Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Printable substrates with improved brightness from OBAs in presence of multivalent metal salts
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Application No.: US12640637Application Date: 2009-12-17
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Publication No.: US08445082B2Publication Date: 2013-05-21
- Inventor: Michael F. Koenig
- Applicant: Michael F. Koenig
- Applicant Address: US TN Memphis
- Assignee: International Paper Company
- Current Assignee: International Paper Company
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Memphis
- Agent Thomas W. Barnes, III; Eric W Guttag
- Main IPC: B41M5/00
- IPC: B41M5/00

Abstract:
An article in the form of a paper substrate having a first surface and a second surface; an internal paper sizing agent present in an amount sufficient to impart to the paper substrate an HST value of from about 50 to about 250 seconds; one or more optical brightening agents present in an amount below a “green over” effect excess but sufficient to impart an ISO Brightness value of at least about 92; and a metal salt drying agent mixture of multivalent and monovalent metal drying salts in a molar ratio of multivalent to monovalent cations of from about 3:1 to about 1:18 to provide a percent ink transferred (“IT %”) value equal to or less than about 65% and a black print density value of at least about 1.45. Also, a method for treating the optically brightened paper substrate with a mixture of multivalent and monovalent metal drying salts.
Public/Granted literature
- US08652593B2 Printable substrates with improved brightness from OBAs in presence of multivalent metal salts Public/Granted day:2014-02-18
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