pentaerythritol triacrylate; SR-444 (Sartomer)

-trimethylolpropane triacrylate; SR-351 (Sartomer)

-dipropylene glycol diacrylate; SR-508 (Sartomer)

The polyoxyalkylene acrylate ester oligomer of-amine modification; CN-501 (Sartomer)

-isobornyl acrylate; SR-506 (Sartomer)

-diethylene glycol divinyl ether; RAPI-CURE DVE-2 (ISP)

-triethylene glycol divinyl ether; RAPI-CURE DVE-3 (ISP)

-with the urethanes acrylic acid ester of 2 (2-ethoxy ethoxy) ethyl propylene acid esters (SR-256) blend; CN-966H90 (Sartomer)

-polybutadiene dimethylacrylate; CN-301 (Sartomer)

-low viscosity oligomer; CN-135 (Sartomer)

-low viscosity oligomer; CN-137 (Sartomer)

Can use the compound of multiple photopolymerization and photocrosslinking in the present invention.Suitable light trigger comprises all compounds or the compound combination that becomes known for this purpose.Instance is benzoin ether, benzil ketal, encircle quinone, benzophenone derivates, triarylimidazoles base dimer, light activated trihalomethyl group compound, for example trichloromethyl-s-triazine more.Preferred light trigger is like US-A 3,765, and 898 is disclosed 2,3-diaryl quinoxaline, and 2-aryl-4, the two trichloromethyls of 6--s-triazine.The amount of light trigger or light trigger combination is generally the 1-25% weight and the preferred 5-15% weight of photopolymerisable compositions.

The non exhaustive tabulation that comprises light trigger commercially available compound (chemistry and trade name), that be applicable to the transparence curable compositions that uses in the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention and thermal initiator is following:

Light trigger:

-IRGACURE 907 (from Ciba-Geigy Co.)

-NOVOPOL PI3000 (from Rahn Co.)

-GENOCURE DEAP (from Rahn Co.)

-IRGACURE 184 (from Ciba-Geigy Co.)

-EZACURE KK (from Fratelli Lamberti Co.)

-IRGACURE500 (from Ciba-Geigy Co.)

-IRGACURE819 (from Ciba-Geigy Co.)

Thermal initiator:

AIBN-dicumyl peroxide-benzoyl peroxide-tert-butyl peroxide-VAZO compound (from DuPont Co.), VAZO 52-LUPEROX (from Atofina Co.) for example, for example 233,10,11,231,101 ,-hydroperoxides, and perester.

The base lacquer of photopolymerization also can comprise more a spot of (a minor amount of) thermal polymerization inhibitor to prevent UV curing schedule premature polymerization before.The instance of this type of inhibitor comprises p methoxy phenol, quinhydrones, and aryl-or the substituted quinhydrones of alkyl, tert-butyl catechol, 1,2,3,-thrihydroxy-benzene, copper chloride (I), phenthazine, chloranil, naphthylamines, alpha-Naphthol, 2,6-di-t-butyl-paracresol, or the like.Preferred polymerization inhibitor is the 2-methylnaphthohydroquinone.Thermal polymerization inhibitor preferably uses with the amount of per 100 parts of monomer 0.001-5 weight portions.

Curable basic lacquer can be chosen wantonly and comprise a spot of organic solvent, for example ethyl acetate.Be applicable to that the appropriate solvent in the said transparence curable compositions that uses in the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention comprises following commercially available compound (chemistry and trade name).

According to the 18 embodiment of the method for manufacturing information carrier of the present invention, said base lacquer also comprises at least a fluorescent chemicals, brightening agent or colouring agent such as dyestuff or pigment.

The basic coating compositions of nontransparentization

Producing at least, the basic coating compositions of nontransparentization of the opaque background of part also can penetrate at least one opaque porous layer; But will have the refractive index very different with the refractive index of said pigment; So that it can not play up the receiving layer structure; Promptly than high or low 0.12 unit that obviously surpasses of the refractive index of the pigment that uses in the said receiving layer structure; For example through using VCz or α-vinyl-naphthalene as unique or comonomer (PVK with gather-α-vinyl-naphthalene has 1.695 and 1.6818 refractive index respectively), high or low 0.13 unit that surpasses of refractive index of the pigment that uses in preferably constructing than said receiving layer.

