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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2018
Applicant:
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasushi Kishimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Marugame, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/52 (2006.01); B41J 2/325 (2006.01); B41M 5/382 (2006.01); H04N 1/405 (2006.01); B42D 25/40 (2014.01); B42D 25/328 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/52 (2013.01); B41J 2/325 (2013.01); B41M 5/382 (2013.01); H04N 1/405 (2013.01); B42D 25/328 (2014.10); B42D 25/40 (2014.10);
Abstract
Thermal transfer image data is used to transfer part of a transfer material layer in a transfer ribbon to an image-receiving layer in an intermediate transfer ribbon to form a plurality of image cells on the intermediate transfer ribbon. A method for providing thermal transfer image data includes converting a multitone input image into a multitone image having fewer different tone values than the input image, based on a predetermined threshold; and dithering respective tone values of the image.