Method and apparatus for thermal transfer printing

Details Method and apparatus for thermal transfer printing Method and apparatus for thermal transfer printing

1995-03-06

1997-06-03

Wiecking, David A.

Typewriting machines

Typing by other than type-face or type-die

Thermal

347213, 400249, B41J 2325

Patent

active

056347316

ABSTRACT:
For thermal transfer printing, a coloring material image is thermally migrated from a thermal transfer printing sheet having a coloring material layer thereon onto an image forming area of an image-receiving layer of an intermediate transfer recording medium. The image on the recording medium is then thermally transfer-printed under pressure on a printing sheet in an image transfer section. A detection mark is provided on the intermediate transfer recording medium. This detection mark is detected for positioning an image forming area of the recording medium relative to a thermal head of the printer. In a case where the image forming section and the image transfer section are arranged in a line, a buffer unit is provided in which the recording medium being fed continuously between the two sections is caused to take a detouring path whereby mutual influence of the two sections is prevented. A line heater can be used as heating means in the image transfer section.

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