JP4803500B2 - RECORDING MEDIUM SET FOR INKJET RECORDING AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a composite recording medium in which two or more parts having different surface properties are integrated, a method for producing the same, and a set of two or more recording media having different surface properties.

  More specifically, two or more parts having different surface properties can be integrated together, which is most effective in obtaining an ink image having a desired image quality, and is excellent in productivity in obtaining images of a plurality of image quality at a time. The present invention relates to an integrated composite recording medium, a manufacturing method and a recording method thereof, a recorded matter on which an ink image is recorded using the composite recording medium, a recording medium set including the recording medium set, and a recording medium set including two or more recording media having different surface properties Is.

  The present invention also relates to a dot recording apparatus suitable for these composite recording media.

  In recent years, it has been desired that a recording medium for forming an image (including characters) for recording can obtain a clear color image with higher resolution like a photograph. At the same time, it is desired to obtain an image having an image quality that matches the personal preference. For this reason, a glossy layer is provided on the surface of the recording medium so that a clear color image can be obtained at a high resolution, or the surface properties of the recording medium (for example, the light reflectance on the surface is kept low for easy viewing). A recording medium that satisfies the above demands has been developed by appropriately adjusting the surface quality or the surface type).

  However, since a recording medium usually has a uniform surface for forming an image, the image quality of the obtained recording image does not meet the preferences of the image creator, or recording using another recording medium is possible. If you want to compare it with the image quality you have recorded, you must record it again. When such a recording medium is used, it is ineffective to obtain a recorded image having a desired image quality, such as having to perform trial printing many times until the image quality of the recorded image according to personal preference is obtained. There was a problem of being.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium that can solve the above-described problems and obtain a recorded image having a desired image quality most effectively. Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium having excellent productivity of obtaining images of a plurality of image quality at a time. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium for trial printing. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a set of recording media capable of trial printing. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium capable of trial printing with a single sheet of recording paper. Still another object of the present invention is to provide a dot recording apparatus, a dot recording method suitable for printing processing of these recording media, and a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for causing the printing processing apparatus to execute the dot recording method. There is.

  As a result of intensive studies, the present inventors have found that a recording medium in which a plurality of portions having different properties are integrated can achieve the above-described object.

The present invention has been made on the basis of knowledge, and a recording medium set for ink jet recording according to the present invention includes a composite recording medium for ink jet recording and a plurality of surface properties of the composite recording medium for ink jet recording. A recording medium having the same surface property as the entire surface, and a plurality of recording media for each type of surface property. The recording medium includes a base material, an ink receiving layer provided on the base material, and a glossy layer provided on the ink receiving layer and including two or more parts having different surface properties, and has different surface properties. The two or more parts are two or more parts selected from the group consisting of a glossy tone part, a semi-glossy tone part, a matte tone part, and a silky tone part.
Another recording medium set for ink jet recording according to the present invention has the same surface property as one of a plurality of surface properties of a composite recording medium for ink jet recording and a composite recording medium for ink jet recording. A plurality of recording media for each of a plurality of types of surface properties, and a composite recording medium for ink jet recording is divided into two types having different surface properties. A printing substrate having an ink receiving layer formed of the above-mentioned parts, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a release substrate provided on the surface of the printing substrate opposite to the ink receiving layer, and having a surface property The two or more different parts are two or more parts selected from the group consisting of a glossy part, a semi-glossy part, a matte part, and a silky part.

  In the present specification, “different surface properties” also means that the apparent surface properties are different. For example, even if the surface (uppermost surface) is uniformly smooth, the surface properties are different if they look different due to the influence of the inner layer. Specifically, in the case of a recording medium in which a resin coating layer having two or more types of surface properties is formed on a substrate, and an ink receiving layer as a surface layer (uppermost layer) is formed on the resin coating layer. Even if the surface is uniformly smooth, the surface properties are different when these portions appear to be different due to the surface properties of the resin coating layer.

