JP2943580B2 - Ribbon cassette and tape printer with transfer fabric - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ribbon cassette containing transfer cloth and a tape printer using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a ribbon cassette containing a transfer fabric which can easily obtain a fabric tape or the like on which an image having excellent fastness such as washing and friction is formed, and a tape printer using the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a method for printing an image on a cloth, a method using a conventional printer such as a thermal transfer method, an ink jet method, and a dot impact method has been used.

JP-A-57-102390 discloses a method in which an image is formed on a master paper by a thermal transfer system using a sublimable disperse dye, and then the image is transferred to a fabric by a heat press.

[0004]

However, the conventional printing method using a printer has a problem in that a coloring agent such as a pigment or a dye is fixed only in the vicinity of the surface of a fiber forming a fabric, resulting in poor rigidity. .

In the method disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-102390, dyeing is sufficiently performed, but robustness is not sufficient. Further, since the image is temporarily transferred to a master paper, printing is performed on a narrow tape-like material. Is difficult.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the related art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a fabric tape, a label, and the like on which an image having excellent fastness, sharpness and the like is formed. It is in.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is as follows.
At least, a thermal transfer ribbon mainly composed of ink containing a dye, a temporary transfer ribbon for temporarily transferring an image from the thermal transfer ribbon, and a fabric ribbon for transferring an image from the temporary transfer ribbon, on the fabric ribbon , Temporarily transfer the image
Further, the present invention is attained by a ribbon cassette containing a transfer fabric and a tape printer using the ribbon cassette containing the transfer fabric , wherein the temporary transfer ribbon is laminated to form a laminate.

[0008] In the present invention, the thermal transfer ribbon is a ribbon in which an ink layer containing a dye comprising a dye, a wax material, a binder substance and an oily substance is provided on a substrate.

In the present invention, the dye used in the thermal transfer ribbon is not particularly limited, such as a disperse dye and a basic dye. However, it is preferable to use a dye having high fastness to sublimation. Temperature 180 ° C or higher 300
C. or lower, preferably 200 ° C. or higher and 250 ° C. or lower. If the sublimation temperature is lower than 180 ° C., the fastness of the printed image deteriorates, and if it exceeds 300 ° C., it is not preferable because the dyeing on the fabric is not sufficiently performed. In the present invention, the sublimation temperature refers to a temperature at which the vapor pressure (sublimation pressure) of the sublimable dye is equal to the external pressure.

In the present invention, the wax material used in the thermal transfer ribbon is not particularly limited, and ester wax,
Oxidized wax, caster wax, higher fatty acid monoglyceide, and the like having a melting temperature of about 50 to 100 ° C. are exemplified.

In the present invention, the binder material used in the thermal transfer ribbon is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include a xylene resin, polystyrene, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer, and polyacrylate which are compatible with the wax material. Can be

In the present invention, the oily substance used in the thermal transfer ribbon is not particularly restricted but includes, for example, vegetable oils such as rapeseed oil and castor oil, mineral oils such as motor oil and spindle oil, and plasticizers such as DOP and DBP. Is mentioned.

The components used in these thermal transfer ribbons are mixed at a predetermined ratio, and are coated on a substrate by hot melt coating, or dissolved or dispersed in an organic solvent and dried by application to form an ink layer. Form. This is cut into a ribbon to form a thermal transfer ribbon.

In the present invention, the temporary transfer ribbon is for temporarily transferring the mirror image of the image to be transferred to the fabric ribbon from the thermal transfer ribbon, and further transferring and dyeing the image to the fabric ribbon. The material is not particularly limited, and paper, cloth, plastic film, and the like are used.
Paper and plastic films are preferred. Further, from the viewpoint of heat resistance at the time of thermal transfer, a polyester film, a polyalkane-based film, a polyimide film, a polycarbonate film, or the like is preferably used among paper or plastic films. These papers and films may be provided with a coating layer. By the coating layer, transferability and excess dye removal at the time of transfer / dyeing to fabric can be improved.

In the temporary transfer ribbon used in the present invention, when a temporary adhesive layer is provided on an image transfer surface, a temporary transfer ribbon obtained by temporarily transferring an image onto a cloth is laminated via the temporary adhesive layer. In this case, the advantage that the cloth and the ribbon for temporary transfer do not shift is preferable. The adhesive to be used is not particularly limited, but a polychloroprene type, a nitrile rubber type, a synthetic rubber type such as an acrylic rubber type, a styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber type, a recycled rubber type, a single type or a mixed rubber type such as a natural rubber type. An adhesive or a pressure-sensitive adhesive, a foamed adhesive or a sublimable adhesive which loses its adhesive strength due to heat, and the like are used as appropriate according to the fabric to be used. It is preferable that the temporary adhesive layer is not present at least in the image transfer portion from the viewpoint of transferability. Particularly, it is preferable that a temporary adhesive layer is provided on one or both ends of the temporary transfer ribbon from the viewpoint of ease of production and performance, and the width thereof is preferably 0.5 mm or more and 5 mm or less. If it is less than 0.5 mm, the adhesiveness is not sufficient, and if it is more than 5 mm, it tends to overlap with the image, which is not preferable. More preferably, it is 1 mm or more and 3 mm or less.

