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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Suzuki, Mishima, JP;
Masaki Yoshino, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshihiko Hotta, Mishima, JP;
Hiroyuki Uemura, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ; B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503201 ; 428195 ; 428913 ; 428914 ; 503227 ;
Abstract
Thermal recording structure and a method of thermal recording wherein a desired sublimation dye image is formed on an information recording medium provided with a thermal recording layer having a sublimation dye accepting function on at least one surface of a base substrate. The transparency of the thermal recording layer is reversible depending upon temperature to which the medium is heated. At least the sublimation dye image portion of the medium is heated to a temperature sufficient to reverse the transparency of the transfer image.