摘要:
A method for registering patterns on a web comprises attaching a backing material to a web and stabilizing the web; routing the web over one or more sets of rollers; applying a pattern to the web; and removing the backing material. Patterning can be applied at a set of rollers or between rollers along the path of the web. The backing material has indicia thereon for use in registration of the patterns applied to the web. Using the method, a steel backing material can be applied with an adhesive to a polyethylene terephthalate web material.
摘要:
An intermediate transfer film for use in a transfer lamination device includes a carrier layer, a transfer layer on the carrier layer, and a plurality of alignment marks supported on the carrier layer. The transfer section is configured to be transferred from the carrier layer to a substrate through a transfer lamination operation. Each alignment mark is substantially transparent to visible light and absorbs infrared light.
摘要:
Disclosed is an intermediate transfer recording medium for use in a method which comprises the steps of: forming an image using the intermediate transfer recording medium on an object; and forming a protective layer on the image. In this case, fastness properties can be fully imparted to the image, the protective layer can be transferred onto the image with high accuracy in a simple manner, blocking and the like attributable to the exposure of a pressure-sensitive adhesive do not take place, and the design and the fastness properties are excellent. An image forming method using the intermediate transfer recording medium is also disclosed. The intermediate transfer recording medium 1 comprises: a sheet substrate 4 provided with a resin layer 5; and a transparent sheet 2 provided with a receptive layer 3, the transparent sheet 2 provided with the receptive layer 3 having been put on top of the sheet substrate 4 provided with the resin layer 5 so that the resin layer 5 faces the transparent sheet 2 on its side remote from the receptive layer 3, the resin layer 5 being separable from the transparent sheet 2 to transfer the transparent sheet 2 provided with a receptive layer 3 onto an object, the transparent sheet 2 portion provided with the receptive layer 3 having been half cut (8) in a specific shape and in a predetermined width around the outer periphery of the region 7 to be transferred onto the object. A transfer image is formed on the receptive layer, and the portion with the image formed thereon is re-transferred onto an object to form an image on the object.
摘要:
The present application provides an overprint orientation system. The overprint orientation system may include a first printer for printing on a substrate a first field and one or more orientation indicators within a second field, a second printer for overprinting the second field, and an orientation sensor. The orientation sensor determines whether the orientation indicators are visible.
摘要:
The present invention is first directed to a thermal transfer sheet which is not high in cost for obtaining a substrate, does not involve a problem of blocking or the like at the time of winding after coating of a backside layer onto the substrate, can eliminate the need to provide a release layer on the protective layer region, and further can enhance glossiness of a print with a protective layer. The thermal transfer sheet comprises a substrate, a dye layer of at least one color and a thermally transferable protective layer provided in a face serial manner on one side of the substrate, a protective layer provided on a part of one side of the substrate, an easy-adhesion layer provided on the whole surface of the protective layer and the substrate, the dye layer being provided on the easy-adhesion layer in its region where the protective layer is not located on the underside of the easy-adhesion layer. The second invention is directed to a thermal transfer sheet which can cope with increased printing speed in the thermal transfer, can meet demands for the provision of thermally transferred images having high density and high quality, can prevent the occurrence of abnormal transfer, cockles, etc., and can improve sensitivity in transfer at the time of printing. The thermal transfer sheet according to the second invention comprises a substrate, a heat-resistant slip layer provided on one side of the substrate, and an adhesive layer and a dye layer provided in that order on the other side of the substrate, the adhesive layer comprising a polyvinylpyrrolidone resin. By virtue of this construction, the sensitivity in transfer can be significantly improved at the time of thermal transfer, and a high-density thermally transferred image can be provided without applying high energy.
摘要:
A roll-shaped image receiving sheet usable in a thermal transfer printing process. The image-receiving sheet includes a plurality of indeterminatley spaced thermal transfer image-receiving areas, and a detection mark formed on the sheet corresponding to each image receiving area, the mark being adapted for detecting a starting-position for formation of a thermal transfer printing image on each of the image receiving areas.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet recording medium which, even when applied to gloss paper, specialty paper for ink jet recording, etc., permits the front side of the recording medium to be easily distinguished from the back side of the recording medium and, at the same time, permits the head edge of the recording medium to be easily distinguished from the rear edge of the recording medium and can maintain good appearance. In an ink jet recording medium 5 in a sheet form having an front side 51a and a back side 51b, predetermined portions 53a and 53b, in end faces 52a and 52b constituted by putting sheets of the ink jet recording medium 5 in such a manner that the front side 51a and the back side 51b are arranged in a given direction, have been colored. By virtue of this construction, the front side 51a of the ink jet recording medium 5 can be distinguished from the back side 51b of the ink jet recording medium 5.
摘要:
An intermediate transfer recording medium is comprised by providing a transfer portion having a receptor layer on a substrate film. The transfer portion is printed with the image and thereafter transferred on a surface of a transfer-receiving material. In the first aspect of the intermediate transfer recording medium, the transfer portion is provided with plural hologram patterns 21 with a hologram mark 22 allocated to each the hologram pattern. According to the first aspect of the invention, since an image is formed on the receptor layer through positioning process using the hologram mark and then the transfer portion is transferred to the surface of the transfer-receiving material, no joint of a print plate appears in the hologram pattern and accuracy of transfer is remarkably excellent. On the other hand, In the second aspect of the intermediate transfer recording medium, peeling strength required to peel the transfer portion from the substrate film at the time when transferring the transfer portion to the transfer-receiving material is controlled in the range of 10 to 150 gf/inch. According to the second aspect of the invention, any transfer failure such as tail-extension or chip of the transfer portion is not caused.
摘要:
A roll-shaped image-receiving sheet and process for forming an image therein. The sheet comprises a seal part having a color receptor layer, a substrate and an adhesive layer in this order and a peeling sheet applied to the adhesive layer so as to be peeled, and the seal part has a plurality of parts to be cut by a half-cut treatment in one image-receiving portion, each detection mark in the shape of a hole is formed at an interval of each image-receiving portion for indicating a starting position for formation of a printing-image. In the image forming process, the roll-shaped image-receiving sheet is formed for determining a starting-position for formation of a printing-image, a detector for detecting a detection mark on the image-receiving sheet in a printer is located along a transfer line of the detection mark, when the detection mark is detected by the detector, the image-receiving sheet is stopped to make a registration of an image forming position on the image-receiving sheet. An excellent and distinct image without a shift of each color image can be formed on the roll-shaped image-receiving sheet.
摘要:
An image-receiving sheet having an opaque detection mark formed by coating a resin varnish comprising a resin, a low-boiling good solvent, and a high-boiling poor solvent, the detection mark being rendered transparent upon heating, the resin comprising a terpolymer of vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, and vinyl alcohol monomers. By virtue of this constitution, before image formation, the detection mark has high opacity and can be detected in high sensitivity, that is, does not cause a lowering in infrared radiation transmission or reflectance properties before heating at the time of image information, while when an image is formed by means of a copying machine or a printer in high-processing electrophotographic system, thermal transfer system or the like, heating and application of pressure at the time of image formation erases the detection mark to such an extent that the detection mark is no longer visually noticeable.