The computer-readable recording medium according to the present invention provides predetermined image data for each element color suitable for dot recording processing for each of two or more parts having different surface properties constituting a composite recording medium for inkjet recording. The operation of a head driving means for controlling the driving of a dot recording head having a color correction table for converting into color-separated image data and a dot recording element for recording dots on a composite recording medium for ink jet recording. Parameters to define, parameters to define the operation of the main scanning drive means for performing main scanning by relatively driving the dot recording head and the composite recording medium for ink jet recording, and the dot recording head each time main scanning ends Specifies the operation of the sub-scan driving means for performing sub-scan by relatively driving the composite recording medium for ink-jet recording. Are stored in advance, and a function for converting image data with reference to the corresponding color correction table for each of two or more parts having different surface properties, and main scanning drive means with reference to the parameters , A computer-readable recording in which a program for causing a print processing apparatus to execute a dot recording function on a composite recording medium for inkjet recording by controlling operations of the head driving unit and the sub-scanning driving unit It is a medium. A composite recording medium for ink jet recording includes a base material, an ink receiving layer provided on the base material, and a glossy layer provided on the ink receiving layer and including two or more kinds of portions having different surface properties. The two or more parts having different surface properties are two or more parts selected from the group consisting of a glossy tone part, a semi-glossy tone part, a matte tone part, and a silky tone part.
According to another computer-readable recording medium for ink-jet recording according to the present invention, predetermined image data is subjected to dot recording processing for each of two or more parts having different surface properties constituting a composite recording medium for ink-jet recording. Performs drive control of a dot recording head having a color correction table for converting into image data that is color-separated for each suitable element color and a dot recording element for recording dots on a composite recording medium for ink jet recording. Parameters that define the operation of the head driving means, parameters that define the operation of the main scanning driving means that performs the main scanning by relatively driving the dot recording head and the composite recording medium for ink jet recording, and the main scanning ends. Sub-scanning is performed by relatively driving the dot recording head and the composite recording medium for ink-jet recording each time. Parameters that define the operation of the inspection drive means are stored in advance, and for each of two or more types having different surface properties, a function for converting image data with reference to the corresponding color correction table, and parameters The function of performing dot recording on the composite recording medium for ink jet recording by controlling the operations of the main scanning drive means, the head drive means, and the sub-scanning drive means, and the program executed by the print processing apparatus are recorded. The computer-readable recording medium. The composite recording medium for ink jet recording is a printing substrate on which an ink receiving layer composed of two or more parts having different surface properties is formed, and pressure sensitivity provided on the surface of the printing substrate opposite to the ink receiving layer. Two or more types of parts having different surface properties, selected from the group consisting of a glossy tone part, a semi-glossy tone part, a matte tone part, and a silky tone part. This is the part.

By executing this computer-readable recording medium recorded program in the computer, for each of the two or more portions of the composite recording medium, it is possible to achieve proper color correction processing and the dot recording process Therefore, high-quality dot recording processing can be realized without reducing the dot recording processing speed of the entire composite recording medium as much as possible.

  In this specification, “dot recording element” means a component for recording dots, such as an ink nozzle in an ink jet printer. Therefore, in addition to the piezo jet method in which the volume of the pressurizing chamber is changed by changing the volume of the piezoelectric element and ink droplets are ejected, the ink filled in the pressurizing chamber by abruptly generating steam when heat is applied. A bubble jet (registered trademark) system for discharging droplets may be used.

The computer-readable recording medium as described above refers to a medium in which a program or the like is recorded by some physical means and can realize a desired function in the print processing apparatus. Therefore, it may be downloaded by any means to the print processing apparatus to realize a desired function.

  For example, in addition to portable recording media such as optical disks (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, PD disk, MD disk, MO disk, etc.) and flexible disks (FD), RAM, ROM, etc. An internal storage device in the computer or an external storage device such as a hard disk. In addition to this, paper on which a bar code or the like is recorded, a card having punch holes or the like according to a predetermined code system, and the like are also included.

  Hereinafter, a composite recording medium of the present invention will be described in detail based on preferred embodiments with reference to the drawings.

  First, the first embodiment of the composite recording medium of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a first embodiment of a composite recording medium of the present invention.

  The composite recording medium 100 according to the first embodiment includes a base material 101, a transparent ink receiving layer 103 provided on the base material 101 via a resin coating layer 102, and a back surface (ink receiving layer) of the base material 101. 103 and the resin coating layer 104 provided on the opposite surface.

  And in the composite recording medium 100 of this embodiment, the resin coating layer 102 on the base material 101 consists of 2 or more types of parts from which surface property differs. With this configuration, the composite recording medium 100 of the present embodiment has two or more parts with different surface properties integrated. In FIG. 1, the surface property of the resin coating layer 102 does not appear, but the surface property appears in plan view (a plan view of the composite recording medium 100 from which the ink receiving layer 103 is omitted).

  The two or more parts having different surface properties may be two or more parts having different glossiness, two or more parts having different smoothness, and two or more parts having different glossiness and smoothness. May be. Specifically, the two or more parts include two or more parts selected from the group consisting of a glossy part, a semi-glossy part, a matte part, and a silky part. Furthermore, one or two or more of these portions may have a plurality of recording areas divided according to the intensity of light reflectance.

  The substrate 101 used in the present embodiment is not particularly limited, and commonly used paper can be used, but it is smooth and used as a photographic substrate (support) and High density base paper is preferred.

  As a forming material of the resin coating layers 102 and 104 used in the present embodiment, polyolefin resin for heating and melt extrusion coating, particularly polyethylene resin is preferable.

  In addition, a sheet in which the resin coating layers 102 and 104 are previously provided on both surfaces of the base material 101 can be used. As such a sheet, for example, a resin-coated paper described in JP-A-11-188966 can be used. In the present embodiment, the method of forming the resin coating layers 102 and 104 on both surfaces of the base material 101 may be a method of coating a latex having a film forming ability in addition to the above-described heat-melt extrusion coating method. For example, the resin coating layers 102 and 104 can be formed by coating the base material 101 with a latex having a low minimum film formation temperature (MFT) and then heating the latex to a temperature equal to or higher than the minimum film formation temperature (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei. 11-188966).

