PRINTABLE MONOLAYER POLYVINYLIDENE CHLORIDE STRUCTURE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a polymer surface which exhibits printability similar to that of a vinylidene chloride/vinyl chloride copolymer and specifically is obtained from a vinylidene chloride/alkyl acrylate alkyl polymer composition having affinity to ink with a wide-ranging composition. SOLUTION: At least one kind of the vinylidene chloride/acrylate alkyl polymer composition has from about 3.4 to about 6.7 mol% of mer units derived from at least one acrylate alkyl monomer polymerized with vinylidene chloride, comprises a plasticizer, and has at least one of the following compositional characteristics (1) and (2): (1) at least one low molecular weight vinyl chloride polymer having a molecular weight of at most about 70,000 Daltons in an amount sufficient to increase affinity for at least one ink; and (2) at least one methacrylic polymer in an amount sufficient to increase the affinity for at least one ink. The polymer surface is obtained from the polymer composition. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT