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US 12,533,903 B2Granted
Combination of thermal transfer sheet and intermediate transfer medium, and method for producing printed material using combination
AssigneeDai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
InventorAkito Daike
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Abstract
A combination of a thermal transfer sheet and an intermediate transfer medium according to the present disclosure is characterized in that the thermal transfer sheet includes a first substrate and a melt transfer coloring layer, the intermediate transfer medium includes a second substrate and a transfer layer including a receiving layer, and the melt transfer coloring layer and the receiving layer contain a release material.
Claims7
A combination of a thermal transfer sheet and an intermediate transfer medium,
- wherein the thermal transfer sheet comprises a PET film as a first substrate and a melt transfer coloring layer,
- wherein the intermediate transfer medium comprises a PET film as a second substrate and a transfer layer including a receiving layer,
- wherein the melt transfer coloring layer and the receiving layer contain a release material,
- wherein the melt transfer coloring layer and the receiving layer contain a vinyl resin,
- wherein the vinyl resin in each of the melt transfer coloring layer and the receiving layer is a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer,
- wherein the release material comprises an epoxy-modified silicone oil,
- wherein the melt transfer color layer adheres to the receiving layer,
- wherein a ratio (B/A) of a release material content (B) of the receiving layer to a release material content (A) of the melt transfer coloring layer ranges from 0.3 to 11, and
- wherein a sum (A+B) of the release material content (A) of the melt transfer coloring layer and the release material content (B) of the receiving layer ranges from 2% by mass to 11% by mass.
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