  The ink receiving layer 103 used in the present embodiment is a layer for reproducing a color image, a photographic image or the like with high quality, and any conventionally known material is used as a material for forming the ink receiving layer 103. Can do. That is, the ink receiving layer preferably contains an ink absorbing pigment, an ink fixing agent, and a binder, and if necessary, a dye fixing agent (waterproofing agent), a fluorescent whitening agent, a surfactant, an extinguishing agent. Various additives such as a foaming agent, a pH adjusting agent, an antifungal agent, an ultraviolet absorber, and an antioxidant are contained.

  The ink-receiving layer 103 is formed by dissolving or dispersing the binder in a suitable solvent, adding an ink fixing agent thereto, and adding the various additives as necessary. The coating is performed on the resin coating layer 102 by a known coating method such as a roll coating method, a spray coating method, a rod bar coating method, or an air knife coating method, and is dried.

  In order to manufacture the composite recording medium 100 of the first embodiment, for example, after the resin coating layers 102 and 104 are formed on the base 101 and the back surface, two or more types of surface properties are formed on the resin coating layer 102 by a roll. Next, the ink receiving layer 103 is formed on the resin coating layer 102 after the surface property is imparted, and two or more types of surface properties are imparted.

  As a roll used here, a gravure roll etc. are mentioned, for example, 2 or more types of surface properties can be provided by shaping | molding to the resin coating layer 102 using this.

  Next, a second embodiment of the composite recording medium of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a second embodiment of the composite recording medium of the present invention.

  The composite recording medium 200 according to the second embodiment includes a base material 201, an ink receiving layer 202 provided on the base material 201, and a gloss layer 203 provided on the ink receiving layer 202.

  And in the composite recording medium 200 of this embodiment, the said glossy layer 203 consists of 2 or more types of parts from which surface property differs. With this configuration, the composite recording medium 200 of the present embodiment has two or more parts with different surface properties integrated.

  In the second embodiment, the two or more portions having different surface properties are the same as those in the first embodiment described above.

  The gloss layer 203 used in the present embodiment is preferably composed of a white pigment and a binder. Examples of such white pigments include light calcium carbonate, heavy calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, kaolin, talc, calcium sulfate, barium sulfate, titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, zinc sulfide, zinc carbonate, satin white, aluminum silicate, Diatomaceous earth, calcium silicate, magnesium silicate, synthetic amorphous silica, colloidal silica, alumina, colloidal alumina, pseudoboehmite, aluminum hydroxide, lithopone, zeolite, hydrous halloysite, magnesium hydroxide and other inorganic pigments, and styrene plastic pigments And organic pigments such as acrylic plastic pigment, polyethylene, microcapsule, urea resin, and melamine resin. Of these, synthetic amorphous silica and the like are preferable.

  Examples of the binder include starch derivatives such as oxidized starch, etherified starch and phosphate esterified starch, cellulose derivatives such as carboxymethyl cellulose and hydroxyethyl cellulose, casein, gelatin, soybean protein, polyvinyl alcohol, or derivatives thereof, polyvinyl Various derivatives such as alcohol or its silanol modified products, carboxylated products, cationized products, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, maleic anhydride resin, styrene-butadiene copolymer, conjugated diene copolymer latex such as methyl methacrylate butadiene copolymer, acrylic acid Acrylic polymer latex such as ester and methacrylic acid ester polymer or copolymer, vinyl polymer latex such as ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer, or carbopolymers of these various polymers. Functional group-modified polymer latex with functional group-containing monomers such as silyl groups, aqueous adhesives such as thermosetting synthetic resins such as melamine resin and urea resin, acrylic acid esters such as polymethyl methacrylate, and methacrylates Examples thereof include synthetic resin adhesives such as coalescence or copolymer resins, polyurethane resins, unsaturated polyester resins, vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymers, polyvinyl butyrate, alkyd resins, and the like.

  In addition, the gloss layer 203 may further include various additives in order to improve the characteristics of the composite recording medium 300. Preferable specific examples of such additives include antioxidants, ultraviolet absorbers, optical brighteners, water resistance agents, anti-fading agents, antistatic agents and the like.

  The gloss layer 203 is prepared by dissolving or dispersing the components forming the gloss layer 203 in water or a suitable solvent, for example, various blade coaters, roll coaters, bar coaters, rod blade coaters, curtain coaters. It can be formed by coating on the ink receiving layer 3 using various devices such as a short dwell coater and a size press. In order to further improve the smoothness, calendar processing using a machine calendar, a TG calendar, a super calendar, a soft calendar, or the like may be performed.

  Here, the coating amount of the coating solution is preferably 5 to 40 g / m @ 2, more preferably 10 to 30 g / m @ 2.

  The gloss layer 203 is not particularly limited in its glossiness and thickness as long as two or more kinds of portions having different surface properties are integrated.

  A base paper is used as the base material 201 used in the present embodiment. As the base paper, for example, those made of pulp raw materials mainly composed of natural cellulose fibers are preferable. Examples of the pulp raw material include NBKP, LBKP, NBSP, LBSP, GP, TMP, waste paper, and the like, and these can be mixed and used at a ratio according to the purpose.

  Although the thickness of the base material 201 may be appropriately determined, it is generally preferably about 50 to 500 μm, more preferably about 100 to 300 μm. The composition of the ink receiving layer 202 used in this embodiment is the same as that of the ink receiving layer 103 used in the first embodiment.

