CA1281507C - Transfer printing method - Google Patents
Transfer printing methodInfo
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- CA1281507C CA1281507C CA000520135A CA520135A CA1281507C CA 1281507 C CA1281507 C CA 1281507C CA 000520135 A CA000520135 A CA 000520135A CA 520135 A CA520135 A CA 520135A CA 1281507 C CA1281507 C CA 1281507C
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Classifications
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
- B41M1/00—Inking and printing with a printer's forme
- B41M1/26—Printing on other surfaces than ordinary paper
- B41M1/30—Printing on other surfaces than ordinary paper on organic plastics, horn or similar materials
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
- B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
- B41M5/025—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein by transferring ink from the master sheet
- B41M5/035—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein by transferring ink from the master sheet by sublimation or volatilisation of pre-printed design, e.g. sublistatic
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- Decoration By Transfer Pictures (AREA)
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- Transition And Organic Metals Composition Catalysts For Addition Polymerization (AREA)
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- Particle Formation And Scattering Control In Inkjet Printers (AREA)
- Photoreceptors In Electrophotography (AREA)
- Electrostatic Charge, Transfer And Separation In Electrography (AREA)
- Thermal Transfer Or Thermal Recording In General (AREA)
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
Solid plastic objects, or objects having a plastic or lacquer surface layer are imprinted in a transfer printing process by placing a flat dye vehicle against the surface of the solid object to be printed and heating the dye vehicle to the sublimation temperature of the dye. During the dye transfer, a layer of a material which does not adhere or adheres only weakly to the solid object and is to a large extent permeable to the transfer of the dye is placed between the surface to be printed and the dye vehicle, thus avoiding dye vehicle impressions on the surface.
Preferably, a plastic plate coated with a polyolefin film is printed upon, whereby the film is left on the surface as a protective coating after the printing.
Solid plastic objects, or objects having a plastic or lacquer surface layer are imprinted in a transfer printing process by placing a flat dye vehicle against the surface of the solid object to be printed and heating the dye vehicle to the sublimation temperature of the dye. During the dye transfer, a layer of a material which does not adhere or adheres only weakly to the solid object and is to a large extent permeable to the transfer of the dye is placed between the surface to be printed and the dye vehicle, thus avoiding dye vehicle impressions on the surface.
Preferably, a plastic plate coated with a polyolefin film is printed upon, whereby the film is left on the surface as a protective coating after the printing.
Description
TITLE OF THE INVENTION
~RANSFER PRINTING METHOD
BACKGROUND OF THE IN'~ENTION
Field of the Invention The invention relates to a method of transfer printing on solid plastic objects, or on objects having a surface layer of plastic or lacquer, whereby dyes are transferred onto the surface of the solid object by sublimation from a flat heated dye ~vehicle.
Description of the Backnround According to DE-A 29 14 704, lacquered sheet metal strips are printed on by a dye transfer process as they pass through a heated calender together with a flat dye vehicle. DE-A 26 42 350 discloses transfer printing combined with the coating of a solid object. In this process a thermoplastic film is placed between the surface of the object and the dye vehicle. The plastic film has an affinlty for the dye of the dye vehicle and to a large extent prevents the migration of dye. When heated, the film absorbs the dye and simultaneously adheres to the surface of the plastic.
~Z8~507 -2- , In both methods, damage to the surface, or rather to its polished finish, is unavoidable, because as it is heated, the dye vehicle leaves an impression on the surface. In EP-A 110,220 this disadvantage is avoided by using a gas pressure of more than 1 atmosphere to press the dye vehicle against the surface to be printed upon. This method can also result in deterioration of the finish, however, due to impressions left by the dye vehicle when the transfer printing is performed with high gas pressure. Furthermore, it is disadvantageous to have a sensitive surface, which has been covered with a detachable film to protect it against damage, exposed for printing by removal of the protective film and then reprotected by reapplying the fil~ after the transfer printin~.
SUMMARY OF T~IE INVENTION
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Accordingly, one object of the present invention is to completely avoid impressions from the dye vehicle on the surface or surface layer of the object during transfer printing.