The refractive index of the curable base lacquer of styrene-based is typically about 1.60 and therefore use this based composition as basic lacquer of the present invention matched well with the refractive index of the SIPERNAT 570 of the refractive index with 1.45-1.47 will be provided, and does not therefore obtain the transparency.Can use to have even the base lacquer of high index of refraction more, for example comprise that the N-VCz is as those of comonomer.Perhaps, use refractive index as 1.47-1.49 to comprise Woelm Alumina pigment such as refractive index based on the base of acrylate/methacrylate lacquer and receiving layer structure be that 1.6 MARTINOXGL-1 also guarantees not obtain the transparency.

Information carrier

According to first embodiment of information carrier of the present invention, said information carrier is the identification card that is selected from identity card, safety card, driving license card, social security card, member card, time registration card, bank card, Payment Card, credit card and pages of passports.

According to second embodiment of information carrier according to the invention, said information carrier provides printed patterns or image, the pattern or the image of preferred hectograph, silk screen, gentle version, anhydrous hectograph or ink jet printing, the pattern or the image of preferred especially ink jet printing.

The ID card of most of types has the modular size of 85.6 millimeters x54.0 millimeter x0.76 millimeters now.This final thickness can pass through the one or more polymer of heat lamination, and for example the PVC paper tinsel reaches.The ID card of processing can serve as identity card, safety card, driving license card, social security card, health card, member card, time registration card, bank card, Payment Card and credit card or the like.

Except that aforesaid characteristic, the ID card of processing also can comprise additional safety element or information carrier, for example hologram, magnetic stripe or chip (" smart card ").

According to the 3rd embodiment of information carrier according to the invention, said information carrier is the form of flexible sheet material, for example any page or leaf of classified document, passport or have the pages of passports of holder's individuation data.

According to the 4th embodiment of information carrier according to the invention, said information carrier is a license file, for example visa, admission ticket and lottery ticket that certain is movable.

The present invention will illustrate through following examples now but not be limited.Percentage that these embodiment provide and ratio are for by weight, unless otherwise.

Embodiment

Adhering layer (subbing layer):

The coating solution that is used for adhering layer No.01 has following composition and with 130m ²/ l coating:

88% vinylidene chloride, the copolymer of 10% methyl acrylate and 2% itaconic acid	68.8 gram
		kieselsol TM100F is from the colloidal silica of BAYER	16.7 gram
Mersolat TMH is from the surfactant of BAYER	0.36g
		Ultravon TMW is from the surfactant of Ciba-Geigy	1.68g
Water is to reach	1000g

The coating solution that is used for adhering layer No.02 has following composition and with 30m ²/ l coating:

Gelatin	11.4 gram
		kieselsol TM100F-30 is from the colloidal silica of BAYER	10.08g
Ultravon TMW is from the surfactant of Ciba-Geigy	0.4g
		Arkopal TM, from the surfactant of CLARIANT	0.2g
Hexylene glycol	0.67g
		Trimethylolpropane	0.33g
The copolymer of 74% maleic acid, 25% styrene and 1% methyl methacrylate	0.03g
		Water is to reach	1000g

Gelatin layer:

The coating solution that is used for gelatin layer No.01 has following composition and with 35m ²/ l coating:

Gelatin	?40g
		Hostapon TMT is from the surfactant of CLARIANT	?1g
Formaldehyde (4%)	?40g
		Water is to reach	?1000g

The physical development layer:

The coating solution that is used for physical development No.01 has following composition and by 20 microns Braive painting cloth-knifes coatings:

Palladium sulfide physical development nuclei dispersion	?200g
		Zonyl TMFSO-100 is from the surfactant of DUPONT	?0.5g
Water is to reach	?1000g

The preparation of palladium sulfide physical development nuclei is described among the embodiment of EP-A 0769723, and it incorporates this paper by reference into.According to this embodiment, use solution A 1, B1 and C1 to prepare the nuclear dispersion of concentration as 0.0038mol/l.

