Transfer recording medium utilizing diazo or azide compounds wherein light energy is converted to heat energy
AssigneesTomoegawa Paper Co., Ltd., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoshihiro Kirihata, Chikara Murata, Masahide Tsukamoto, Yutaka Nishimura
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Abstract
A transfer recording medium is disclosed, comprising a light transmitting support having provided thereon a heat transfer solid ink layer via an interlayer having a photolyzable compound. The recording medium provides a clear and high-quality color image on an image-receiving sheet at high speed and low cost irrespective of surface smoothness of the image-receiving sheet.
Claims13
A transfer recording medium for transferring an image onto an image receiving sheet wherein light energy is converted to heat energy comprising:
- a) a light transmitting support;
- b) an interlayer provided on a first surface of said light transmitting support for converting light energy to heat energy, said interlayer containing a photolyzable compound uniformly disposed therein;
- c) a light reflecting layer provided on a second surface of said light transmitting support opposite said interlayer which is removable by electrical discharge destruction recording;
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- d) a heat transfer solid ink layer provided on said interlayer.
A transfer recording medium for transferring an image onto an image receiving sheet wherein light energy is converted to heat energy comprising:
- a) a light transmitted support;
- b) an interlayer provided on a first surface of said light transmitting support for converting light energy to heat energy, said interlayer containing a photolyzable compound uniformly disposed therein and a binder selected from thermoplastic resins, waxes, and rubbers;
- c) a light reflecting layer provided on a second surface of said light transmitting support opposite said interlayer which is removable by electrical discharge destruction recording;
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- d) a heat transfer solid ink layer provided on said interlayer.
A transfer recording medium for transferring an image onto an image receiving sheet wherein light energy is converted to heat energy comprising:
- a) a light transmitting support;
- b) an interlayer provided on a first surface of said light transmitting support for converting light energy to heat energy, said interlayer containing a photolyzable compound selected from diazo compounds and azide compounds uniformly disposed therein;
- c) a light reflecting layer provided on a second surface of said light transmitting support opposite said interlayer which is removable by electrical discharge destruction recording;
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- d) a heat transfer solid ink layer provided on said interlayer.
A transfer recording medium for transferring an image onto an image receiving sheet wherein light energy is converted to heat energy comprising:
- a) a light transmitting support;
- b) an interlayer provided on a first surface of said light transmitting support for converting light energy to heat energy, said interlayer containing a photolyzable compound uniformly disposed therein;
- c) a light reflecting layer provided on a second surface of said light transmitting support opposite said interlayer which is removable by electrical discharge destruction recording;
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- d) a heat transfer solid ink layer is a heat-fusible solid ink layer or a heat-subliming ink layer provided on said interlayer.
A transfer recording medium for transferring an image onto an image receiving sheet wherein light energy is converted to heat energy comprising:
- a) a light transmitting support;
- b) an interlayer provided on a first surface of said light transmitting support for converting light energy to heat energy, said interlayer containing a photolyzable compound uniformly disposed therein;
- c) a light reflecting layer provided on a second surface of said light transmitting support opposite said interlayer which is removable by electrical discharge destruction recording;
- d) a heat transfer solid ink layer provided on said interlayer;
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- e) a highly transparent surface roughening layer provided between said light transmitting support and said light reflecting layer.
A transfer recording medium for transferring an image onto an image receiving sheet wherein light energy is converted to heat energy comprising:
- a) a light transmitting support;
- b) an interlayer provided on a first surface of said light transmitting support for converting light energy to heat energy, said interlayer containing a photolyzable compound uniformly disposed therein;
- c) a light reflecting layer provided on a second surface of said light transmitting support opposite said interlayer which is formed by vacuum evaporation of a metal comprising aluminum, zinc, indium and tin and is removable by electrical discharge destruction recording;
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- d) a heat transfer solid ink layer provided on said interlayer.
A transfer recording medium for transferring an image onto an image receiving sheet wherein light energy is converted to heat energy comprising;
- a) a light transmitting support;
- b) an interlayer provided on a surface of said light transmitting support, said interlayer containing a photolyzable compound uniformly disposed therein;
- c) a heat transfer solid ink layer provided on said interlayer;
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- d) a light-heat converting layer provided between said interlayer and said heat transfer solid ink layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.