Another object of the invention is to provide a printing method in which the surface to be printed upon is protected against damage during further processing or during transport without additional expensive measures.
lZ81507 These objects and other objects which will become apparent fro~ the following specification have been achieved by the novel transfer printing method of the present invention in which during the dye transfer, a layer of a material, which either adheres or does not adhere to the surface or surface layer of the object to be printed and is to a large extent permeable to the transfer of the dye, is placed between the surface, or surface layer of the object and the dye vehicle.
It was surprisingly determined that the sublimating dye penetrates a layer of certain materials with no difficulty and passes into the surface to be printed upon in the same manner as if the layer were not present. Materials most suitable are those which do not adhere to the plastic or lacquer of the surface to be printed upon. As a rule, a transfer dye with a high affinity for the plastic or lacquer, has less of an affinity for the material of the intermediate layer. Since the adhesion between the surface and the intermediates layer is so weak, the intermediate layer can easily be removed after the transfer ~rinting without leaving a residue.
The intermediate layer protects the surface of the object during the transfer printing process against impressions from the dye vehicle and afterward against damage of all kinds until the object is installe~3 at its point of use.
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1.281507 DETAI LED DESCRI PI ION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Transfer printing onto a wide range of lacquers and plastics is in general use. Transferable dyes having sufficiently high affinities for the plastics and lacquers to be printed upon are known.
For example, DE-OS 26 4~ 350 describes various types of dyes and their affinity for individual classes of plastics. Included among the plastics which can be easily printed in the transfer printing process are, for example, polyesters, polyurethanes, cellulose derivatives, particularly cellulose esters, phenolic and amino plastics, epoxy resins, polyamides and polycarbonates, acrylic plastics, particularly polymethylmethacrylate as well as polyacrylnitrile and mi~ed polymerizates of acrylic esters and acrylic nitriles. Printable lacquers also belong to these c~lasses.
The intermediate layer, made from material which is to a large extent permeable to the transfer of the dye, prevents impressions on the surface to be printed if it is itself sufficiently smooth or, at least under the conditions of dye transfer, if it is softer than the surface. Above all, it should have so little adhesion to the surface to be printed upon that even under the pressure and temperature conditions of the transfer printing process, no secure adhesion is 128150~7 ., produced. As a rule it is desirable that this layer can be removed with a small amount of force even after cooling. Various plastics have this characteristic.
For this reason, plastic films are used as a rule. The thinner the films are, the more permeable they are to the transfer of dye. It is preferable to use films having thicknesses between 10 and 200 microns.
Polyolefin films, particularly polyethylene or polypropylene are preferred. Other suitable plastics are polytetrafluorethylene, diene-polymerizates, silicon plastics, polyvinyl chloride and polyvinylidene chloride.
The intermediate layer can be combined as such with the surface to be printed and with the dye vehicle immediately before the dye transfer printing. It is particularly advantageous, however, if the intermediate layer has been combined previously with one of the two other layers. Accordingly, the dye vehlcle can be laminated together with a polyethylene ~ilm, and this laminate can be placed on the surface to be printed.
Preferably, the intennediate layer, particularly a polyolefin film, is previously bonded to the surface to be printed. Acrylic plastic sheets are almost always used canmercially with a polyethylene film coating on both sides and are often processed into an end product with this protective coatin~. The film is not usually ~Z8~507 removed until the point of use and the finished object retains it protective coating untll this time.
According to this invention, acrylic plastic sheets or similar plastic sheets are subjected directly to the transfer printing process with a protective poly-ethylene coating in place so that damage to the surface and its finish is prevented not only during this process, but also during subsequent handling steps up to final use. The film can be pulled from the printed surface just as easily as it is before the printing takes place.
During the transfer printing process, the dye vehicle, the intermediate layer and the surface to be printed should be placed together as closely as possible, especially if illustrations or drawing-like color patterns are to be transferred with sharply defined contours. It is sufficient if the close contact occurs during the short time period adequate for the transfer of the dye. For example, the method of operation from EP-A 110,220 can be employed, in which the layers are arranged closely together without contacting each other, by using appropriately spaced stretching frames, for example, and are then briefly pressed tightly together by a compressed gas acting on the back side of the dye vehicle for the period of the transfer of the dye. Other known methods can also be 128150~7 -7- .
employed in the process according to the invention in order to press the layers tightly together during the dye trans~er since damage to the surface finish from printing impressions is almost completely eliminated.
