Color thermal printing method
US5680168A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 17, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 21, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41M2205/04
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A color thermal printing method capable of preventing a color registration shift and shading. A color thermosensitive recording sheet has cyan, magenta, and yellow thermosensitive coloring layers, respectively formed on a base in this order. A thermal sensitivity becomes lower the nearer the thermosensitive coloring layer is to the base. The thermosensitive coloring layer having a lower sensitivity is printed at an earlier timing to make the centers of three color print areas coincident with each other. According to a preferred embodiment, a preliminary pressed running section is provided in front of each print area. In the preliminary pressed running section, a thermal head is preheated and pressed against a color thermosensitive recording sheet. In order to reduce a change in the friction coefficient between the preliminary pressed running section and the print area, the heat energy for the preheating is set to a bias heat energy having a level just under a coloring energy. This bias heat energy having a level just under a coloring energy changes with color so that the preliminary pressed running section is set differently for each color. During the preliminary pressed running op…
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