JP2662786B2 - Thermal transfer recording medium - Google Patents

Thermal transfer recording medium

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JP2662786B2
JP2662786B2 JP62228146A JP22814687A JP2662786B2 JP 2662786 B2 JP2662786 B2 JP 2662786B2 JP 62228146 A JP62228146 A JP 62228146A JP 22814687 A JP22814687 A JP 22814687A JP 2662786 B2 JP2662786 B2 JP 2662786B2
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圭司 谷口
淳子 山口
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41MPRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M5/00Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
    • B41M5/26Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used
    • B41M5/382Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes
    • B41M5/392Additives, other than colour forming substances, dyes or pigments, e.g. sensitisers, transfer promoting agents

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Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 (技術分野) 本発明は、特に高速印字時の熱転写性に優れ、高解像
度の印字画像を与える熱転写記録媒体に関する。 (従来技術) 近年、サーマルヘッドを用いる感熱転写記録法が、無
騒音であること、装置が比較的安価でかつ小型化できる
こと、保守が容易であること、印字画像が安定であるこ
と等の利点から多く用いられるようになっている。この
ような感熱転写記録法に用いる熱転写記録媒体として
は、例えばコンデンサー紙やポリエステルフィルム等の
熱伝導性及び耐熱性の優れた基材の一方の面に、天然ワ
ックス、合成ワックス等のワックス類、発色剤、熱可塑
性樹脂類等を混合あるいは積層し、熱溶融性色材層とし
て設けている。 しかしながら、上記従来の熱溶融性色材層を設けてな
る熱転写記録媒体は、特に高速印字時のような短い加熱
時間での転写に際し、得られる印字画像の転写率、解像
度が充分でないという欠点があった。 (目的) 本発明の目的は、高速印字時の熱転写性に優れ、高解
像度の印字画像を与える熱転写記録媒体を提供すること
である。 (構成) 本発明の熱転写記録媒体は、支持体上に熱溶融性色材
層を有し、該色材層(単層構成、複層構成を問わない。
複層構成の場合は任意の層)中に下記一般式(I)で示
される化合物を含有することを特徴とする。 (式中、Rは炭素数3〜20の鎖式炭化水素基を、nは1
〜10の整数を表わす。ただし、Rの炭素数は、必ず整数
n以上でなければならない。) 上記一般式(I)の化合物は、熱転写記録媒体として
の保存安定性及び本目的の熱感度の点から融点50〜200
℃のものが好ましく、特に60〜150℃のものが好まし
い。 以下に一般式(I)の化合物の具体例を示すが、本発
明はこれらに限定されるものではない。 これらの化合物はその多くが融点50〜200℃であり、
融点幅も0.5〜1℃と狭い。 上記の化合物が、熱転写記録媒体の色材層の構成物質
として好ましい理由を述べると、これらの化合物はいず
れも単一の化合物であり、シヤープな融点を有するとと
もに分子構造が極性基と無極性基とからなる非イオン系
界面活性剤的構造となっており、被転写物(紙等)への
濡れ性が良くなる結果、高速印字時の転写性が優れてい
るものと思われる。 本発明の熱転写記録媒体の支持体としては例えば、ポ
リエステル、ポリカーボネート、トリアセチルセルロー
ス、ナイロン、ポリイミド等の比較的耐熱性の良いプラ
スチックのフィルムの他、グラシン紙、コンデンサー
紙、金属箔等及び上記各材料の複合体を例示することが
できる。 複合体としては、例えば、アルミニウム/紙複合体、
金属蒸着紙、もしくは金属蒸着プラスチックフィルム等
を挙げることができる。支持体の厚さは熱転写に際して
の熱源として熱ヘッドを考慮する場合には2〜15ミクロ
ン程度であることが望ましいが、例えばレーザー光等の
熱転写性インク層を選択的に加熱できる熱源を使用する
場合には特に制限はない。また、熱ヘッドを使用する場
合は、熱ヘッドと接触する支持体の表面にシリコーン樹
脂、ふっ素樹脂、ポリイミド樹脂、エポキシ樹脂、フェ
ノール樹脂、メラミン樹脂、ニトロセルロース等からな
る耐熱性保護層を設けることにより、支持体の耐熱性を
向上することができ、あるいは従来用いることのできな
かった支持体材料を用いることもできる。 着色剤としては、有機もしくは無機の染料もしくは顔
料のうち、記録材料として適当な特性を有するものがよ
い。例えば、充分な着色濃度を有し、光、熱、湿度等に
よって変退色しないものが好ましい。また、非加熱時に
は無色であるが、加熱時に発色するものや、被転写体に
塗布されている物質と接触することにより発色するよう
な物質でもよい。 以上説明した支持体、着色剤、上記化合物を用いて熱
転写記録媒体を製造する方法について次に説明すると、
着色剤及び上記化合物を混練して組成物とし、該組成物
を適宜な塗装方式により支持体の一方の面に塗布すれば
よい。 組成物としては、着色剤及び上記化合物をそれらの総
重量中、着色剤の重量が1〜80%、好ましくは、5〜30
%となるように配合し、このほか、必要に応じて任意の
成分を添加し、常温もしくは加温下で混練して作成す
る。 上記において任意の成分としては例えば鉱物油、もし
くは植物油等の柔軟性付与剤、金属粉等の熱伝導性向上
剤、マイクロシリカ、炭酸カルシウム、カオリン等の顔
料、多価アルコール等の転写性向上剤、溶剤又は希釈剤
等を挙げることができる。 溶剤もしくは希釈剤は、組成物を通常の印刷方式用の
インキ組成物とする際に用い、トルエン、キシレン、酢
酸エチル、メチルエチルケトン、アセトン、メタノー
ル、エタノール、イソプロパノール、エチルセロソル
ブ、シクロヘキサノン等を例示できる。 以上よりなる組成物を用いて支持体の一方の面に塗布
する方式としては、ホットメルトコーティングやグラビ
アコート、ロールコート、エアーナイフコート、ワイヤ
ーバーコートのほか、グラビア印刷、グラビアオフセッ