For example, the layers can be :Laid in a flat press, fed through a calender nip or pressed against a solid support by means of a tensed material or web. In all of these methods, no hiqher printing pressure should be used than is necessary to press the layers tightly together, since excessive pressure can result in a loss i of the surface finish.
The dye transfer is accomplished in a known manner by heating the dye vehicle to the sublimation temperature of the dye. The dye vehicle can be heated by hot surfaces, such as hot compression surfaces or calender rolling, by heat radiators or by hot compressed gas. The plastic to be printed upon, at least the plastic or lac~uer sur~ace, should also be heated to a temperature conducive to the dye transfer but below the dye sublimation temperature. In typical cases the plastic surface to be printed upon, for example, an acrylic plastic panel lined with a polyethylene film, is preheated to 120 to 135 degrees C, and pressed together with the dye vehicle, ~enerally a printed paper web, for 1 to 10 seconds, witll a surface pressure of from 0.01 to 0.2 Kp/cm2. The dye 1~8~507 vehicle is heated to a temperature of from 150 to 300 degrees C.
Due to the nature of the printed surface and the intermediate layer, there arises no adhesion or only a weak adhesion between these layers, so that after cooling the intermediate layer~can easily be pulled off without leaving any residue.
Obviously, numerous modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein.
~RANSFER PRINTING METHOD
BACKGROUND OF THE IN'~ENTION
Field of the Invention The invention relates to a method of transfer printing on solid plastic objects, or on objects having a surface layer of plastic or lacquer, whereby dyes are transferred onto the surface of the solid object by sublimation from a flat heated dye ~vehicle.
Description of the Backnround According to DE-A 29 14 704, lacquered sheet metal strips are printed on by a dye transfer process as they pass through a heated calender together with a flat dye vehicle. DE-A 26 42 350 discloses transfer printing combined with the coating of a solid object. In this process a thermoplastic film is placed between the surface of the object and the dye vehicle. The plastic film has an affinlty for the dye of the dye vehicle and to a large extent prevents the migration of dye. When heated, the film absorbs the dye and simultaneously adheres to the surface of the plastic.
~Z8~507 -2- , In both methods, damage to the surface, or rather to its polished finish, is unavoidable, because as it is heated, the dye vehicle leaves an impression on the surface. In EP-A 110,220 this disadvantage is avoided by using a gas pressure of more than 1 atmosphere to press the dye vehicle against the surface to be printed upon. This method can also result in deterioration of the finish, however, due to impressions left by the dye vehicle when the transfer printing is performed with high gas pressure. Furthermore, it is disadvantageous to have a sensitive surface, which has been covered with a detachable film to protect it against damage, exposed for printing by removal of the protective film and then reprotected by reapplying the fil~ after the transfer printin~.
SUMMARY OF T~IE INVENTION
.
Accordingly, one object of the present invention is to completely avoid impressions from the dye vehicle on the surface or surface layer of the object during transfer printing.
Another object of the invention is to provide a printing method in which the surface to be printed upon is protected against damage during further processing or during transport without additional expensive measures.
lZ81507 These objects and other objects which will become apparent fro~ the following specification have been achieved by the novel transfer printing method of the present invention in which during the dye transfer, a layer of a material, which either adheres or does not adhere to the surface or surface layer of the object to be printed and is to a large extent permeable to the transfer of the dye, is placed between the surface, or surface layer of the object and the dye vehicle.
It was surprisingly determined that the sublimating dye penetrates a layer of certain materials with no difficulty and passes into the surface to be printed upon in the same manner as if the layer were not present. Materials most suitable are those which do not adhere to the plastic or lacquer of the surface to be printed upon. As a rule, a transfer dye with a high affinity for the plastic or lacquer, has less of an affinity for the material of the intermediate layer. Since the adhesion between the surface and the intermediates layer is so weak, the intermediate layer can easily be removed after the transfer ~rinting without leaving a residue.
The intermediate layer protects the surface of the object during the transfer printing process against impressions from the dye vehicle and afterward against damage of all kinds until the object is installe~3 at its point of use.
