公开(公告)号：US11932026B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-19

申请号：US17554039

申请日：2021-12-17

Applicant: TOPPAN INC.

Inventor： Masashi Kubota ,  Tomoyuki Marugame

IPC: B41J2/33 ,  B41J2/335 ,  B41J11/04

CPC classification number: B41J2/33 ,  B41J2/3354 ,  B41J11/04

Abstract: A head unit is used for production of a media sheet that has a medium region row including a plurality of medium regions, the medium regions being to be separate personal information media. The head unit includes a plurality of thermal heads configured to thermally transfer dots exhibiting a structural color from a ribbon to a target. The plurality of thermal heads are arranged so that each thermal head corresponds to a respective one of the medium regions constituting the medium region row.

公开(公告)号：US12162291B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-10

申请号：US17739685

申请日：2022-05-09

Applicant: TOPPAN INC.

Inventor： Masashi Kubota

IPC: B41J2/325

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a head mechanism including a thermal head; a ribbon conveyance unit that defines a conveyance path of a thermal transfer ribbon and conveys the thermal transfer ribbon along the conveyance path of the thermal transfer ribbon; and a medium conveyance unit that defines a conveyance path of a transfer target medium and conveys the transfer target medium along the conveyance path of the transfer target medium. Each of the conveyance path of the thermal transfer ribbon and the conveyance path of the transfer target medium includes a transfer position and a peeling position downstream of the transfer position, the transfer position being a position where the thermal transfer ribbon overlaid on the transfer target medium is subjected to heat and pressure from the thermal head, the peeling position being a position where the thermal transfer ribbon starts to be peeled away from the transfer target medium.

公开(公告)号：US11595545B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-28

申请号：US17554027

申请日：2021-12-17

Applicant: TOPPAN INC.

Inventor： Tomoyuki Marugame ,  Masashi Kubota

IPC: H04N1/32

Abstract: A printing system includes a first printing unit that performs printing using a material that exhibits structural color, based on first data, a second printing unit that performs printing using a material that includes pigment, based on second data, and a control apparatus that outputs the first data and the second data; the first data causes the first printing unit to print the first personal information items of a first information group in respective regions, and an item of identification information linked to the first information group; and the second data causes the second printing unit to print the second personal information items of a second information group linked to the item of identification information on the corresponding respective regions on which the first personal information items corresponding to the respective second personal information items have been printed.