  In order to manufacture the composite recording medium 200 of the second embodiment, for example, after forming an ink receiving layer on a substrate, a glossy layer is formed on the ink receiving layer, and then the glossy layer is coated with a film. It can be performed by imparting surface properties of more than seeds.

  As a film used here, a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film etc. are mentioned, for example. Two or more types of surface properties can be imparted to the film by providing a transfer mold having a desired surface quality (surface property) to be imparted to the gloss layer 203 and using this to mold the gloss layer 203. At this time, the film provided with the transfer mold is superposed on the gloss layer 203 to form a mold, and then peeled off from the gloss layer 203.

  Next, a third embodiment of the composite recording medium of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 3 is a plan view of a third embodiment of the composite recording medium of the present invention. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the composite recording medium 300 of the present embodiment has a recording medium piece (hereinafter simply referred to as “skin tone part” 313) having a glossy tone part 310, a semi-glossy tone part 311, a matte tone part 312, and a silky tone part 313. 4), the medium pieces are each composed of a base material 301, an ink receiving layer 302 provided on the base material 301, and the ink as shown in FIG. The gloss layer 303 is provided on the receiving layer 302.

  The base material 301, the ink receiving layer 302, and the glossy layer 303 used in the composite recording medium 300 of this embodiment are the same as those used in the second embodiment.

  The composite recording medium 300 of the third embodiment can be manufactured, for example, as follows. That is, the base paper 301 is a base paper made using a pulp raw material. On the surface of the substrate 301, a coating liquid prepared by dissolving or dispersing the components for forming the ink receiving layer 302 in water or a suitable solvent is applied by a coating method and dried to dry the ink receiving layer. 302 is provided. Next, a coating liquid prepared by dissolving or dispersing the components forming the glossy layer 303 in water or a suitable solvent is applied onto the surface of the ink receiving layer 302, dried, and calendered as necessary. Then, the gloss layer 303 is provided to obtain a recording medium piece. Prepare four pieces of this recording medium, for example, by using the roller used in the first embodiment described above or by using a film, etc., to give different surface properties, the different surface properties Four recording medium pieces are formed. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, it can carry out by integrating the back surface (surface on the opposite side to the ink receiving layer 302) of each medium piece with tapes 320, such as a cellophane tape.

  Next, a fourth embodiment of the composite recording medium of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 6 is a plan view of the fourth embodiment of the composite recording medium of the present invention. 7 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the composite recording medium 400 of the present embodiment has a support 1, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 5 provided on the support 1, and a surface property provided on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 5. It is composed of four recording medium pieces (hereinafter, simply referred to as medium pieces), and each of the medium pieces is provided with a base material 2 and a porous material provided on the base material 2 for absorbing and fixing ink. The ink receiving layer 3 and a gloss layer 4 provided on the ink receiving layer 3.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the composite recording medium 400 of the present embodiment is provided with a glossy tone part 41 and a silky tone part 42 integrated on the surface thereof. Both the portions 41 and 42 are portions representing the surface property of the gloss layer 4 of each medium piece.

  The glossy portion 41 is made by forming a smooth surface layer having a high light reflectivity as the glossy layer 4, and the silky tone portion 42 is the glossy layer 4 as described above. It is made by forming a layer having a property of low light reflectance by applying a silk to the smooth surface layer from which the glossy portion 41 is formed.

  In the composite recording medium 400 of the present embodiment, the glossy portion 41 further includes a recording area 41a and a recording area depending on the intensity of light reflectivity (for example, the magnitude of the 60 ° specular glossiness defined in JIS Z8741). It is divided into 41b. The silk-tone portion 42 is further divided into a recording area 42a and a recording area 42b according to the light reflectance.

  Here, first, the medium piece A having the recording area 41a will be described. Since each medium piece has the same configuration except that the surface property of the glossy layer is different, the other recording areas 41b, 42a, 42b are provided. The following description is also applied to the medium pieces B, C, and D having the following, except for differences.

  As the gloss layer 4, the substrate 2 and the ink receiving layer 3 used in the medium piece A having the recording area 41 a, the gloss layer 203, the substrate and the ink receiving layer used in the second embodiment are respectively used in this embodiment. The same applies.

  The medium piece A having the recording area 41a is manufactured as follows, for example. That is, the base paper 2 is a base paper made using a pulp raw material. A coating liquid prepared by dissolving or dispersing the component forming the ink receiving layer 3 in water or a suitable solvent is applied on the surface of the substrate 2 by a coating method and dried to form an ink receiving layer. 3 is provided. Next, a coating liquid prepared by dissolving or dispersing the components forming the gloss layer 4 in water or a suitable solvent is applied onto the surface of the ink receiving layer 3 and dried, and if necessary, a calendering treatment is performed. Then, the gloss layer 4 is provided. In this way, the medium piece A having the recording area 41a is manufactured. The medium piece B having the recording area 41b is different from the medium piece A having the recording area 41a in light reflectance of the gloss layer 4. Here, the glossy layer 4 of the medium piece B may have a light reflectance greater or smaller than that of the glossy layer 4 of the medium piece A, and the light reflectance may be different. That's fine.

