Sony Corporation

Mitsuaki Ogiwara

Satoshi Nakamura

Hiroshi Takeuchi

Seijiro Tomita

Yoshihiro Okamoto

Hidehiko Funayama

Kohji Ogiwara

An image transcription method of transcribing an image of the dye on a printing sheet outputted by e.g., a video printer onto a substrate for transcription, such as a cup of pottery or the like. For transcription, a resin is coated on the surface of the substrate for transcription to form a reception layer. This reception layer is dried in an electrical oven to form a support for transcription. A printing sheet carrying an image of a sublimable dye is stacked on the reception layer of the support for transcription and pressured to the reception layer under application of heat and pressure. As the resin for the reception layer, the acrylic resin or the epoxy resin or both are employed. If the resin composed mainly of the acrylic resin is employed, the viscosity of the resin is set to 43 to 52 seconds in terms of the Ford cup viscosity, and the resin discharge pressure from a spray gun is set to 35 kg/m &plusmn;0.01 kg.cm . The distance between the spray gun and the substrate for transcription is set to 100 mm&plusmn;5 mm, while the drying temperature is 170 to 180&deg; C. The thickness of the reception layer is 10 to 50 &mgr;m. After transcribing the image of the sublimable dye to the reception layer, a transparent film is bonded, if necessary, as a protective film on the reception layer.

Ink ribbon for image transcription

Method for transcribing an image and a support for transcription and ink ribbon employed therefor

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Gifu, Japan

Mitsuaki Ogiwara