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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfons Schuster, Augsburg, DE;
Armin Weichmann, Kissing, DE;
Bernhard Feller, Friedberg, DE;
Dirk Probian, Gablingen/Lüzelburg, DE;
Michael Müller, Augsburg, DE;
Thomas Hartmann, Friedberg, DE;
Assignee:
MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG, Offenbach am Main, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/32 ;
Abstract
A method of producing a thermal transfer print on a substrate cylinder using a tape-like transfer film, the method including exerting a contact force on a substrate using the transfer film for producing a static friction force, and controlling exact synchronism between the tape-like transfer film and the substrate cylinder by using the magnitude of the static friction force.