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US 8,911,073 B2Granted
Printing method and printing system
AssigneeMimaki Engineering Co., Ltd.
InventorMasaru Ohnishi
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Abstract
A printing method includes applying a curable resin-containing ink onto an inked surface of a transfer sheet, heating the ink applied on the inked surface of the transfer sheet to increase viscosity of the ink, transferring the heated ink on the inked surface of transfer sheet to a printing object directly or indirectly, and curing the ink transferred to the printing object.
Claims15
A printing method comprising:
- applying a curable resin-containing ink onto an inked surface of a transfer sheet;
- heating the ink applied on the inked surface of the transfer sheet to increase viscosity of the ink;
- transferring the heated ink on the inked surface of the transfer sheet to a printing object directly or indirectly;
- and
- curing the ink transferred to the printing object,
- wherein the ink has a viscosity of 3 mPa·sec or more and 20 mPa·sec or less at 25° C. before being heated.
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A printing method comprising:
- applying a curable resin-containing ink onto an inked surface of a transfer sheet;
- heating the ink applied on the inked surface of the transfer sheet to increase viscosity of the ink;
- transferring the heated ink on the inked surface of the transfer sheet to a printing object;
- and
- curing the ink transferred to the printing object,
- wherein the ink is indirectly transferred from the transfer sheet to the printing object by transferring the ink to a pad being pressed against the heated transfer sheet and then to the printing object from the pad being pressed against the printing object.
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A printing system comprising:
- applying means for applying a curable resin-containing ink onto an inked surface of a transfer sheet;
- heating means for heating the ink applied on the inked surface of the transfer sheet to increase viscosity of the ink;
- transferring means for transferring the heated ink on the inked surface of transfer sheet to a printing object indirectly, the transferring means including a pad configured to press against and receive the heated ink from the inked surface of the transfer sheet, the pad being further configured to press against and transfer the heated ink to the printing object;
- and
- curing means for curing the ink transferred to the printing object.
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A printing system comprising:
- an applying device to apply a curable resin-containing ink onto an inked surface of a transfer sheet;
- a heating device to heat the ink applied on the inked surface of the transfer sheet to increase viscosity of the ink;
- a transferring device to transfer the heated ink on the inked surface of transfer sheet to a printing object indirectly, the transferring device including a pad configured to press against and receive the heated ink from the inked surface of the transfer sheet, the pad being further configured to press against and transfer the heated ink to the printing object;
- and
- a curing device to cure the ink transferred to the printing object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.