| abstract |
Dye-donor element for use according to thermal dye transfer methods, said element comprising a support having thereon a dye/binder layer comprising a 1,4-quinonediimine cyan dye, which may carry a fused on aromatic, alicyclic, or heterocyclic ring system, wherein the hydrogen atom of the 1-imino function is substituted by a carboxylic acyl group, a substituted carboxylic acyl group, an alkyl ester group, a substituted alkyl ester group, an aryl ester group, a substituted aryl ester group, a carbamoyl group, a substituted carbamoyl group, a substituted phosphono group, a substituted phosphinyl group, a substituted sulphonyl group, a sulpho group, a substituted sulpho group, a sulphamoyl group, or a substituted sulphamoyl group, the hydrogen atom of the 4-imino function being substituted by a p-aminoaryl group or a substituted p-aminoaryl group. |