JPS63297090A - Metallic luster thermal transfer recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily achieve metallic luster printing with high luminance and enable metallic luster printing in a desired hue, by providing an intermediate layer on a base, and providing a heat-fusible adhesive layer or a thermally transferable coloring layer thereon. CONSTITUTION:An intermediate layer divided into a section of an adhesive layer 3 provided by coating and a section comprising a heat-fusible releasable layer 2 and a vapor deposition anchor layer 4 is provided on a base 1. A vapor-deposited metallic layer 5, a heat-fusible adhesive layer 6 and a thermally transferable coloring layer 7 comprising subliamble dyes are provided on the intermediate layer. The releasable layer 2 is melted at the time of printing by the heat supplied from a thermal head, thereby accelerating the transfer of the metallic layer 5 from the base 1 to a transfer recording paper. The metallic layer 5 imparts a metallic luster to a printed matter, and the adhesive layer 6 is melted at the time of printing to be adhered to the paper and, simultaneously, to fix the metallic layer 5 to the paper. The coloring layer 7 is transferred onto the paper or onto a pattern formed on the paper by the heat supplied at the time of printing, thereby expressing a multicolor pattern. To perform metallic luster printing in a desired hue, the section of the adhesive layer 6 is used for printed, then superimposing printing is conducted by use of the coloring layer 7.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a thermal transfer recording medium used in a thermal printing device using a thermal headgear. Contains metallic luster in the desired color? Forming colored letters or patterns with? Conventional color printer method? Printed matter that can be easily printed using a printer and has a high degree of transparency and metallic luster with a 4 degree effect? The present invention relates to a metallic luster thermal transfer recording medium that can be coated with a metallic luster.

(Conventional technology) In recent years, thermal heads? The thermal transfer recording method used is rapidly becoming popular due to its advantages such as low noise, ability to print in color, and the ability to make the device relatively inexpensive and compact. However, what about conventional thermal transfer recording media? With the printing used, it was difficult to express high brightness in gold and silver colors, and it was also impossible to express metallic luster in desired colors.

(Point D to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and allows high brightness metallic gloss printing to be easily faded.

What's more, a metallic gloss thermal transfer recording medium that can print metallic luster in the desired hue? It is in the provision of Φ.

Is the other purpose of this invention three primary colors or black ink? A transfer recording medium composed of four different colors? Printing patterns of any color by overlapping colors using metallic gloss thermal transfer recording d&body that can achieve the above objectives without changing the mechanism of conventional color printers? I'm going to pray for you.

Furthermore, another purpose of the present invention is due to the disposable nature of the medium. In order to provide low-priced gold F4, which is easy to manufacture, is Sawa thermal transfer recording media? It is about providing.

(Problem? Means to solve it) Is the following one invention? drawing? Refer to and explain. Gold of the present invention @
As shown in FIG. 1, the thermal transfer recording medium has a base material 11
) is divided into an area coated with an adhesive layer (3) and an area consisting of an fA meltable release layer (2) and a vapor deposition anchor 1 (4)! ? The structure includes a metal vapor deposited layer (5), a heat-melting adhesive 1-+6), and a heat-transferable coloring film +7) containing a sublimable dye r.

The base material 11) is used as a support for the thermal transfer recording medium. What heat resistance and strength do you need? Any film may be used, and typical examples of such a base material include stretched polyester film and capacitor paper. Sticking again if necessary? Heat-resistant protective layer to prevent? Providing it on one side of the base material also plays a role.

The heat-melting release layer (2) formed on the base material Ill is melted during printing by the heat of the thermal head, and the base material Ill is melted during printing.
It is provided for the purpose of promoting the transfer of the metal vapor deposited layer (51) from the transfer paper to the transfer paper, and its composition includes natural or synthetic waxes such as carnauba wax, rice wax, montan wax, candelilla wax, and paraffin wax. , heat-resistance, low molecular weight!Resin, etc. are used as the main ingredients.Print quality, speed, etc., suitability with thermal heads, and storage stability of the medium?Considering, the melting point of these compositions is 60℃ or higher and 100℃. It is desirable that Q is below, and that it contains a wax having low strength and viscosity when hot melted and a lk acid component for ease of peeling.

``F'O deposition anchor 1 (4) formed on the release layer (2)
is peeled off. The resin used for this vapor-deposited anchor layer (4) is linear saturated polyester because of its strong adhesion to wax, cedar-forming properties, ease of poultry processing, and fixability of sublimation dyes. Chlorinated rubber containing lubricant.

A composition containing a chlorinated polyolefin, a cellulose derivative, a polyamide resin, or a combination thereof as a main component is used.

The purpose of the adhesive layer 13) formed in another area on the base material (1) is to bond the base material and the metal vapor deposited layer (5), and it prevents peeling at room temperature and the transfer paper of the metal vapor deposited layer during printing. Transition to? The purpose is to prevent it. Therefore, as a material, the vapor deposition anchor layer (4
) can be used.