Receiver media:

Receiver media nr	?
		1	125 microns PET with adhesion promoting layer No.01, adhering layer No.02 and physical development layer No.01
2	125 microns PET with adhesion promoting layer No.01, adhering layer No.02, gelatin layer No.01 and physical development layer No.01
		3	PET-SAN with physical development layer No.01
4	Laminated material with 63 microns PET of 30 microns PETG has physical development layer No.01 on the said PETG side

The embodiment of the invention 1

Will be with 100 micron thick sheet materials of the transparent PET of adhering layer 1 adhesion with adhering layer No.1 coating and subsequently by having the given porous receiving layer dispersion coating of forming in the table 1:

Table 1: the composition of porous receiving layer solution.

Syloid TMW300 is from the colloidal silica of GRACE GMBH	75.6g
		Poval PVA R3109 is from the silanol modified polyethylene alcohol of KURARAY CO.	2.3g
Catfloc TMT2 is from the cationic polyelectrolyte of CALGONEUROPE	5.6g
		Bronidox TMK is from the biocide (5% solution in the ethanol) of HENKEL	0.3g
Citric acid	0.3g
		Polysol TMEVAP-550,50% water-based emulsion of ethane-acetic acid ethyenyl ester-vinyl versatate ester copolymer is from SHOWA HIGH POLYMER CO.	100g
Aerosol TMOT is from the surfactant of CYTEC	1.5g
		Tergitol TM4, from the surfactant of UNION CARBIDE	1g
Water is to reach	1000g

Use 100 micro wires rods (wirebar) then 50 ℃ of dryings; Produce bed thickness and be 22 microns and be 0.19 opaque porous layer by the optical density that MacBeth RB918-SB opacimeter is measured, said opacimeter has the visible light filter and has the density that is arranged under the transparent PET supporter is 1.35 black paperboard sheets.Through the white background below transparent PET supporter; 0.06 optical density by the visible light filter is measured is represented certain transparency, but said " opaque " porous layer is because 97% the high turbidity by measuring according to ASTM D 1003 from the Haze-Gard Plus device of BYK-GARDNER of this layer provides the nontransparent film of white.

Is that above-described opaque porous layer is acceptable and the very big reduction of optical density can not occur by liquid implementation model experiment to measure what kind of refractive index difference.The result provides in table 2 together with the optical density that obtains through transparence, and the given base lacquer of forming carries out wherein said transparence in the following table 3 by having:

Table 2:

Liquid	20 ℃ of refractive indexes at the sodium spectral line of 589.3 nanometers	In optical density (visible light filter/black background) by " opaque " porous layer after the said wetted
			Deionized water	1.3325	0.70
MEK	1.379	1.13
			Carrene	1.4241	1.26
Toluene	1.497	1.37
			The base lacquer provides in table 3	?	1.40

Based on the optical density that is realized by the base lacquer that provides in the table 3, the refractive index value that extrapolation provides pigment in the opaque porous layer is about 1.52.

Also the solution of various surfactants is put on above-mentioned opaque porous layer and in cabinet drier after the drying, the opaque porous layer that has applied surfactant solution is coated with by 50 micro wire rods partly with the base lacquer that provides in the following table 3 outward.Under the same conditions, the above-mentioned opaque porous layer of the outer coating of this base of use lacquer that does not apply surfactant solution provide the optical density of measuring as stated be 1.40 and turbidity be 6% layer.

