EP0679519A3 - Thermal dye transfer printing process - Google Patents

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EP0679519A3
EP0679519A3 EP95200407A EP95200407A EP0679519A3 EP 0679519 A3 EP0679519 A3 EP 0679519A3 EP 95200407 A EP95200407 A EP 95200407A EP 95200407 A EP95200407 A EP 95200407A EP 0679519 A3 EP0679519 A3 EP 0679519A3
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printing process
transfer printing
dye transfer
thermal dye
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Luc C/O Agfa-Gevaert N.V. Horemans
Eric C/O Agfa-Gevaert N.V. Kaerts
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41J—TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J2/00—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed
    • B41J2/315—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material
    • B41J2/32—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads
    • B41J2/325—Typewriters or selective printing mechanisms characterised by the printing or marking process for which they are designed characterised by selective application of heat to a heat sensitive printing or impression-transfer material using thermal heads by selective transfer of ink from ink carrier, e.g. from ink ribbon or sheet
EP95200407A 1994-04-29 1995-02-21 Thermal dye transfer printing process Withdrawn EP0679519A3 (en)

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DE69616570T2 (en) 1996-11-28 2002-06-27 Agfa Gevaert Nv Thermal printer with sheet pressure medium
GB201419463D0 (en) * 2014-10-31 2014-12-17 Videojet Technologies Inc Printer and method

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JPS5967065A (en) * 1982-10-05 1984-04-16 Seiko Instr & Electronics Ltd Transfer type heat sensitive recorder
JPS5993319A (en) * 1982-11-20 1984-05-29 Ushio Inc Sheet surface covering device
JPS59196285A (en) * 1983-04-22 1984-11-07 Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd Treatment of recording medium
EP0307848A1 (en) * 1987-09-15 1989-03-22 Volker Dipl.-Ing. Schaft Method and apparatus for hardening layers applied to an article
WO1991009740A1 (en) * 1989-12-26 1991-07-11 Eastman Kodak Company Fusing apparatus for thermal transfer prints
US5113201A (en) * 1990-03-30 1992-05-12 Konica Corporation Thermal transfer recording apparatus for controlling printing density with the temperature at the position where the ink ribbon and paper are separated

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JPS5967065A (en) * 1982-10-05 1984-04-16 Seiko Instr & Electronics Ltd Transfer type heat sensitive recorder
JPS5993319A (en) * 1982-11-20 1984-05-29 Ushio Inc Sheet surface covering device
JPS59196285A (en) * 1983-04-22 1984-11-07 Mitsubishi Paper Mills Ltd Treatment of recording medium
EP0307848A1 (en) * 1987-09-15 1989-03-22 Volker Dipl.-Ing. Schaft Method and apparatus for hardening layers applied to an article
WO1991009740A1 (en) * 1989-12-26 1991-07-11 Eastman Kodak Company Fusing apparatus for thermal transfer prints
US5113201A (en) * 1990-03-30 1992-05-12 Konica Corporation Thermal transfer recording apparatus for controlling printing density with the temperature at the position where the ink ribbon and paper are separated

Non-Patent Citations (3)

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 008, no. 174 (M - 316) 10 August 1984 (1984-08-10) *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 008, no. 203 (M - 326) 18 September 1984 (1984-09-18) *
PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 009, no. 063 (M - 365) 20 March 1985 (1985-03-20) *

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