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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1993
Yasunori Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Yoshikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akifumi Kuwabara, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Nakao, Tokyo, JP;
Motohiko Kashioka, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromi Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Kumada, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Ohmura, Tokyo, JP;
Toyo Ink Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermal transfer recording method forms a pattern on a marking film, which is a plastic film containing a heat adhesive resin or a plastic film on which a heat-sensitive image-receiving layer, composed mainly of a heat adhesive resin, is formed. A thermal transfer ribbon is prepared by forming a heat-melting ink layer on one surface of a substrate and is used to form the pattern on the marking film. The above method permits the facile formation of a fine or complicated multi-color character or pattern on a marking film in a quick thermal transfer operation at a low cost.