The fabric used in the fabric ribbon of the present invention comprises:
There is no particular limitation, and a woven fabric, a knitted fabric, or a nonwoven fabric made of natural fibers such as cotton and silk, and synthetic fibers such as polyamide and polyester are used, and woven fabrics are preferable from the viewpoint of dimensional stability. Further, in order to obtain a very clear image at the time of printing, a fabric mainly composed of polyester fibers, especially a fabric mainly composed of ultrafine fibers having a single fiber degree of 0.0001 to 1 denier is preferable. The method for producing such ultrafine fibers is not particularly limited, and various ordinary techniques can be used. This fabric is cut into a tape and wound on a roll to form a fabric ribbon.

The fabric ribbon of the present invention may have an adhesive layer on the surface opposite to the image transfer surface. This is preferable because the label can be easily attached to a predetermined place. The adhesive used is not particularly limited, and depending on the purpose, rubber-based, acrylic-based, and silicone-based solvent-based adhesives, and emulsion-type and hot-melt-type adhesives can be used. It is preferable to use a hot-melt adhesive because of its excellent durability such as washing resistance. Further, in this case, in the laminate label in which the temporary transfer ribbon in which the image is temporarily transferred on the fabric is laminated, by providing the hot melt type adhesive layer, the laminate label is placed on the adherend such as clothes and heated. In this way, image transfer to fabric
This point is also preferable because the bonding can be performed simultaneously with the dyeing. The hot melt adhesive used is not particularly limited as long as it has thermoplasticity at the bonding temperature,
Polyester resin, polyamide resin, vinyl chloride resin and the like are used. In particular, polyester resin-based resins are preferable because they are excellent in the washing resistance of bonding. Of course, these adhesive layers may have release paper.

In the ribbon cassette containing the transfer cloth of the present invention, at least a thermal transfer ribbon mainly composed of an ink containing a dye, a temporary transfer ribbon for temporarily transferring an image from the thermal transfer ribbon, and an image from the temporary transfer ribbon. It is important that the fabric ribbon be transferred. That is, by setting the transfer fabric entering ribbon cassette of the present invention to a printer, the laminate label or tape obtained by laminating a temporary transfer ribbon temporarily transferring an image on the fabric帛ribbon can be easily obtained, these Are excellent in various fastnesses.

The label printer according to the present invention comprises at least a thermal transfer ribbon mainly composed of ink containing a dye, a temporary transfer ribbon for temporarily transferring an image from the thermal transfer ribbon, and a fabric ribbon for transferring an image from the temporary transfer ribbon. And a ribbon cassette containing a transfer cloth. By replacing the cassette, it is possible to easily obtain a label in which the type of the fabric or the color of the image is changed. Further, if the structure of the cassette is the same, labels made of other materials such as paper and plastic film can be obtained.

[0020] The label printer of the present invention can print a laminated body label in which an image temporary transfer surface of a temporary transfer ribbon in which an image is temporarily transferred on a fabric ribbon is stacked. In this case, by pressing and heating the obtained laminate label with an iron, a hot press, or the like and peeling off the temporary transfer ribbon, a fabric label on which an image has been transferred and dyed can be easily obtained. In the laminate label, an adhesive layer can be provided on the surface of the cloth opposite to the image transfer surface. In particular, when the adhesive layer is a hot-melt type adhesive, the adhesive can be simultaneously formed at the time of transferring and dyeing the image onto the fabric.

The label printer of the present invention has a heat treatment section, and prints a fabric label in which an image is transferred and dyed from a temporary transfer ribbon on which an image is temporarily transferred in the heat treatment section to a fabric ribbon. it can. In this case, a fabric label on which an image is dyed can be obtained. Of course, an adhesive layer can be provided on the surface opposite to the image forming surface of the cloth, but an adhesive that withstands the temperature of the heat treatment is used.

Next, examples of the ribbon cassette containing transfer fabric and the label printer of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a ribbon cassette containing transfer fabric of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a fabric ribbon 2, a thermal transfer ribbon 3, and a temporary transfer ribbon 4 are set in a ribbon cassette 1 containing a transfer fabric. When performing image printing, the ribbon cassette 1 containing the transfer cloth is set in the printer, and the print head 5 built in the printer is set.
The temporary image is transferred from the thermal transfer ribbon 3 to the temporary transfer ribbon, and the fabric ribbon roll 2 is laminated thereon to obtain the laminate label 7.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the label printer of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the ribbon cassette 1 containing the transfer cloth is set in the label printer 10 and information is input from the keyboard 8 to obtain the laminate label 7.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a laminated label produced by using the label cassette and the ribbon cassette containing the transfer cloth of the present invention. In FIG. 3, the temporary transfer sheet 1
An image 12 is formed by an ink containing a dye on the substrate 1, and a cloth 13 is further laminated thereon.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a laminate label produced by using the ribbon cassette containing the transfer fabric of the present invention and a label printer. In FIG. 4, the temporary transfer sheet 1
An image 12 is formed from an ink containing a dye on the substrate 1 and a cloth 13 having an adhesive layer 14 is further laminated thereon.