ト印刷、シルクスクリーン印刷等の印刷方式によっても
よい。 また、必要に応じ、パラフィンワックス、ポリエチレ
ンワックス、キャンデリラワックス、カルナバワックス
等のワックス類やEVA、EEA等の熱可塑性樹脂の如き熱可
融性物質を添加したり、多層化することもできる。 以上のようにして設ける転写層の厚みとしては0.1〜3
0μmであり、好ましくは1〜20μmである。0.1μm未
満では印字の濃度が上がらず30μmを超えると熱伝導性
が不良となって、転写が充分なされない。 次に実施例を挙げて本発明をより詳しく説明する。 実施例1 下記処方にて、ボールミルを使用し、約50℃に加温し
ながら分散し、色材層分散液を作成した。 裏面に耐熱層を設けた厚さ3.5μmのポリエステルフ
ィルムに本分散液を加温状態で、乾燥付着量が8〜9g/m
2となるように塗布、乾燥して熱転写記録媒体(a)を
作成した。 黒染料 2.5g (日本化薬製カヤセットブラックKR) 2′−ヒドロキシ−1′,3′−プロピレンビス(12−ヒ
ドロキシステアラート) 10 g (化合物具体例No.1の化合物、融点64〜65℃) トルエン 70 g 実施例2 下記処方について色材層分散液を調整し、実施例1と
同様の方法で熱転写記録媒体(b)を作成した。 黒染料 2.5g (日本化薬製カヤセットブラックKR) 2′,3′−ジヒドロキシ−1′,4′−テトラメチレンビ
ス(12−ヒドロキシステアラート) 10 g (化合物具体例No.4の化合物、融点71〜72℃) トルエン 10 g 比較例1 下記処方の色材層分散液を作成し、実施例1と同様の
方法で熱転写記録媒体(c)を作成した。 黒染料 2.5g (日本化薬製カヤセットブラックKR) パラフィンワックス 10 g (日本セイロウ製.HNP−10) トルエン 70 g 以上のようにして得た熱転写記録媒体(a)〜(c)
を利用し、熱転写プリンターEPSON AP−80KにてNORMAL
HIGH設定、ヘッドエネルギー標準位(80文字/秒)で印
字した。被転写紙としてはベック平滑度60秒のコピー用
紙を用いた。印字画像の濃度及び解像度を表−1に示
す。 濃度:マクベス濃度計RD−514(フィルターW−106)で
測定。 解像度: ○:鮮明で印刷物の活字のような高解像度 △:やや不鮮明であるが文字の判読は可能 ×:極めて不鮮明で文字の判読が困難 (効果) 以上の説明で明らかなように本発明の熱転写記録媒体
は、高速印字時の熱転写性に優れ、高解像度の印字画像
を与えることができる。
Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a thermal transfer recording medium which is excellent in thermal transferability particularly at high-speed printing and gives a high-resolution printed image. (Prior Art) In recent years, the thermal transfer recording method using a thermal head has advantages such as noiselessness, relatively inexpensive and compact device, easy maintenance, and stable printed image. Has become widely used. As a thermal transfer recording medium used in such a thermal transfer recording method, for example, on one surface of a substrate having excellent thermal conductivity and heat resistance such as a capacitor paper or a polyester film, natural wax, waxes such as synthetic wax, A color former, a thermoplastic resin, and the like are mixed or laminated to form a heat-meltable color material layer. However, the heat transfer recording medium provided with the conventional heat-fusible color material layer has a drawback that the transfer rate and resolution of the obtained printed image are not sufficient, particularly when transferring with a short heating time such as during high-speed printing. there were. (Purpose) An object of the present invention is to provide a thermal transfer recording medium that is excellent in thermal transferability during high-speed printing and that provides a high-resolution printed image. (Structure) The thermal transfer recording medium of the present invention has a heat-fusible color material layer on a support, and the color material layer (regardless of a single-layer structure or a multi-layer structure).
The compound represented by the following general formula (I) is contained in an arbitrary layer in the case of a multilayer structure). (Wherein, R represents a chain hydrocarbon group having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and n represents 1)
