Protective patch ribbon for thermal transfer printers and method for manufacturing the same

Abstract

Provided is a protective patch ribbon for thermal transfer printers that allows images or intended information to be directly to be recorded onto the patch shape-imparting body using existing retransfer printers without requiring a separate laminator, as well as effectively preventing physical damage to the records transferred onto the recording medium and preventing forgery or tampering of the transferred records. The protective patch ribbon includes: a peeling body comprising a transport film that undergoes repeated unrolling and winding, and a cohesion layer located on at least one side of the transport film; a patch shape-imparting body comprising a structure in which a patch film base material and a primer layer are sequentially stacked on the cohesion layer, wherein the structure includes a cut-out area; and an image receiving layer located on the patch shape-imparting body, wherein the patch shape transferred to the recording medium is defined by the cut-out area.

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