:
1.281507 DETAI LED DESCRI PI ION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Transfer printing onto a wide range of lacquers and plastics is in general use. Transferable dyes having sufficiently high affinities for the plastics and lacquers to be printed upon are known.
For example, DE-OS 26 4~ 350 describes various types of dyes and their affinity for individual classes of plastics. Included among the plastics which can be easily printed in the transfer printing process are, for example, polyesters, polyurethanes, cellulose derivatives, particularly cellulose esters, phenolic and amino plastics, epoxy resins, polyamides and polycarbonates, acrylic plastics, particularly polymethylmethacrylate as well as polyacrylnitrile and mi~ed polymerizates of acrylic esters and acrylic nitriles. Printable lacquers also belong to these c~lasses.
The intermediate layer, made from material which is to a large extent permeable to the transfer of the dye, prevents impressions on the surface to be printed if it is itself sufficiently smooth or, at least under the conditions of dye transfer, if it is softer than the surface. Above all, it should have so little adhesion to the surface to be printed upon that even under the pressure and temperature conditions of the transfer printing process, no secure adhesion is 128150~7 ., produced. As a rule it is desirable that this layer can be removed with a small amount of force even after cooling. Various plastics have this characteristic.
For this reason, plastic films are used as a rule. The thinner the films are, the more permeable they are to the transfer of dye. It is preferable to use films having thicknesses between 10 and 200 microns.
Polyolefin films, particularly polyethylene or polypropylene are preferred. Other suitable plastics are polytetrafluorethylene, diene-polymerizates, silicon plastics, polyvinyl chloride and polyvinylidene chloride.
The intermediate layer can be combined as such with the surface to be printed and with the dye vehicle immediately before the dye transfer printing. It is particularly advantageous, however, if the intermediate layer has been combined previously with one of the two other layers. Accordingly, the dye vehlcle can be laminated together with a polyethylene ~ilm, and this laminate can be placed on the surface to be printed.
Preferably, the intennediate layer, particularly a polyolefin film, is previously bonded to the surface to be printed. Acrylic plastic sheets are almost always used canmercially with a polyethylene film coating on both sides and are often processed into an end product with this protective coatin~. The film is not usually ~Z8~507 removed until the point of use and the finished object retains it protective coating untll this time.
According to this invention, acrylic plastic sheets or similar plastic sheets are subjected directly to the transfer printing process with a protective poly-ethylene coating in place so that damage to the surface and its finish is prevented not only during this process, but also during subsequent handling steps up to final use. The film can be pulled from the printed surface just as easily as it is before the printing takes place.
During the transfer printing process, the dye vehicle, the intermediate layer and the surface to be printed should be placed together as closely as possible, especially if illustrations or drawing-like color patterns are to be transferred with sharply defined contours. It is sufficient if the close contact occurs during the short time period adequate for the transfer of the dye. For example, the method of operation from EP-A 110,220 can be employed, in which the layers are arranged closely together without contacting each other, by using appropriately spaced stretching frames, for example, and are then briefly pressed tightly together by a compressed gas acting on the back side of the dye vehicle for the period of the transfer of the dye. Other known methods can also be 128150~7 -7- .
employed in the process according to the invention in order to press the layers tightly together during the dye trans~er since damage to the surface finish from printing impressions is almost completely eliminated.
For example, the layers can be :Laid in a flat press, fed through a calender nip or pressed against a solid support by means of a tensed material or web. In all of these methods, no hiqher printing pressure should be used than is necessary to press the layers tightly together, since excessive pressure can result in a loss i of the surface finish.
The dye transfer is accomplished in a known manner by heating the dye vehicle to the sublimation temperature of the dye. The dye vehicle can be heated by hot surfaces, such as hot compression surfaces or calender rolling, by heat radiators or by hot compressed gas. The plastic to be printed upon, at least the plastic or lac~uer sur~ace, should also be heated to a temperature conducive to the dye transfer but below the dye sublimation temperature. In typical cases the plastic surface to be printed upon, for example, an acrylic plastic panel lined with a polyethylene film, is preheated to 120 to 135 degrees C, and pressed together with the dye vehicle, ~enerally a printed paper web, for 1 to 10 seconds, witll a surface pressure of from 0.01 to 0.2 Kp/cm2. The dye 1~8~507 vehicle is heated to a temperature of from 150 to 300 degrees C.
