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Printing apparatus

US5478157A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Filing dateAug 15, 1994
Grant dateDec 26, 1995
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41J13/12
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A printing apparatus prevents forgery and alteration through lamination formed on a print surface of a medium in a simple structure, and improves the design effect. In the printing apparatus, a print pattern of one frame is stored in a memory component, on a film sheet F with a thermal transfer head, and a printing medium 37 is coated with the film sheet.

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