Table 3: the transparent base lacquer of UV-curable

Isobornyl acrylate	416.2g
		Actilane TM411, from the monofunctional acrylate diluent of AKZO NOBEL	247.7g
Ebecryl TM1039, from the urethanes mono acrylic ester of UCB CHEMICALS	178.4g
		Ebecryl TM11, from the ethylene glycol diacrylate that gathers of UCB CHEMICALS	99.1g
Irgacure TM500, from the light trigger of CIBA-GEIGY	49.6g
		Perenol TMSKonz (in ethyl acetate 50%) is from the surfactant of HENKEL	9g

Use following standard visually to evaluate the gained transparence:

Assessment	?
		0	Wetting areas is transparent fully
1	Very slightly opaque of wetting areas
		2	Wetting areas is quite opaque
3	Wetting areas is opaque mediumly
		4	Wetting areas is almost completely opaque
5	Wetting areas is opaque fully

The result provides in table 4:

Table 4:

These results can only regard the qualitative indication of diffusion suppressing character as, because experiment was not both included particle in consideration by the significant degree that surfactant covers, also do not consider the purity of said surfactant.Only when using INHIBITOR 104 (2-sulfo-cetyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonate sodium), observe opacity completely.Discovery demonstrates diffusion suppressing property from least one member of cationic, anionic and nonionic surface active agent.The existence of finding chain alkyl, thiazolinyl and fluoro-alkyl is useful, yet significantly exception is that INHIBITOR 03 (having the nonionic surface active agent that gathers (alkylene oxide) group) does not demonstrate diffusion suppressing property.

The diffusion suppressing character that multiple concentration of aqueous solution through applying water and INHIBITOR 104 (2-sulfo-cetyl, 3-sulfo group butyl-benzimidazole-6-sulfonate sodium) or hydrous ethanol solution and the amount that is applied to above-mentioned opaque porous layer surface of changing are come quantitative study INHIBITOR 104.After dry 30 minutes, with 50 micro wires rod, the outer coating of the base that provides in the table 3 by the embodiment of the invention 1 lacquer has applied the opaque porous layer part of surfactant solution to it under environmental condition.

For each surfactant, measure applied the viewed optical density of opaque porous layer part of surfactant to it by the black paperboard sheets under the transparent PET supporter.

Infiltration of said base lacquer and UV solidify the observable amount of passing through the liquid that applies according to the liquid that applies with as far as some liquid in back and are changing aspect the size.In some experiments (comprising those), observe Halo effect with opaque outer shroud and clear central with water.The spot size that is used for densimeter measurement is 4 millimeters, and they are little a lot of unlike some points that under the situation of the point with halo, cause unusual OD value.

High OD value is represented the transparence of height, because it is the combination of optical density with the optical density of the PET supporter of measuring of black paperboard sheets.Low OD value is represented low transparence, because it is the optical density of the opaque porous receiving layer measured.The result is summarized in the following table 5, wherein value or value/cm ²In bracket.

Table 5:

Result in the table 5 shows that the water of 1 microlitre, 2 microlitres and 5 microlitres does not provide the inhibition to diaphanisation process, and the water of 10 microlitres is enough to provide the part to diaphanisation process to suppress.

Result in the table 5 clearly illustrates that for same amount INHIBITOR 104, the existence of ethanol has reduced the inhibition influence of INHIBITOR 104 in the mounting medium.The chances are for this owing to the preferential adsorption with respect to water and INHIBITOR 104 ethanol causes.As if do not having under the situation of ethanol, effectively suppressing needs 10 ^-3-2x10 ^-3G/cm ²Deposition.The turbidity of this layer is measured as 98% as stated.

Through applying ... the later different time of 10% aqueous solution of microliters of water or 10 microlitre INHIBITOR 104 is with the transparence base coating compositions of the UV-curable that provides in the 50 micro wires rod coating table 2; And, study the durability of this inhibitor by the mensuration of the black paperboard sheets under transparent PET supporter optical density.The result provides in table 6, wherein value or value/cm ²Be provided in the bracket.

