Transfer printing method and heat-melt transfer medium usable in the method
AssigneeFujicopian Co., Ltd.
InventorManabu Ikemoto
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Abstract
A transfer printing method is provided which comprises the steps of: selectively melt-transferring at least one of heat-meltable ink layers Y, M and C containing heat-migrating dyes for respective colors onto a foundation to form an ink image on the foundation, selectively melt-transferring a heat-meltable layer T containing a readily dyeable heat-meltable resin onto the ink image, giving a master sheet, and placing the master sheet on an image receptor and heating the resulting assembly under pressure to form a dyed image on the image receptor. The transfer printing method gives a clear dyed image, especially a clear full-color dyed image, on any image receptor regardless of the kind thereof.
Claims3
A transfer printing method comprising the steps of:
- selectively melt-transferring at least one of a heat-meltable ink layer Y containing a heat-migrating dye for yellow, a heat-meltable ink layer M containing a heat-migrating dye for magenta and a heat-meltable ink layer C containing a heat-migrating dye for cyan onto a foundation for master sheet in a predetermined order according to image signals to form a primary ink image, a secondary ink image or a tertiary ink image on the foundation,
- selectively melt-transferring a heat-meltable layer T containing as a major component a heat-meltable resin which is readily dyeable with each of the heat-migrating dyes, onto the ink image, giving a master sheet, and
- placing the master sheet on an image receptor so that the ink image faces the image receptor, and heating the resulting assembly under pressure to form a dyed image within said layer T on the image receptor.
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