  The gloss layer 4 of the medium piece B is formed by selecting components different from those forming the gloss layer 4 of the medium piece A from those exemplified as the components forming the gloss layer 4 of the medium piece A. The

  Further, the medium piece C having the recording area 42a has the gloss layer 4 having a silky pattern. The medium piece C is formed in a concavo-convex silk shape using, for example, a roller provided with unevenness while applying pressure to the smooth glossy layer 4 having the gloss produced in the same manner as the medium piece A having the recording area 41a. It is formed by giving.

  Further, the medium piece D having the recording area 42b has a glossy layer 4 having a silky pattern different from the glossy layer 4 of the medium piece C. The medium piece D is formed by using, for example, a roller provided with unevenness while applying pressure to the smooth glossy layer 4 having gloss produced in the same manner as the medium piece A having the recording area 41a. It is formed by giving a shape. At this time, the formation of the silk pattern by the concavo-convex roller is made stronger or weaker than the pressure applied to the medium piece by the concavo-convex roller when producing the medium piece C, or the size of the lattice pattern of the concavo-convex roller is changed. Is done. The silk shape obtained is not particularly limited as long as it is different from the silk shape of the gloss layer 4 of the medium piece C (the surface property is different).

  The composite recording medium 400 of the present embodiment can be manufactured by pasting each piece of media produced in advance on a support 1 at a predetermined position using an adhesive. At this time, the support 1 and each medium piece are closely bonded to each other, and each medium piece is also closely bonded to each other, and the thickness of the obtained composite recording medium 400 is uniform.

  As the support 1 used for the composite recording medium 400 of the present embodiment, for example, a photographic printing paper or a substrate having the resin coating layer used in the first embodiment described above has a problem in recording an image. If not given, it can be used without any particular limitation.

  The thickness of the support 1 is appropriately determined as long as the effects of the present invention are not impaired. Moreover, as an adhesive used for bonding each medium piece on the said support body 1, what is used for bonding of normal papers is used, without being restrict | limited in particular.

  The pressure-sensitive adhesive is formed on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 5 after the support 1 and the substrate 2 side of each medium are bonded together and then dried. The pressure-sensitive adhesive is used in such an amount that the support 1 and each medium described above are not fixed and peeled off. The composite recording medium of the present invention is used as follows, for example. That is, when the composite recording medium 400 of the fourth embodiment is used, as shown in FIG. 10, a plurality of the same images (in FIG. 10, the star shape is taken as an example) are recorded, thereby To obtain a recorded material on which the same image is recorded. Thereafter, the surface property on which an ink image having a desired surface property is formed is selected from the recorded matter, and the ink image is recorded on a recording medium having the same surface property as the entire surface property. In this way, an image having a desired image quality and a recorded matter having the image can be most effectively obtained. Needless to say, the image obtained here is clear with high resolution.

  Next, a fifth embodiment of the composite recording medium of the present invention will be described in detail. 12 is a cross-sectional view showing a fifth embodiment of the composite recording medium of the present invention, and FIG. 13 is a plan view of the composite recording medium of FIG.

  The composite recording medium 600 of the present embodiment is a pressure-sensitive adhesive seal for ink jet recording composed of a printing substrate 601 on which an ink receiving layer is formed, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 602, and a release substrate 603, and has a surface property. Two or more different parts are integrated. In the present embodiment, two or more kinds of portions having different surface properties appear on the surface of the ink receiving layer in the printing substrate 601 and are not particularly limited to the mode, for example, those in the above-described embodiments are appropriately applied. can do.

  The composite recording medium 600 of the present embodiment is used by printing and forming characters and images on the surface of a printing substrate using an inkjet printing apparatus (printer), and then peeling off the release paper and attaching the adhesive surface to the object to be pasted. The In addition, when used as a label or a seal, a printing substrate half-cut line 604 having a predetermined shape is put in the printing substrate 601 in advance, and then peeled off from the release paper. This printing substrate half-cut line 604 is a method in which only the printing substrate 601 and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 602 of pressure-sensitive adhesive paper are cut, and the release paper 603 is not cut, and only the shapes as labels and seals are peeled off. Used.

  The composite recording medium 600 (pressure-sensitive adhesive sticker) of the present embodiment is preferably a home video tape sticker, a business card size sticker, a CD-R sticker, a postcard size sticker, 1-2 cm × By using it as a small seal such as a plurality of seals of 1 to 2 cm, it can be easily applied to a specified position with no wrinkles.

  Further, in the composite recording medium of the fifth embodiment, easy separation means (for example, a half cut line 605 having a thickness equal to or smaller than the thickness of the peeling substrate, a discontinuous half cut line 605) can be separated on the printing substrate 601. Etc.) and a configuration in which easy separation means is formed at a position corresponding to the vicinity of the outer periphery of each of the seals (see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-7246) is preferable in the following points. In other words, with this configuration, when a sticker of the same size as a government postcard is to be accurately pasted on a government postcard, a relatively large pressure-sensitive adhesive seal such as a seal larger than a postcard is used. If the attachment position is not specified, the thickness of the seal (printing substrate) is thin, there is an influence of static electricity, etc., even if the material is a thin sheet of plastic, etc. It becomes possible to apply it accurately and without causing wrinkles.