Table 6:

These results show that water do not observe transparence until through surpassing 5 minutes, promptly evaporate until water, and promptly water has suppressed diaphanisation process.On the other hand, with 10% aqueous solution of INHIBITOR 104, use said base lacquer even at 10% aqueous solution that applies said INHIBITOR 104 with apply and also diaphanisation process is not had remarkable influence after postponing 10 minutes between the said transparence base lacquer.This clearly illustrates, the depression effect of INHIBITOR 104 is nonvolatil and depression effect water is interim.

Then, use the ink jet image that produces through Epson Photostylus R800 ink-jet printer to study the diffusion suppressing influence that 104 pairs of ink jet images of INHIBITOR possibly exist with pigmented water-base ink.Above-mentioned opaque porous layer at first is infected with 10% aqueous solution of (spotted) INHIBITOR 104, and is dry and subsequently at zone that INHIBITOR 104 handled and not process yellow, fuchsin, cyan and black region on INHIBITOR 104 zone of handling.Through Macbeth RD918SB reflection-densitometer, use visible blueness, green and Red lightscreening plate by the black paper sheets measuring light density under the transparent supporting body of said opaque porous layer.The result is summarised in the following table 7:

Table 7:

Result in the table 7 clearly illustrates, handles that with INHIBITOR 104 optical density is improved up to 0.86, shows that diffusing into said opaque porous layer is suppressed by the existence of INHIBITOR 104.

Use 50 micro wires rod then, by the transparence base lacquer coating ink jet image that provides in the table 3.Through Macbeth RD918SB reflection-densitometer, use visible blueness, green and Red lightscreening plate by the black paper sheets measuring light density under the transparent supporting body of said opaque porous layer.The result is summarised in the following table 8:

Table 8:

By INHIBITOR 104 preliminary treatment, keep fully opaque by the zone of coloured image ink-jet later at the cover layer that UV-curable is provided subsequently, yet not by INHIBITOR 104 pretreated zones by transparence fully.

The embodiment of the invention 2 and 3

On receiver media nr.2 and 4, pass through with nickel pad (from the DIFTONE of AVANTONEOY) at 110 ℃; Utilize Interlock Cardjet laminating machine, 200 ℃ temperature set pressure with 1000kg be set in by the side of the receiver media of physical development layer No.1 coating on hot padding generation diffraction pattern.

Use 100 micro wires rod then; With the diffraction pattern on the porous receiving layer solution coat receiver media nr.2 and 4 with given composition in the table 1 of the embodiment of the invention 1, and said layer 50 ℃ of dryings so that the information carrier precursor of the embodiment of the invention 2 and 3 to be provided.Because said opaque layer, diffraction pattern are no longer visible.

Shift emulsion layer NPC6 (from AGFA-GEVAERT through making ^TMThe Copyproof negative film) be configured in 25 ℃ with the receiving layer of the embodiment of the invention 2 and 3 information carrier precursor and contact 1 minute, use AGFA-GEVAERT ^TMThe CP297 developer solution is deposited on silver layer on the physical development layer No.1 receiver media nr.1 via diffusion transfer reversal (DTR) method, subsequently drying at room temperature.

Use the said porous receiving layer of the outer coating of transparent base lacquer of UV-curable given in the table 3 like the embodiment of the invention 1 then.Apply said base lacquer with 50 micro wire rods.Apply said solution after about two minutes, implement to solidify by the DRSE-120 conveyer with VPS/1600UV lamp (speed 20m/min, 50%UV power setting).In order to obtain to solidify completely, essential through three times.Because the infiltration fully of UV base lacquer in the ink receiving layer, this ink receiving layer becomes transparent fully so that diffraction pattern below becomes high-visible.

At last, apply Scotchgard with 10 micro wire rods ^TMPhototool Protector (from 3M) also solidifies by means of the DRSE-120 conveyer with VPS/1600UV lamp (speed 20m/min, 100%UV power setting, single pass).

