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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Koichi Dobashi, Morioka, JP;
Hiroyoshi Zama, Morioka, JP;
Isao Ohwada, Takizawa-mura, JP;
Takashi Goto, Takizawa-mura, JP;
Toshiaki Amano, Morioka, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermal transfer printer of the intermediate transfer type that first melts ink of an ink ribbon by heat of a thermal head and subsequently transfers the molten ink onto an intermediate transfer member to thereby form a primary recording image, and finally re-transfers this primary recording image onto paper to thereby perform a desired recording. The intermediate transfer member is made of a material selected in such a manner that the coefficient of friction for this material is equal to or more than 1.0. In one embodiment, the material of the intermediate transfer member is silicon rubber.