Represents an integer of 1010. However, the number of carbon atoms of R must be always an integer n or more. The compound of the above general formula (I) has a melting point of 50 to 200 from the viewpoint of storage stability as a thermal transfer recording medium and thermal sensitivity for the purpose.
C., preferably 60 to 150C. Hereinafter, specific examples of the compound of the general formula (I) are shown, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Many of these compounds have a melting point of 50-200 ° C,
The melting point width is as narrow as 0.5 to 1 ° C. The reasons why the above compounds are preferable as constituent materials of the colorant layer of the thermal transfer recording medium are as follows. Each of these compounds is a single compound and has a sharp melting point and a molecular structure of a polar group and a nonpolar group. It is considered to be a non-ionic surfactant-like structure composed of the following, and as a result, the wettability to an object to be transferred (such as paper) is improved, resulting in excellent transferability during high-speed printing. As the support of the thermal transfer recording medium of the present invention, for example, polyester, polycarbonate, triacetyl cellulose, nylon, other than a relatively heat-resistant plastic film such as polyimide, glassine paper, capacitor paper, metal foil and the like and A composite of materials can be exemplified. Examples of the composite include an aluminum / paper composite,
Metal-deposited paper or metal-deposited plastic film can be used. The thickness of the support is preferably about 2 to 15 microns when a thermal head is considered as a heat source at the time of thermal transfer. For example, a heat source that can selectively heat a thermal transferable ink layer such as a laser beam is used. There is no particular limitation in the case. When using a thermal head, provide a heat-resistant protective layer made of silicone resin, fluorine resin, polyimide resin, epoxy resin, phenol resin, melamine resin, nitrocellulose, etc. on the surface of the support that comes into contact with the thermal head. Thereby, the heat resistance of the support can be improved, or a support material that could not be used conventionally can be used. As the colorant, among organic or inorganic dyes or pigments, those having suitable properties as a recording material are preferable. For example, those having a sufficient coloring density and not discoloring by light, heat, humidity and the like are preferable. In addition, a substance which is colorless when not heated but develops a color when heated, or a substance which develops a color when it comes into contact with a substance applied to a transfer receiving body may be used. Next, a method for producing a thermal transfer recording medium using the support, the colorant, and the compound described above will be described.
The colorant and the above compound may be kneaded to form a composition, and the composition may be applied to one surface of the support by an appropriate coating method. As a composition, the weight of the colorant and the above compound is 1 to 80%, preferably 5 to 30%, based on the total weight thereof.
