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Thermal transfer material, and printing method and printer used with the same

a technology of thermal transfer material and printing method, which is applied in the direction of thermography, instruments, photosensitive materials, etc., can solve the problems of difficult to record images with high quality, and the surface is difficult to receive ink stably

Inactive Publication Date: 2002-01-24
FUJIFILM CORP
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Material with a not smooth surface, such as paper or fabric, has a characteristic that it is difficult for the surface to receive ink stably.
Images are very hard to be recorded with high quality.

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[0047] In FIG. 1A, thermal transfer material 10 is constituted by a support 13, release layer 12, coloring transfer layer 15 and heat resistant layer 11. The release layer 12 is overlaid on one face of the support 13. The coloring transfer layer 15 is overlaid on the release layer 12. The heat resistant layer 11 is overlaid on the remaining face of the support 13. The coloring transfer layer 15 consists of developer agent / thermoplastic resin 16 and a great number of micro capsules 17 distributed uniformly in the developer agent / thermoplastic resin 16. The micro capsules 17 are according to a known system according to CYCOLOR (trade name). The developer agent / thermoplastic resin 16 is a mixture of developer agent and thermoplastic resin.

[0048] Each of the micro capsules 17 contains dye precursor, photo-setting resin and photo polymerization initiator. The dye precursor includes three types for developing respectively yellow, magenta and cyan colors when reacted upon the developer age...

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A thermal transfer material includes a support. A release layer is overlaid on the support. A coloring transfer layer is overlaid on the release layer, has thermoplasticity, and is colorable by being exposed and then pressurized. In a printer for use with the thermal transfer material, an image is formed by exposing the coloring transfer layer. The coloring transfer layer is placed on image receiving material after the image is formed. The thermal transfer material is heated and pressurized while the coloring transfer layer is placed on, so as to color the image and transfer the coloring transfer layer to the image receiving material.

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[0001] 1. Field of the Invention[0002] The present invention relates to thermal transfer material, and a printing method and printer used with the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to thermal transfer material suitable for printing to an image receiving material of which a printing surface is not very smooth, and a printing method and printer used with the same.[0003] 2. Description Related to the Prior Art[0004] Material with a not smooth surface, such as paper or fabric, has a characteristic that it is difficult for the surface to receive ink stably. It happens that dots are missing or out of order. Images are very hard to be recorded with high quality. There is a known system in which the image is created once on an intermediate material, and then is transferred to an image receiving material. JP-A 05-000575 discloses transfer material, which includes a support with releasability, and a layer of developer agent overlaid on the support.[0005] In the printer ac...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B41J2/355B41M5/035B41M5/34
CPCB41J2/355B41M5/0256B41M5/035B41M5/0355B41M5/345Y10S430/165
Inventor MIYAZAKI, TAKAO
Owner FUJIFILM CORP