Inventors:
Karl A. Kintz - Kettering OH
Robert A. Landis - Kettering OH
Kelli J. Borello - Kettering OH
Assignee:
The Mead Corporation - Dayton OH
International Classification:
B41M 512
G03C 168
Abstract:
Disclosed is a developer sheet useful in forming reproductions having a glossy finish, or in forming transparencies comprising: a support having a layer of a finely divided, thermoplastic, developer material on the surface thereof, said developer material being capable of reacting with a color precursor to produce a visible image and being capable of coalescing into a thin film which imparts gloss to said image upon application of heat and/or pressure, and having a surfactant admixed within said layer of developer material to aid in the coalescing of said developer material into a thin film.