Due to the nature of the printed surface and the intermediate layer, there arises no adhesion or only a weak adhesion between these layers, so that after cooling the intermediate layer~can easily be pulled off without leaving any residue.
Obviously, numerous modifications and variations of the present invention are possible in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein.
Claims (6)
1. A method for transfer printing on solid ob-jects, comprising the steps of:
(i) detachably adhering a layer of a dye per-meable plastic film selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polytetrafluorethylene, diene-polymers and silicon plastics, to said solid ob-ject;
(ii) contacting said layer with a dye vehicle containing at least one sublimable dye;
(iii) pressing together said dye vehicle and said layer;
(iv) heating said dye vehicle to the sublima-tion temperature of said dye; and (v) cooling the printed object and leaving said plastic film on said solid object during further processing or transportation to its point of use.
(i) detachably adhering a layer of a dye per-meable plastic film selected from the group consisting of polyethylene, polypropylene, polytetrafluorethylene, diene-polymers and silicon plastics, to said solid ob-ject;
(ii) contacting said layer with a dye vehicle containing at least one sublimable dye;
(iii) pressing together said dye vehicle and said layer;
(iv) heating said dye vehicle to the sublima-tion temperature of said dye; and (v) cooling the printed object and leaving said plastic film on said solid object during further processing or transportation to its point of use.
2. The method of Claim 1, wherein said solid object comprises a plastic object.
3. The method of Claim 1, wherein said solid object has a plastic or lacquer outer layer.
4. The method of Claim 1, wherein said layer comprises a plastic film with a thickness of from 10-200 microns.
5. The method of Claim 2, wherein said solid plastic object is comprised of an acrylic plastic or a polycarbonate plastic.
6. The method of Claim 3, wherein said outer layer is comprised of an acrylic plastic or a polycar-bonate plastic.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| DEP3536061.5 | 1985-10-09 | ||
| DE19853536061 DE3536061A1 (en) | 1985-10-09 | 1985-10-09 | TRANSFER PRINTING PROCEDURE |
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| CA1281507C true CA1281507C (en) | 1991-03-19 |
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| CA000520135A Expired - Lifetime CA1281507C (en) | 1985-10-09 | 1986-10-08 | Transfer printing method |
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| EP (1) | EP0218168B1 (en) |
| JP (1) | JPS6294388A (en) |
| AT (1) | ATE59813T1 (en) |
| CA (1) | CA1281507C (en) |
| DE (2) | DE3536061A1 (en) |
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| CA2026728A1 (en) * | 1989-10-04 | 1991-04-05 | Joseph J. Samowich | Plastic article having a printed image or color sublimated into a surface thereof using light-fast dyes or volatizable inks and method of making such an article |
| CH685934A5 (en) * | 1993-11-24 | 1995-11-15 | Sicpa Holding Sa | Sublimation transfer process giving intensely coloured, sharp glossy print |
| ITPD20070195A1 (en) * | 2007-06-01 | 2008-12-02 | Maxi Studio S R L | "PROCESS OF DECORATION OF SLABS IN THERMOPLASTIC RESIN" |
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| US4059471A (en) * | 1972-09-25 | 1977-11-22 | Haigh John M | Transfer dyeing of plastic surfaces which may be combined with lamination or molding procedures |
| DE2642350C2 (en) * | 1976-09-21 | 1983-12-08 | Kolloid-Chemie GmbH, 6209 Heidenrod | Process for printing flat structures according to the transfer printing process |
| EP0014901B1 (en) * | 1979-02-09 | 1984-06-27 | Nortech Chemie GmbH & Co. KG | Process for printing a substrate resistant to a heat of more than 220 degrees c |
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- 1986-10-08 CA CA000520135A patent/CA1281507C/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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| DE3676773D1 (en) | 1991-02-14 |
| EP0218168A2 (en) | 1987-04-15 |
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| DE3536061A1 (en) | 1987-04-09 |
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