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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2007
Keiji Ihara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Seiichi Tanabe, Tokyo-to, JP;
Toshinori Takahashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yoshitaka Suzuki, Saitama-ken, JP;
Osamu Goto, Tokyo-to, JP;
Keiji Ihara, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Seiichi Tanabe, Tokyo-to, JP;
Toshinori Takahashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yoshitaka Suzuki, Saitama-ken, JP;
Osamu Goto, Tokyo-to, JP;
JVC Kenwood Corporation, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Thermal transfer printing method and apparatus are provided to make initial character image data left on a spent ink ribbon illegible. In the method, after forming an initial character image FGion an ink layerin black of the ink ribbon, a forefront position Sof the ink layeris aligned with a forefront position Sof an intermediate transfer film. Then, overwrite character image data UGDis applied on a thermal headto produce a first superimpose character image KGon the ribbonand a first superimpose character image KGon the film. After that, the forefront position Sof the ink layeris shifted from the forefront position Sof the filmby a predetermined distance and further, the overwrite character image data UGDis applied on the thermal headto produce a second superimpose character image KGon the ribbonand a second superimpose character image KGon the film. In this way, the initial character image data left on the ribbonand the filmcan be together brought into illegible condition.