The embodiment of the invention 4

At first prepare dispersion A through mixing following composition:

SIPERNAT 570, from the porous silica of Degussa	＝	18.70g
			POVAL R-3109 is from the silanol modified polyethylene alcohol of Kuraray	＝	2.70g
Cat Floc T2: intermediate molecular weight is gathered (diallyl dimethyl-ammonium chloride), from the cationic polyelectrolyte of Calgon Europe N.V., and for comprising the aqueous solution of about 33% living polymer and about 11% glycerine,	＝	1.70g
			5% solution of biocide	＝	0.03g
10% solution of citric acid	＝	0.03g
			Deionized water	＝	55.14g

Use this dispersion to prepare following receiving layer preparaton then:

The reception body preparaton of preparation is coated on the opaque PET supporter (100 microns of thickness) that provides adhering layer No.1.

After the drying, with gained information carrier precursor with like US 4,496, described in 645 in advance according to the photography of image exposure with dye diffusion material for transfer [Agisscolor Negative ^TMMaterial (form: A4) (Agfa-Gevaert N.V.)] contact processing.

Make this Agisscolor Negative ^TM(form: A4) (Agfa-Gevaert N.V.) and information carrier precursor are by G830b for material ^TMThe Copyproof CP38 that (Agfa-Gevaert N.V.) activator solution is filled ^TMContact in (Agfa-Gevaert N.V.) device.After about 1 minute time of contact, with said information carrier precursor from said Agisscolor Negative ^TMMaterial is peeled off, flushing 10 seconds and dry in water.

Use Macbeth ^TMRD918SB opacimeter measuring light density.The result provides in table 9 together with the optical filter that uses in measuring, and in bracket, is given under identical imaging and the processing conditions optical density to the dye diffusion image of the AgisscolorPositive of rule.

Table 9: the dye diffusion transition diagram is as the optical density of colorant

Except above-described dye diffusion shifts (DDT) image, also use EpsonStylus Color 900 ink jet printing heads on the reception body of this DDT-imaging, to set up second image.For the sake of completeness, in table 10, provide with Macbeth with the optical filter that in these are measured, uses ^TMThe optical density of this ink jet image that the RD918SB opacimeter is measured.

Table 10: the optical density of ink jet printing image

It is obviously greatly different with the AgisscolorPositive reception body of rule that the ink-jet that comprises the mordant polymer receives the color balance of the DDT image in the body.

Described the present invention in detail, it will be apparent for a person skilled in the art that now not deviating under the situation of liking the scope of the invention that claim limits enclosed to produce multiple modification.

Claims (17)

1. information carrier precursor, it comprises: rigid sheet or supporter; The receiving layer structure that comprises at least one layer; With at least a material; It is chosen wantonly and provides according to pattern; At least a thing class original position that can realize and be effective to and diffuse through said receiving layer structure interacts to produce functional thing class; At least one layer of wherein said receiving layer structure is that base lacquer infiltration opaque and porous, outmost surface that can be through being provided in said receiving layer structure becomes substantial transparent and comprises at least a pigment and at least a adhesive

Be characterised in that said at least one layer opaque and porous also comprises the diffusion suppressing agent of the formula (I) that applies according to pattern:

Wherein M is a hydrogen, alkali metal atom or ammonium group; R ¹Be alkyl, thiazolinyl-, alkynyl-, alkylthio-, sulfo-thiazolinyl-or sulfo-alkynyl-group, wherein said alkyl-, thiazolinyl-or alkynyl-group have 6-25 carbon atom; X is-O-,-S-or-N (R ²)-; And R ²Be hydrogen,

-(CH ₂) _mSO ₃The M group or

Group; And m is the integer of 1-5.

2. information carrier precursor according to claim 1, wherein R ¹Be dodecyl, tridecyl, myristyl, pentadecyl, cetyl, heptadecyl or octadecyl.

3. information carrier precursor according to claim 1, wherein R ¹Be dodecyl, tridecyl, myristyl, pentadecyl, cetyl, heptadecyl or octadecyl and R ²Be-(CH ₂) _mSO ₃The M group.

4. information carrier precursor according to claim 1, the wherein said diffusion suppressing agent that applies according to pattern is 2-alkyl-benzimidazole-sulfoacid compound or 2-alkylthio-benzimidazole-sulfoacid compound.

