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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard G Crystal, Los Altos, CA (US);
Hardy Sonnenberg, Puslinch, CA;
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01D / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346-11 ; 346 / ; 358298 ; 400120 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a thermal transfer printing process which comprises incorporating into a thermal transfer printing apparatus with a thermal printhead a transfer element comprising a substrate upon which is contained an ink, contacting the transfer element with a receiver sheet, applying heat imagewise from the printhead to the transfer element, and applying a field between the transfer element and the receiver sheet to enhance imagewise transfer of the ink from the transfer element to the receiver sheet. The applied field may be either electric or magnetic in nature.