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Thermal transfer recording material
Assignee: Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd
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Filing: 1986-12-12
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Granted: 1989-06-06
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Expires: 2006-12-12
Abstract
Abstract A thermal transfer recording material comprising a combination of a donor sheet having a heat meltable ink layer on a support and an image receiving sheet which are superposed so that the heat meltable ink layer on the donor sheet contacts with the image receiving sheet, the thermal transfer being carried out by a thermal head, wherein either said donor sheet or said image receiving sheet or both sheets are characterized by being such that 1. the heat meltable ink layer of the donor sheet principally comprises a colored dye or pigment, a binder and a wax which are coated on the support as an aqueous solution and/or an aqueous emulsion; 2. the image receiving sheet has, coated thereon, a heat meltable substance having a melting point higher than that of said heat meltable ink layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Sadao Morishita
- 👤 Toshihiko Matsushita
- 👤 Mikiya Sekine
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 18:31
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41M; B41M5/00; B41M5/26; B41M5/382; B41M5/38207; B41M5/392; B41M5/50; B41M5/52; B41M5/34; B41M5/345; B41M5/5227; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/913; Y10S428/914
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
95 words
A thermal transfer recording material capable of developing gradation which comprises a combination of a donor sheet having a heat meltable ink layer on a support and a thermal transfer image receiving sheet which are superposed so that the heat meltable ink layer on the donor sheet contacts with the image receiving sheet, the thermal transfer being carried out by a thermal head, said heat meltable ink layer having been obtained by coating on the support a coating composition comprising a colored dye or colored pigment, a binder and a wax in an aqueous medium.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
95 words
A thermal transfer recording material capable of developing gradation which comprises a combination of a donor sheet having a heat meltable ink layer on a support and a thermal transfer image receiving sheet which are superposed so that the heat meltable ink layer on the donor sheet contacts with the image receiving sheet, the thermal transfer being carried out by a thermal head, said heat meltable ink layer having been obtained by coating on the support a coating composition comprising a colored dye or colored pigment, a binder and a wax in an aqueous medium.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A thermal transfer recording material capable of developing gradation according to claim 1, wherein the heat meltable ink layer comprises 0.5 to 25% by weight of a colored dye or pigment, 0.5 to 50% by weight of a binder, and 50 to 99 % by weight of a wax.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
44 words
A thermal transfer recording material capable of developing gradation according to claim 1, wherein the colored dye or pigment consists of at least yellow, magenta, and cyan colors and the heat meltable inks containing these colors are each partially coated on the same support.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A thermal transfer recording material according to claim 1, wherein the image receiving sheet is a conventional image receiving sheet.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
93 words
A method of thermal transfer recording which comprises superposing a donor sheet having a heat meltable ink layer on a support, said heat meltable ink layer having been obtained by coating on the support a coating composition comprising a colorless dye or pigment, a binder and a wax in an aqueous medium, and an image receiving sheet so that the heat meltable ink layer on the donor sheet contacts with the heat meltable substance layer of the image receiving sheet and transferring the molten ink under application of heat from a thermal head.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
93 words
A method of thermal transfer recording which comprises superposing a donor sheet having a heat meltable ink layer on a support, said heat meltable ink layer having been obtained by coating on the support a coating composition comprising a colorless dye or pigment, a binder and a wax in an aqueous medium, and an image receiving sheet so that the heat meltable ink layer on the donor sheet contacts with the heat meltable substance layer of the image receiving sheet and transferring the molten ink under application of heat from a thermal head.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
88 words
A method of thermal transfer recording which comprises superposing a donor sheet having a heat meltable ink layer on a support, said heat meltable ink layer having been obtained by coating on the support a coating composition comprising a colorless dye or pigment, a binder and a wax in an aqueous medium and a conventional image receiving sheet so that the heat meltable ink layer on the donor sheet contacts with the image receiving sheet, and transferring the molten ink under application of heat from a thermal head.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
88 words
A method of thermal transfer recording which comprises superposing a donor sheet having a heat meltable ink layer on a support, said heat meltable ink layer having been obtained by coating on the support a coating composition comprising a colorless dye or pigment, a binder and a wax in an aqueous medium and a conventional image receiving sheet so that the heat meltable ink layer on the donor sheet contacts with the image receiving sheet, and transferring the molten ink under application of heat from a thermal head.
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