公开(公告)号：US5773128A

公开(公告)日：1998-06-30

申请号：US520486

申请日：1995-08-29

申请人： Yoshiyuki Obata ,  Yoshihide Kaneshiro ,  Tomohiro Shinohara

发明人： Yoshiyuki Obata ,  Yoshihide Kaneshiro ,  Tomohiro Shinohara

IPC分类号： B41M5/382 ,  B41M5/395 ,  B41M5/40 ,  B41M5/42 ,  B41M5/44 ,  B32B3/00 ,  B41M3/12

CPC分类号： B41M5/42 ,  B41M5/38207 ,  B41M5/395 ,  B41M5/44 ,  Y10S428/913 ,  Y10S428/914 ,  Y10T428/24942 ,  Y10T428/31971

摘要： A method is provided for forming a porous film having desired average pore diameter and pore density in a multi-printing-adaptive thermal transfer recording medium having a foundation, a heat-meltable ink layer formed on one side of the foundation and the porous film provided in the heat-meltable ink layer at a location proximate to a surface thereof, which method comprises the steps of: coating the heat-meltable ink layer with a W/O emulsion containing as an essential ingredient thereof at least one resin selected from the group consisting of cellulose acetate, cellulose acetate propionate, cellulose acetate butyrate, ethyl cellulose, nitrocellulose and ethyl hydroxyethyl cellulose; and drying the resultant coating to form a porous film.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于在具有基础的多印刷适应性热转印记录介质中形成具有所需的平均孔径和孔密度的多孔膜的方法，在基底的一侧上形成的可热熔性油墨层和设置在基底的多孔膜 在可热熔油墨层的靠近其表面的位置处，该方法包括以下步骤：用含有至少一种选自组中的树脂的W / O乳液涂覆W / O乳液， 由乙酸纤维素，乙酸丙酸纤维素，乙酸丁酸纤维素，乙基纤维素，硝化纤维素和乙基羟乙基纤维素组成; 并干燥所得涂层以形成多孔膜。

公开(公告)号：US5294277A

公开(公告)日：1994-03-15

申请号：US32029

申请日：1993-03-16

申请人： Yoshiyuki Obata

发明人： Yoshiyuki Obata

IPC分类号： B41J2/325 ,  B41J17/06 ,  B41J17/08 ,  B41J17/12 ,  B41J31/00 ,  B41J33/38 ,  B41M5/025 ,  B41M5/382

CPC分类号： B41M5/38257 ,  Y10S428/913 ,  Y10S428/914

摘要： A thermal transfer printing method including the steps of: forming first an image on an intermediate transfer drum by heating a meltable-type thermal transfer ink sheet with a thermal head; and transferring the image formed on the intermediate transfer drum onto an image receptor, wherein the meltable-type thermal transfer ink sheet and the image receptor are fed at a velocity V.sub.1 and a velocity V.sub.3, respectively and the intermediate transfer drum rotates at a peripheral velocity V.sub.3, the velocities V.sub.1, V.sub.2 and V.sub.3 satisfying the equations (1), (2) and (3): (1) N.sub.1 =V.sub.2 /V.sub.1 =1 to 10, (2) N.sub.2 =V.sub.3 /V.sub.2 =1 to 10, and (3) N.sub.3 =V.sub.3 /V.sub.1 .gtoreq.2. With such a method, the amount of ink sheet to be consumed can be substantially reduced, and the printing velocity can be increased, while at the same time a printing device for use in this method can be scaled down.

摘要翻译： 一种热转移印刷方法，包括以下步骤：通过加热具有热敏头的可熔型热转印油墨纸，在中间转印鼓上形成图像; 并将形成在中间转印鼓上的图像​​转印到图像接收器上，其中可熔化型热转印油墨纸和图像接收器分别以速度V1和速度V3进给，并且中间转印鼓以圆周速度 V3，满足式（1），（2）和（3）的速度V1，V2和V3：（1）N1 = V2 / V1 = 1〜10，（2）N2 = V3 / V2 = 和（3）N3 = V3 / V1> = 2。 通过这样的方法，可以大幅度地减少要消耗的油墨纸的量，并且可以提高打印速度，同时可以缩小用于该方法的打印装置。