[0027]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to examples, but the present invention is not limited to these examples.

Example 1 Polyester taffeta as a cloth, 100 μm thick polyester film as a temporary transfer ribbon material, and 4.2 μm thick polyester film as a thermal transfer ribbon material, a disperse dye (CI Disperse Blue 207) )
Each coated with an ink layer containing is used. These were cut into a tape having a width of 24 mm and set in the cassette shown in FIG. 1 to obtain a ribbon cassette containing transfer cloth.

Next, the cassette was set in a label printer to obtain a laminate label shown in FIG. 3 on which an image was printed. The obtained laminate label is ironed at 180 ° C to 20 ° C.
After press heating at 0 ° C., the ribbon for temporary transfer was peeled off to obtain a fabric label. The obtained fabric label had sufficient print clarity, and the rub fastness was class 5. Further, the washing resistance was sufficient, and even after washing 70 times, the print clarity hardly changed.

Example 2 Example 1 was repeated except that a high-density woven fabric made of a 0.06 denier ultrafine polyester filament fiber was provided with a polyester-based heat-sealing adhesive layer on the back.
In the same manner as in the above, a ribbon cassette containing transfer cloth was obtained.

Next, the cassette was set on a label printer to obtain a laminate label shown in FIG. 4 on which an image was printed. The obtained laminate label was pressed and heated at 180 ° C. to 200 ° C. with an iron on a cotton cloth, and then the temporary transfer ribbon was peeled off to obtain a cloth to which the cloth label was adhered. The printing of the obtained fabric label had sufficient print clarity, and the rub fastness was class 5. Further, the washing resistance was sufficient, and even after washing 70 times, the print clarity hardly changed. The same was true for the adhesion, and it did not peel off at all even after washing 70 times.

[0032]

The present invention has the following effects because it is constructed as described above.

(1) A laminate label can be easily obtained by the ribbon cassette containing a transfer fabric of the present invention and a label printer, and by heating this laminate label, a fabric label on which various images are dyed can be obtained. Obtained easily.

(2) Since the obtained fabric label has a dyed image, it is very excellent in fastness such as abrasion resistance and washing resistance.

(3) In addition, by providing a hot melt adhesive layer on the back surface of the fabric label, it is possible to adhere to clothing and the like simultaneously with dyeing.

(4) By using the same configuration of the cassette, the same printer can print an image not only on cloth but also on paper, plastic film, or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an example of a ribbon cassette containing transfer fabric of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of the label printer of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of a laminated body label produced by using the label cassette and the ribbon cassette containing the transfer fabric of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an example of a laminate label produced by using the transfer fabric-containing ribbon cassette and the label printer of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Ribbon cassette with transfer fabric 2: Fabric ribbon roll 3: Thermal transfer ribbon roll 4: Temporary transfer ribbon roll 5: Print head 6: Printer built-in guide roll 7: Laminate label 8: Keyboard section 9: Liquid crystal display section 10 : Label printer 11: Temporary transfer sheet 12: Image with ink containing dye 13: Fabric 14: Adhesive layer

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Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A thermal transfer ribbon mainly comprising a dye-containing ink, a temporary transfer ribbon for temporarily transferring an image from the thermal transfer ribbon, and a fabric ribbon for transferring an image from the temporary transfer ribbon. , wherein on the fabric ribbon, by laminating the temporary transfer ribbon temporarily transferring the image transfer fabric containing ribbon cassette characterized by comprising a laminated body. 2. A transfer fabric entering ribbon cassette according to claim 1, characterized in that it has a temporary adhesive layer on the image transferred surface of the temporary transfer ribbon. Wherein said temporary adhesive layer, transfer fabric entering ribbon cassette according to claim 2, wherein the not at least the image transfer portion. 4. The method of claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that an adhesive layer on the opposite surface of the image transferred surface of the fabric ribbon
A ribbon cassette containing the transfer fabric described in the above. 5. The ribbon cassette according to claim 4, wherein the adhesive constituting the adhesive layer is a heat-sealing adhesive. 6. At least a thermal transfer ribbon mainly composed of an ink containing a dye, a temporary transfer ribbon for temporarily transferring an image from the thermal transfer ribbon, and a fabric ribbon for transferring an image from the temporary transfer ribbon. The fabric ribbon
The image temporary transfer surface of the temporary transfer ribbon on which the image is temporarily transferred
Tape printer, characterized in that it comprises a transfer fabric containing ribbon cassette you print a label by laminating. 7. A tape printer according to claim 6, characterized in that it comprises an adhesive layer on the opposite surface of the image transferred surface of the fabric ribbon.