Thermal transfer printing
US5812173A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 11, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41M5/345
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Dye diffusion thermal printing method and apparatus, particulary for the preparation of 35 mm format slides using a laser as the source of thermal stimulii, in which each successive dye coat of a dye ribbon on which the dye coats are in the form of stripes extending along the longitudinal axis of the ribbon, is brought into register with a receiver sheet by effecting relative transverse movement between the ribbon and the receiver sheet.
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