公开(公告)号：US5569347A

公开(公告)日：1996-10-29

申请号：US359416

申请日：1994-12-20

申请人： Yoshiyuki Obata ,  Hideki Suematsu ,  Manabu Ikemoto

发明人： Yoshiyuki Obata ,  Hideki Suematsu ,  Manabu Ikemoto

IPC分类号： B41M5/395 ,  B41M5/34 ,  B41M5/382 ,  B41M5/50 ,  B41M5/52

CPC分类号： B41M5/345 ,  Y10S428/913 ,  Y10S428/914 ,  Y10T428/24942 ,  Y10T428/2495 ,  Y10T428/24967 ,  Y10T428/24975 ,  Y10T428/249953 ,  Y10T428/26 ,  Y10T428/265 ,  Y10T428/266 ,  Y10T428/273

摘要： A thermal transfer material is disclosed which is useful in a method for forming a color image comprising selectively melt-transferring at least one of a yellow heat-meltable ink layer, a magenta heat-meltable ink layer and a cyan heat-meltable ink layer onto a receptor having a multiplicity of micropores in the surface layer thereof to enter each ink in a molten state into the micropores, thereby forming a color image comprising at least one of (A) at least one color region of single color of yellow, magenta and cyan, and (B) at least one color region developed on the basis of subtractive color mixture of at least two of yellow, magenta and cyan. The thermal transfer material comprises at least one of a yellow heat-meltable ink layer, a magenta heat-meltable ink layer and a cyan heat-meltable ink layer provided on a foundation or foundations, each ink layer having a melt viscosity of 20 to 200 cps/90.degree. C. and a coating amount of 0.5 to 2.5 g/m.sup.2, the foundation having a thickness of 1.0 to 4.5 .mu.m and the thermal transfer material having an overall thickness of 2.5 to 7.0 .mu.m. The thermal transfer material gives color images excellent in both color reproducibility and resolution.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种热转印材料，其可用于形成彩色图像的方法，该方法包括将黄色可热熔油墨层，品红色可热熔融油墨层和青色可热熔性油墨层中的至少一种选择性熔融转移到 在其表面层中具有多个微孔的受体，以熔融状态将每个墨进入微孔，从而形成包括以下至少一种的彩色图像：（A）至少一个黄色，品红色的单色区域和 青色和（B）至少一个基于黄色，品红色和青色中的至少两种的减色混合物显影的颜色区域。 热转印材料包括黄色热熔油墨层，品红色可热熔油墨层和设置在基础或地基上的青色可热熔油墨层中的至少一种，每个油墨层的熔体粘度为20〜200 cps / 90℃，涂布量为0.5〜2.5g / m 2，基材的厚度为1.0〜4.5μm，热转印材料的总厚度为2.5〜7.0μm。 热转印材料提供了颜色再现性和分辨率都优异的彩色图像。

公开(公告)号：US5240781A

公开(公告)日：1993-08-31

申请号：US810077

申请日：1991-12-19

申请人： Yoshiyuki Obata ,  Yasuo Tago ,  Seiko Suenaga

发明人： Yoshiyuki Obata ,  Yasuo Tago ,  Seiko Suenaga

IPC分类号： B41J31/00 ,  B41J31/05 ,  B41M5/44

CPC分类号： B41M5/44 ,  B41J31/05 ,  B41M2205/30 ,  Y10S428/913 ,  Y10S428/914 ,  Y10T428/24843 ,  Y10T428/31725 ,  Y10T428/31786 ,  Y10T428/31855 ,  Y10T428/31935

摘要： An ink ribbon for thermal transfer printer comprising a foundation and a thermal transfer layer, said thermal transfer layer comprising a colored layer containing a wax-like substance as a main component of the vehicle thereof, and a thermoplastic adhesive layer having a film-forming property provided on the surface of the colored layer, said thermoplastic adhesive layer having a melt viscosity of 1.times.10.sup.4 to 5.times.10.sup.6 cP at a temperature by 40.degree. C. higher than the softening temperature of the adhesive layer, a softening temperature of 45.degree. to 90.degree. C., a solidifying temperature of 25.degree. to 65.degree. C. and a temperature difference of at least 10.degree. C. between said softening temperature and said solidifying temperature. The thermal transfer ink ribbon provides clear images not only on a smooth paper but also on a rough paper even in a high-speed printing or even on printers with different peeling conditions.