5. information carrier precursor according to claim 1; At least a thing class original position that wherein can realize and be effective to and diffuse through said receiving layer structure interacts to produce the said at least a material of functional thing class, can realize and be effective to combining with at least a thing class that diffuses through said receiving layer structure and/or can realizing and be effective at least a thing class reaction that catalysis diffuses through at least a thing class of said receiving layer structure and/or can realize and be effective to and diffuse through said receiving layer structure.

6. information carrier precursor according to claim 1, wherein said at least one opaque porous layer also comprises at least a latex, and wherein total pigment is 1.2-6.5 with the weight ratio of total latex.

7. information carrier precursor according to claim 1, the wherein said at least a material that can realize and be effective to combine with at least a thing class that diffuses through said receiving layer structure be can with the mordant that combines through the image-forming dye that spreads to its conveying.

8. information carrier precursor according to claim 1, the refractive index of the refractive index of wherein said pigment and said base lacquer differs and is no more than 0.1.

9. information carrier precursor according to claim 1, wherein said rigid sheet or supporter are printed by security printing in advance.

10. information carrier precursor according to claim 1, wherein said pigment is silica.

11. information carrier precursor according to claim 1; The wherein said at least a material that can realize and be effective to reacting with at least a thing class that diffuses through said receiving layer structure is the component that can produce functional thing class with the precursor of functional thing class, and it is metal or the metal sulfide center that is formed by the metal development from metal complex.

12. information carrier precursor according to claim 1; The wherein said at least a material that can realize and be effective to reacting with at least a thing class that diffuses through said receiving layer structure is the component that can produce functional thing class with the precursor of functional thing class; It is a coupling agent, this coupling agent through be created in the systemic thing class of visible spectrum with the reaction of the developer of oxidation, in systemic thing class of infrared spectrum or shiner class.

13. make the method for the described information carrier precursor of claim 1, said method comprising the steps of: randomly apply at least one layer, outmost surface is provided thus to rigid sheet or supporter; Apply in the step to rigid sheet or supporter or the said outmost surface of choosing at least one layer that applies wantonly at least one; Apply the receiving layer structure as continuous or discontinuity layer or block letter, can realize and be effective to at least a thing class original position that diffuses through said receiving layer structure interact with at least a material that produces functional thing class be provided in composition receiving layer and said at least one optional layer that applies and rigid sheet that contacts with the diffusion of said receiving layer structure or the supporter one of at least in.

14. method according to claim 13, wherein said method also comprises the step that applies the diffusion suppressing agent according to pattern.

15. the method for manufacturing information carrier said method comprising the steps of:

(i) information carrier precursor according to claim 1 is provided;

(ii) to the outmost surface of said receiving layer structure according to pattern apply the composition that comprises at least a functional thing class or functional thing class precursor, in said information carrier precursor, to produce pattern;

(iii) transparence base lacquer is applied to the part at least in outmost surface the corresponding zone of said receiving layer structure with porous part said at least one opaque porous layer, make at least in part thus said at least one opaque porous layer opaque and porous, applied the partially transparentization that the transparence base coats with lacquer to it;

The said transparence base lacquer of (iv) optional curing;

If (the part that v) has opaque and porous at the outermost layer of the (iv) back said receiving layer structure of step; Then said opaque and part porous to this layer applies nontransparentization base lacquer, fills the hole that does not apply said those parts of receiving layer structure of transparence base lacquer to it thus; With

(the vi) optional basic lacquer of said nontransparentization that solidifies.

16. method according to claim 15, wherein said method comprise that also the outermost layer that uses conventional printing process to construct to said receiving layer applies the step of image or pattern, wherein said conventional printing process is ink jet printing.

17. according to claim 15 be used to prepare the information carrier that the method for information carrier obtains, wherein said information carrier is the identification card that is selected from identity card, safety card, driving license card, social security card, member card, time registration card, bank card, Payment Card, credit card and pages of passports.