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Multicolor thermosensitive image transfer sheet and recording method using the same

US5198061A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 15, 1991
Grant dateMar 30, 1993
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Expiry dateJan 15, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41M5/345
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A multicolor thermosensitive image transfer sheet comprising (i) a substrate and (ii) a plurality of thermofusible ink layers, formed thereon side by side, each thermofusible ink layer comprising a thermofusible ink component having a different color and a different surface tension from the colors and surface tensions of the ink components in the other thermofusible ink layers, and a multicolor thermosensitive image transfer recording method of obtaining multicolored images by transferring imagewise the thermofusible ink layers of the multicolor thermosensitive image transfer recording medium to a receiving sheet in the sequential order from the highest to the lowest, or from the lowest to the highest, critical surface tension of the thermofusible ink components are provided.

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