公开(公告)号：US6133929A

公开(公告)日：2000-10-17

申请号：US392094

申请日：1999-09-08

申请人： Toshihiko Negoro ,  Yoshiyuki Obata ,  Fumiaki Shinozaki

发明人： Toshihiko Negoro ,  Yoshiyuki Obata ,  Fumiaki Shinozaki

IPC分类号： B41J2/335 ,  B41J2/325

CPC分类号： B41J2/33515 ,  B41J2/33545 ,  B41J2/3357

摘要： A melting type thermal transfer recording system capable of providing multi-gradation images of high resolution and high image quality comparable to those of ink jet recording system or sublimation type thermal transfer recording system is disclosed which comprising: a donor film comprising a thin film and a thermal melting type ink layer provided on the thin film, the thermal melting type ink layer having a thickness in a range of 0.5 to 2.5 .mu.m, a surface porous type recording medium comprising a base material and a porous ink receiving layer having numerous minute pores provided on the base material, the ratio of the first total area of aperture portions that are occupied by all the pores to the whole surface area of the porous ink receiving layer being in a range of 10 to 60%, and the ratio of the second total area of aperture portions that are occupied by pores having a pore diameter of 0.5 to 20 .mu.m to the first total area of the aperture portions being 70 to 100%, a thermal head comprising a plurality of heating resistor units arranged in a line at intervals of 8 dots/mm or less, each of the heating resistor units comprising a pair of heating resistor elements of identical shape, a gradation control means for controlling an amount of an ink of the ink layer melted with the heating resistor units by controlling an amount of electricity supplied to the thermal head.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种熔融型热转印记录系统，其能够提供与喷墨记录系统或升华型热转印记录系统相当的高分辨率和高图像质量的多灰度图像，其包括：施主膜，其包括薄膜和 设置在薄膜上的热熔型油墨层，热熔型油墨层的厚度在0.5〜2.5μm的范围内，表面多孔型记录介质包括基材和具有许多微孔的多孔油墨接收层 设置在所述基材上，所述多孔墨水接收层的所有孔的占据的开口部的第一总面积与所述多孔墨接受层的整个表面积的比率为10〜60％的范围，所述第二 孔径为孔径部分的第一总面积为0.5〜20μm的孔所占据的开口部的总面积为70〜100％ ad包括以8点/ mm以下的间隔配置成一行的多个发热电阻体，每个加热电阻单元包括一对相同形状的加热电阻元件，用于控制墨水量的灰度控制装置 通过控制供给到热敏头的电量而与加热电阻器单元熔融的油墨层。

公开(公告)号：US5017256A

公开(公告)日：1991-05-21

申请号：US289505

申请日：1988-12-23

申请人： Yasuyuki Ohtomo ,  Yoshiyuki Obata

发明人： Yasuyuki Ohtomo ,  Yoshiyuki Obata

IPC分类号： B41M5/382 ,  B41M5/26 ,  B41M5/42

CPC分类号： B41M5/423 ,  Y10S428/913 ,  Y10S428/914 ,  Y10T428/25 ,  Y10T428/254

摘要： A heat-sensitive melt-transfer recording medium comprising a support (1) and a heat-sensitive melt-transfer ink layer (2) provided on one side thereof is disclosed. The above-mentioned heat-sensitive melt-transfer ink layer (2) comprises a colored ink layer (3) and a layer (4) which is formed on the surface of the colored ink layer (3) and which comprises a wax in the form of microcrystals as a main component, for preventing a smudge of a receiving medium is transfer recording and for obtaining a good print with a small printing energy. This recording medium is used for a heat-sensitive melt-transfer recording system using a thermal head.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种热敏熔融转印记录介质，其包括在其一侧上设置有支撑体（1）和热敏熔融转印油墨层（2）。 上述热敏熔融转印油墨层（2）包括着色油墨层（3）和形成在着色油墨层（3）的表面上的层（4），该层包含在 形式的微晶作为主要组分，用于防止接收介质的污迹是转印记录，并获得具有小打印能量的良好印刷。 该记录介质用于使用热敏头的热敏熔融转印记录系统。