Method of enhancing transfer printing quality
AssigneeMegami Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorsShoji Suga, Eiji Miya, Hideo Uchida, Tadao Arai
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Abstract
A method of transfer printing for increasing the reproducibility in achieving high-precision, high-brilliance transfer prints by controlling the print density of yellow sublimate ink on the transfer material within a specified range of yellow density. The invention has application in transfer printing methods where a digitized image is produced on a transfer material by printing the image from a PC by a ink jet printer using sublimate ink. The printed image on the transfer material is transferred to a print medium by heat processing. The other colors of the image are adjusted based upon the print density of yellow sublimate ink falling within the specified range.
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A transfer printing method comprising applying a print image comprised of sublimate ink onto a transfer material by a non-plate electronic print system, laying said transfer material ink side-down on top of a print medium, and transferring said print image from said transfer material to said print medium by heat processing said transfer material, wherein a print density of yellow sublimate ink of said print image on said transfer material is controlled within a specific range of yellow density to improve quality reproducibility of said print image onto said print medium.
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