  In the composite recording medium of the fifth embodiment, the printing substrate 601 on which the ink receiving layer 602 is formed is not particularly limited. For example, various printing substrates used in the above-described embodiments may be used. it can. In addition, as for the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer 603 and the release substrate 604, those usually used for an adhesive seal can be used without any particular limitation. If an image is formed on the composite recording medium 600 of the fifth embodiment, it can be used like a photographic sticker on which the same image having several kinds of surface properties is formed. For example, it can be used as a seal on which a photograph-like image as shown in FIG. 13 is formed.

  Thus, the composite recording medium of the present invention is preferably used as a trial recording medium for recording an ink image having a desired image quality. Further, the composite recording medium of the present invention, a recording medium having the same surface property as one of a plurality of surface properties of the composite recording medium, and the recording medium has the plurality of surface properties. By providing a recording medium set including a plurality of sheets so as to be included in all types, it is possible to achieve further convenience in obtaining an ink image having a desired image quality most effectively.

  The composite recording medium of the present invention is preferably used as a medium for inkjet recording. The composite recording medium of the present invention may also be used as a bubble jet (registered trademark) recording medium, a recording medium with a writing instrument such as a pen, and a recording medium by a printing method using various liquid inks. it can. Furthermore, the composite recording medium of the present invention can also be used as a recording medium for heating and fixing toner of an electrophotographic recording system used in copying machines, printers, etc., or as a recording medium for labels provided with an adhesive layer. .

  Although the composite recording medium of the present invention has been described based on the preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be appropriately modified within the scope of the gist of the present invention. .

  That is, in the first embodiment, instead of the ink receiving layer 103, for example, a layer provided with voids containing inorganic fine particles combined with an organic cationic polymer (see JP-A-11-58942), inorganic A layer obtained by crosslinking and curing the water-soluble resin while exhibiting a constant rate of drying using fine particles, a water-soluble resin and a specific cross-linking agent (see JP-A-11-115308) and the like It can also be used. In addition, JP-A Nos. 10-81064, 10-1000039, 10-119420, 10-119423, 10-119424, 10-175365, 10-19376 Ink described in JP-A-10-203006, JP-A-10-217601, JP-A-11-20300, JP-A-11-20306, JP-A-7-276789, JP-A-8-174992, and the like. It is also possible to change to a layer for acceptance.

  Moreover, in 2nd Embodiment, surface property can also be provided with a roll instead of providing surface property with a film. For example, there is a method of imparting surface properties by passing a recording medium between a metal roll and a nip roll.

  Further, in the second embodiment, a recording medium in which the glossy layer is not provided and the ink receiving layer is the outermost layer may be used. In this case, two or more types of ink receiving layers having different surface properties are used instead of the glossy layer. It will have a part.

  Further, in the composite recording medium of the fourth embodiment, the recording area of each of the glossy tone part and the silky tone part can be only one section, or can be three or more sections. May be different as well as the same.

  In addition, as an example of the silk-tone pattern, a plain-woven uneven silk pattern or a circular uneven silk pattern can be used instead of the lattice-like uneven silk pattern as shown in FIG.

  In the third and fourth embodiments, the composite recording medium in which the parts having four different surface properties are integrated is shown. However, the number of each part is not limited to this, and the number of parts may be two or three. Or 5 or more. Further, the position and size of each part are not particularly limited.

  In addition, as long as two or more types having different surface properties are integrated, other configurations can be appropriately changed. Further, as another method for producing the composite recording medium of the present invention, two or more types of surface properties are imparted to a wide production raw material simultaneously using a plurality of rolls, and then cut out for each recording medium portion. A composite recording medium can also be manufactured by the method. As the plurality of rolls, for example, three consecutive rolls as shown in FIG. 8 are used. FIG. 9 shows a state when two or more kinds of surface properties are imparted to the raw material for production using the three rolls of FIG. 8 at the same time.

  The recording medium set of the present invention comprises two or more recording media having different surface properties. The recording medium set of the present invention is particularly preferably used as a trial recording medium set. A preferred embodiment of the recording medium set 500 of the present invention is a set of a plurality of recording media 501 each having a different surface property, as shown in FIG.

  In the recording medium set 500 of the present embodiment, the larger the number of sets, the better because it is possible to obtain many types of image quality images, and the effect is further manifested particularly when used as a trial recording medium set. . Note that the recording medium set of the present embodiment may include recording media having the same surface properties.

  Next, a procedure for printing characters, images, and the like using the above-described composite recording medium will be described. FIG. 15 shows an example of a composite recording medium in which two or more parts having different surface properties are integrated. The composite recording medium 700 shown in the figure is composed of a glossy tone portion 71 and a silk tone tone portion 72. For example, the glossy portion 71 can be used as an image print region, and the silk tone portion 72 can be used as a text print region. As described above, when there is a portion where an image is desired to be printed and a portion where a character is desired to be printed on one recording paper, the composite recording medium of the present invention can be used to provide a recording paper suitable for printing purposes for each printing area. can do.

   FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the print processing apparatus (dot recording apparatus) of the present invention. The print processing apparatus includes a scanner 10, a computer terminal 20, and a color printer 30. The computer terminal 20 includes a color display 40. The scanner 10 reads color image data from a color original and supplies primary color image data composed of three primary colors of R (red), G (green), and B (blue) to the computer terminal 20.

  In the computer terminal 20, an application program 21, a video driver 22, and a printer driver 23 operate under an operating system. The printer driver 23 receives image data from the application program 21, and signals that can be printed by the color printer 30, that is, binary signals of Y (yellow), M (magenta), C (cyan), and K (black). Image processing for converting to. The color display 40 displays the image processing state based on an instruction from the video driver 22. The video driver 22 also controls the operation screen of the application program 21.

  The printer driver 23 includes a rasterizer 24, a color correction module 25, a halftone module 26, and a color correction table 27. The rasterizer 24 converts the image data handled by the application program 21 into dot unit color information. The color correction module 25 refers to the color correction table 27 and performs color correction in accordance with the color development characteristics of the color printer 30 on the image data (RGB 256-gradation data) converted into the dot unit, and the YMCK. Convert to image data. The color correction table 27 is read from the color printer 30 by the printer driver 23 when the computer terminal 20 is activated.

  Since the composite recording medium includes portions having different surface properties according to the printing application for each printing area, the color correction table is different for each printing area. For this reason, as shown in FIG. 25, the color printer 30 stores a color correction table (lookup table: LUT) for each printing area constituting the composite recording medium.

  This figure is a recording mode table in which color correction tables and recording modes of various composite recording media are registered. For example, a type 1 composite recording medium is composed of two types of print areas, a glossy tone part and a silky tone part, each having a resolution, a color correction table, and a range (coordinate data representing the position of the print area on the composite recording medium). The number of used nozzles N, the sub-scan feed amount L, and the like are registered. The number of used nozzles N and the sub-scan feed amount L are recording mode parameters for printing an image or a character in each print area.

  As will be described later, in addition to the number of used nozzles N and the sub-scan feed amount L, the print mode parameters include the nozzle pitch k, the scan repetition number s, etc., but are omitted for convenience of explanation.

  Similarly, the type 2 composite recording medium is composed of three types of print areas, a glossy tone portion, a semi-glossy tone portion, and a silk tone tone portion. For example, the glossy portion can be used as a high-quality image print region, the semi-glossy portion can be used as a low-quality image print region, and the silk-tone portion can be used as a text print region. Also for each of these print areas, resolution, color correction table, range, number of used nozzles N, sub-scan feed amount L, and the like are registered.

  When the user inputs the type of the composite recording medium 700 according to the guidance screen displayed on the color display 40, the color correction module 25 performs color correction by referring to the corresponding lookup table from the color correction table 27. In this example, since the type of the composite recording medium 700 is type 1, the user operates the computer terminal 20 to instruct that it is type 1. Then, the color correction module 25 determines the position of the glossy tone part and the silk tone part from the coordinate data of each print area registered in the recording mode table, and performs color correction for the glossy tone part with reference to LUT1, For the silk tone part, color correction is performed with reference to LUT2.

  The halftone module 26 performs halftone processing for expressing the density in a certain area depending on the presence or absence of ink in dot units from the image data after color correction. Halftone processing includes dithering and error diffusion. The printer driver 23 supplies the YMCK binarized image data to the color printer 30. The image data includes character data binarized by the presence or absence of dots. The color printer 30 prints predetermined characters, images, and the like on the composite recording medium 700 based on the image data supplied from the printer driver 23.

  In the above description, the case where the color image data is input from the scanner 10 is exemplified. However, color image data may be input from a digital still camera, a video camera, or the like.

  In the above description, the RGB color image data captured from the scanner 10 by the printer driver 23 operating on the computer terminal 20 via the application program 21 is image data that can be printed by the color printer 30, that is, multi-valued. In this example, the image data is converted into YMCK image data and supplied to the color printer 30. The color printer 30 incorporates a function corresponding to the printer driver 23 so that the color image data captured from the scanner 10 is converted into the color printer. 30 may be configured to perform desired image processing such as color conversion, color correction, and halftone processing to obtain multi-valued YMCK image data. In other words, the image processing performed by the color printer 30 is not limited to software, and can be realized by providing dedicated hardware separately.

   FIG. 17 is a schematic configuration diagram of a printer engine unit of the color printer 30. In the figure, a color printer 30 includes a mechanism for transporting a composite recording medium 700 by a paper feed motor 51, a mechanism for reciprocating a carriage 60 in the axial direction of a platen 52 by a carriage motor 53, and a print head mounted on the carriage 60. And a control circuit 81 for controlling the operations of the paper feed motor 51, the carriage motor 53, and the print head 63.

  In the mechanism for reciprocating the carriage 60, an endless drive belt 56 is stretched between the carriage motor 53 and a slide shaft 55 that is installed in parallel with the axis of the platen 52 and slidably holds the carriage 60. And a position detection sensor 57 for detecting the position of the print head 63. Position information of the print head 63 is supplied to the control circuit 81. The control circuit 81 includes a non-volatile memory 82 that stores the above-described recording mode table, and controls the operations of the print head 63, the paper feed motor 51, and the carriage motor 53 with reference to the recording mode table (for details, see FIG. Will be described later).

