Methods for applying images to various porous surfaces, including gesso, are disclosed, including providing a porous substrate including a coating comprising water to a surface thereon and providing a paper including a coating comprising a water-soluble adhesive on a surface thereon, applying an image comprising a water-soluble ink to the water-soluble adhesive coated surface of the paper, contacting the coated porous substrate with the image-containing coated paper surface; and applying pressure to the noncoated paper surface, whereby at least a portion of the image-containing surface is absorbed into the coated porous substrate.
A metalpoint drawing system is provided. The system may include a drawing surface having a sheet of translucent paper with a coating substance applied thereto. The coating substance may be a correction fluid. The system may also include a tool for use by an artist for creating a metalpoint drawing on the drawing surface. The tool may include a holder and a variable length flexible stylus held by the holder and an associated shading guide.
With a transfer member, such as a toner sheet, provided with at least two layers including an intermediate layer having a function of preventing transfer of a substance and a thermally fusible ink layer on the supporting member side, and an image receiving member, such as image receiving sheet, used, a solution for improving the transfer sensitivity is jetted onto either of them according to the image so as to form a transfer image on the image receiving member surface.
A method for laminating a proof to simulate printing on thin plastic materials consisting of the steps of: creating a first support layer (150); creating an imaged receiver sheet (140) comprising an image (210), a first thermal print layer (220), and the first support layer (150); forming a second support layer (170) comprising a support base, a aluminized layer (200) and a release layer; creating an imageless receiver sheet (280) comprising a second thermal print layer (225), and the second support layer (170); laminating the imageless receiver sheet (280) to the imaged receiver sheet (140) thereby encapsulating the image (210) between the first thermal print layer (220) and second thermal print layer (225); removing the first support layer (150); removing the second support layer (170); forming an encapsulated image (250) simulating a proof.
A thermal transfer assembly that comprises a thermal transfer ribbon and a covercoated transfer sheet. The thermal transfer ribbon includes a support and a ceramic ink layer. The ceramic ink layer is present at a coating weight of from about 2 to about 15 grams per square meter, and it includes from about 15 to about 94.5 percent of a solid carbonaceous binder, and at least one of a film-forming glass frit, an opacifying agent and a colorant (at a combined level for the film forming glass frit, the opacifying agent and the colorant of at least 0.5 weight percent).
A thermal transfer assembly that comprises a thermal transfer ribbon and a covercoated transfer sheet. The thermal transfer ribbon includes a support and a ceramic ink layer. The ceramic ink layer is present at a coating weight of from about 2 to about 15 grams per square meter, and it includes from about 15 to about 94.5 percent of a solid carbonaceous binder, and at least one of a film-forming glass frit, an opacifying agent and a colorant (at a combined level for the film forming glass frit, the opacifying agent and the colorant of at least 0.5 weight percent).