Is metal vapor deposition 1 yang (5) metallic luster of printed matter? It is a layer for expressing and is typically made of aluminum from 100N to 50N.
Thicknesses up to 0λ can be used, but other metals are also possible. In the case of Aluminum Vapor Deposition 1, if the film thickness is less than 100N, there will be little concealment of the base of the printed matter and the metallic luster will be poor, and if the olfactory thickness exceeds 500 yen, the printing will be difficult to cut. However, it can of course be used even outside this range depending on the purpose.

The thermal 6d adhesive layer 16) applied on the gold T4 vapor deposited 1fir +5) in the areas coated with the peeling @ (2) and the vapor deposited anchor layer (4) on the substrate will not tilt during printing. The metal vapor deposited layer 15) is used to adhere to the transfer paper and at the same time to solidify on the transfer paper, and the same components as the release layer (2) can be used. Also, the sublimable dye applied to the pond area on the metallized layer (5)? Thermal transferable colored layer (7
) is a multicolored design that is transferred onto the transfer paper or onto the pattern formed on the transfer paper due to heating during printing. It is a colored layer for expression.

Furthermore, these colors 4[7] are yellow sublimable dyes as shown in Figure 1? Contains a colored layer, magenta sublimated linaceae? If the order is a colored layer containing (7M), a colored layer containing cyan sublimation dye #+r (7C), is it a metal vapor deposited layer? By layering the three color layers on top of the transferred image, it is possible to easily create a metallic luster pattern in a desired color. In this case, is there a heat-melting wax layer containing ordinary pigments or dyes as colorants?
Printed materials with particularly excellent transparency and strong abrasion resistance compared to those using conventional printing methods? You can get it.

Metallic gloss thermal transfer recording medium of the present invention? Use gold T4YT of the desired hue and print? To do this, first place the area of the adhesive layer (6) shown in Figure 1 on the medium. Used to print 2 lines.

Next, the printer is mechanically the same as a normal thermal color printer by overlapping the two areas of the colored layer (7) with printed pages Φ. It can be easily executed using Of course.

Is it the same color as the metal by not printing the colored layer (7) area? Expressing and touching! Normal color expression by not printing 2 in area lii+6)? It is also possible to do so.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the metallic gloss thermal transfer recording medium of the present invention, in addition to being able to easily produce metallic gloss printed matter with a desired hue and excellent brightness and abrasion resistance, 1. If metallic luster is not acceptable, normal color prints can also be obtained.

Rui does not require partial removal of the evaporation layer in full-surface evaporation Rvk, and is not only easy to manufacture and inexpensive, but also has the additional effect that the charging of the medium is significantly reduced, making it possible to reduce the amount of dust attached to the layer during use. Troubles such as damage to the thermal head can also be prevented.

(Example) Two of the following compositions were partially coated on a 5.7μ thick polyester film and dried to form a 0.8μ thick release layer. Established.

Rice wax 10 parts by weight Carnauba wax 10 〆1 EVA 2 #solvent
7a lll On top of that is a deposited anchor layer/adhesive layer consisting of an equal mixture of nitrocellulose and polyethylene terephthalate? 0 thickness on the entire surface
．． It was formed to have a thickness of 5 μm, and then aluminum evaporation 2 was performed to a thickness of 20 μm over it. After this, the same composition as the release layer and a composition containing yellow, cyan, and magenta sublimable dyes r? Then, apply the adhesive layer and layer color from above the vapor deposited layer as shown in Figure 2. Formed.

This medium? Using an expert color printer, the area (7Y) of the adhesive 4161 area 0 colored layer shown in Figure 2,
When a pattern of a baboon was printed in the order of area (7M) and area (7C), a printed matter with an extremely metallic luster and excellent abrasion resistance was obtained.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure I@1 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the metallic luster thermal transfer recording medium according to the present invention, and Figure 2 is a plan view of the same. (1)... Base material (2)... Peeling layer 13)... Adhesive layer (4)... Vapor deposition anchor layer (5)... Metal source N1 (6)... Adhesion 1

Claims (5)

[Claims] (1) On one side of the base material, a metal vapor deposited layer via an intermediate layer,
In a thermal transfer recording medium in which a heat-fusible adhesive layer or a heat-transferable colored layer is provided in this order, the intermediate layer consists of an adhesive layer to the base material, a heat-fusible release layer, and a vapor deposition anchor. A thermally transferable colored layer containing a sublimable dye corresponds to the area where the intermediate layer consists of a heat-fusible release layer and a vapor-deposited anchor layer through a metal vapor-deposited layer. A metallic luster thermal transfer recording medium characterized by a heat-melting adhesive layer. (2) The metallic luster thermal transfer recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the heat-fusible intermediate layer and the vapor-deposited anchor layer are substantially uncolored and transparent. (3) The intermediate layer corresponds to the area consisting of the adhesive layer to the base material via the metal vapor deposited layer. The metallic gloss thermal transfer recording medium according to claims 1 and 2, characterized in that the medium is painted differently. (4) The heat-melt release layer and the heat-melt adhesive layer contain wax and are composed of a composition having a melting point of 60°C or higher and 100°C or lower. Metallic gloss thermal transfer recording medium. (5) The metallic luster thermal transfer recording medium according to claim 1, wherein the vapor-deposited anchor layer is made of a composition containing saturated linear polyester.