Transfer member thermal transfer recording method using an intermediate
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasuo Fukui, Soichirou Mima, Hiroyuki Matsuo, Akihiro Imai, Nobuyoshi Taguchi
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Abstract
A thermal transfer recording method for recording, in which an intermediate transfer member having a recording layer formed on a polymeric layer is used in such a way that the intermediate transfer member and an ink sheet is placed one over the other, dye being thermally transferred from an ink material layer of the ink sheet to the recording layer. The intermediate transfer member and an image receiving medium are placed one over the other, and they are subjected to pressure and heat so that the recording layer is transferred from the intermediate transfer member onto the image receiving medium.
Claims18
A thermal transfer recording method comprising the steps of:
- providing a ink sheet;
- providing an intermediate transfer member comprising at least a base, a polymeric layer having rubber elasticity and self-adhering property, and a recording layer having dye-receptivity, laminated in this order on the base;
- placing an ink material layer of said ink sheet on said recording layer;
- thermally transferring dye from said ink material layer to said recording layer;
- separating said ink sheet;
- mounting an image receiving medium on said recording layer;
- separating said image receiving medium to transfer said recording layer onto said image receiving medium from said intermediate transfer member.
A thermal transfer recording method comprising the steps of:
- providing an ink sheet;
- providing an intermediate transfer member comprising at least a base, a polymeric layer consisting of a silicone material having rubber elasticity and self-adhering property, and a recording layer having dye-receptivity, laminated in this order on the base;
- placing an ink material layer of said ink sheet on said recording layer;
- thermally transferring dye from said ink material layer to said recording layer;
- separating said ink sheet;
- mounting an image receiving medium on said recording layer;
- separating said image receiving medium thereby to transfer said recording layer onto said image receiving medium from said intermediate transfer member.
A thermal transfer recording method comprising the steps of:
- providing an ink sheet;
- providing an intermediate transfer member comprising at least a base, a polymeric layer consisting of a silicone pressure sensitive adhesive containing silicone rubber and silicone resin, and a recording layer having dye-receptivity, laminated in this order on the base;
- placing an ink material layer of said ink sheet on said recording layer;
- thermally transferring dye from said ink material layer to said recording layer;
- separating said ink sheet;
- mounting an image receiving medium on said recording layer;
- separating said image receiving medium to transfer said recording layer onto said image receiving medium from said intermediate transfer member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.