%, And optional components are added as necessary, and kneaded at room temperature or under heating. In the above, optional components include, for example, a flexibility imparting agent such as a mineral oil or a vegetable oil, a thermal conductivity improving agent such as a metal powder, a microsilica, a calcium carbonate, a pigment such as kaolin, and a transferability improving agent such as a polyhydric alcohol. , Solvents or diluents. The solvent or diluent is used when the composition is used as an ink composition for an ordinary printing method, and examples thereof include toluene, xylene, ethyl acetate, methyl ethyl ketone, acetone, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, ethyl cellosolve, and cyclohexanone. As a method of applying on one surface of the support using the composition comprising the above, in addition to hot melt coating, gravure coat, roll coat, air knife coat, wire bar coat, gravure printing, gravure offset printing, silk screen A printing method such as printing may be used. If necessary, a wax such as paraffin wax, polyethylene wax, candelilla wax, carnauba wax, or a thermoplastic resin such as EVA or EEA may be added, or a multilayer may be formed. The thickness of the transfer layer provided as described above is 0.1 to 3
0 μm, preferably 1 to 20 μm. If it is less than 0.1 μm, the print density does not increase, and if it exceeds 30 μm, the thermal conductivity becomes poor and transfer is not sufficient. Next, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to examples. Example 1 A color material layer dispersion was prepared according to the following formulation by using a ball mill and dispersing while heating to about 50 ° C. This dispersion is heated on a 3.5 µm thick polyester film with a heat-resistant layer on the back, and the dry adhesion is 8 to 9 g / m.
The resultant was coated and dried to obtain a thermal transfer recording medium (a). 2.5 g of black dye (Kayaset Black KR manufactured by Nippon Kayaku) 2'-hydroxy-1 ', 3'-propylene bis (12-hydroxystearate) 10 g (compound of specific example No. 1, melting point 64-65) C) Toluene 70 g Example 2 A colorant layer dispersion was prepared according to the following formulation, and a thermal transfer recording medium (b) was prepared in the same manner as in Example 1. 2.5 g of black dye (Kayaset Black KR manufactured by Nippon Kayaku) 2 ', 3'-dihydroxy-1', 4'-tetramethylenebis (12-hydroxystearate) 10 g (compound of specific compound No. 4, Melting point: 71 to 72 ° C.) Toluene 10 g Comparative Example 1 A colorant layer dispersion having the following formulation was prepared, and a thermal transfer recording medium (c) was prepared in the same manner as in Example 1. 2.5 g of black dye (Kayaset Black KR manufactured by Nippon Kayaku) 10 g of paraffin wax (.HNP-10 manufactured by Nippon Seiro) 70 g of toluene Thermal transfer recording media (a) to (c) obtained as described above
Using the thermal transfer printer EPSON AP-80K NORMAL
Printing was performed at the HIGH setting and head energy standard (80 characters / second). Copy paper having a Beck smoothness of 60 seconds was used as the receiving paper. Table 1 shows the density and resolution of the printed image. Concentration: Measured with Macbeth densitometer RD-514 (filter W-106). Resolution: :: High resolution, which is clear and similar to the type of printed matter. △: Somewhat unclear, but characters can be read. ×: Extremely unclear, and characters are difficult to read (effect). The thermal transfer recording medium is excellent in thermal transferability at the time of high-speed printing, and can provide a high-resolution printed image.

Claims (1)

(57)【特許請求の範囲】 1.支持体上に熱溶融性色材層を有する熱転写記録媒体
において、該色材層が下記一般式(I)で示される化合
物を含有することを特徴とする熱転写記録媒体。 (式中、Rは炭素数3〜20の鎖式炭化水素を、nは1〜
10の整数を表わす。ただし、Rの炭素数は必ず整数n以
上でなければならない。)
(57) [Claims] A thermal transfer recording medium having a heat-fusible coloring material layer on a support, wherein the coloring material layer contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I). (Wherein, R represents a chain hydrocarbon having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, and n represents 1 to
Represents an integer of 10. However, the number of carbon atoms of R must be always an integer n or more. )
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