Thermal-transfer recording apparatus
US4844770A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 28, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 28, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T156/1705
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A thermal-transfer recording method and an apparatus used for this method in which ink on an ink tape is heat-transferred in the form of a mirror image of a desired image to an intermediate recording sheet having a base film and an ink absorbing adhesive layer formed on the base film, and in which the intermediate recording sheet to which the mirror image has been heat-transferred is bonded to a desired recording medium at the surface of the ink absorbing adhesive layer.
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