  The recording mode table is read from the nonvolatile memory 82 by the printer driver 23 when the computer terminal 20 is activated. A part of the data in the recording mode table is used as a color correction table 27 for color correction processing of image data read from the scanner 10. The operation panel 83 is connected to the control circuit 81.

  As the nonvolatile memory 82, a rewritable nonvolatile memory such as an EEPROM (Electrionally Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory), a UV-EPROM (Ultra-Violet Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), or the like can be used.

  The carriage 60 can be mounted with a black ink cartridge 61 and a color ink cartridge 62 containing three colors of cyan, magenta, and yellow. A total of four ink ejection heads 64 to 67 are attached to the print head 63 below the carriage 60, and an introduction pipe for guiding ink from the ink tank to the heads for the respective colors is erected at the bottom of the carriage 60. Has been. When the black ink cartridge 61 and the color ink cartridge 62 are mounted on the carriage 60 from above, an introduction tube is inserted into a connection hole provided in each cartridge, and ink from each ink cartridge to the ink ejection heads 64 to 67 is inserted. Supply becomes possible.

  Next, an ink discharge mechanism in the ink discharge head 64 will be described. As shown in FIG. 18, when the ink cartridge 61 is installed in the introduction hole 66, the ink in the ink cartridge 61 is sucked out through the introduction pipe 66 using the capillary phenomenon, and is formed in the lower portion of the carriage 60. It is guided to the ink discharge head 64 of the provided print head 63. As shown in FIG. 19, the ink ejection head 64 is provided with a plurality of nozzles 90, and a piezoelectric element 80 that is one of the electrostrictive elements is arranged for each nozzle 90.

   20 and 21 are sectional views of the ink ejection head 64. FIG. The piezoelectric element 80 is an electromechanical transducer that transforms electrical energy into mechanical energy by distorting the crystal structure when a voltage is applied. FIG. 20 shows a state in which no voltage is applied between the electrodes provided at both ends of the piezoelectric element 80. When a voltage is applied between the electrodes, the piezoelectric element 80 has a voltage application time as shown in FIG. Only one side wall of the pressure chamber (cavity) 68 is deformed. As a result, the volume of the pressurizing chamber 68 contracts in accordance with the expansion of the piezoelectric element 80, and ink corresponding to the contraction becomes ink droplets 69 and is ejected from the tip of the nozzle 90 at high speed. The ink droplets 69 land on the composite recording medium 700 conveyed by the platen 52, and dot recording is performed. The above description relates to the configuration of the ink discharge head 64, but the ink discharge heads 65 to 67 have the same configuration.

  The color printer 30 having the hardware configuration described above is provided in the print head 63 at the same time as the platen 52 is rotated by the paper feed motor 51 to convey the composite recording medium 700 and the carriage 60 is reciprocated by the carriage motor 53. The ink discharge heads 64 to 67 are driven to discharge the respective color inks to form multicolor characters, images, and the like on the composite recording medium 700.

   FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing the arrangement of ink jet nozzles in the ink ejection heads 64 to 67. The ink ejection head 64 is provided with a nozzle array for ejecting black ink. The ink ejection heads 65 to 67 are also provided with nozzle arrays for ejecting cyan, magenta, and yellow ink, respectively. The positions of these four sets of nozzle arrays in the sub-scanning direction coincide with each other. The four sets of nozzle arrays include a plurality of nozzles 90 arranged in a staggered manner at a constant nozzle pitch k along the sub-scanning direction.

    FIG. 23 shows an arrangement of a plurality of dots formed by one nozzle array. In this embodiment, regardless of whether the arrangement of the ink nozzles is staggered or linear, a plurality of dots recorded by one nozzle array are arranged in a substantially straight line along the sub-scanning direction. A drive signal is supplied to the piezoelectric element 80. For example, as shown in FIG. 22, in the case where the nozzle array is arranged in a staggered pattern, consider a case where the ink ejection head 61 is scanned in the right direction in the figure to record dots. At this time, the preceding nozzle groups 91 and 93 are supplied with drive signals at a timing earlier by d / v [seconds] than the following nozzle groups 92 and 94. Here, d [inch] is the pitch between the two nozzle groups in the ink ejection head 61, and v [inch / second] is the scanning speed of the ink ejection head 61.

  In this way, by adjusting the timing of the drive signal supplied to each nozzle group, the plurality of dots recorded by one nozzle array are arranged in a straight line along the sub-scanning direction. As will be described later, the total number of the plurality of nozzles provided in the ink ejection heads 64 to 67 is not always used, and only some of them may be used depending on the recording mode.

  FIG. 24 is a functional block diagram of a configuration related to drive control according to the recording mode. In the figure, a recording mode setting unit 31, a recording mode table 32, a raster data storage unit 33, a driving unit control unit 34, a main scanning driving unit 35, a sub scanning driving unit 36, a printing head driving unit 37, a printing head 63, and A composite recording medium 700 is shown. The recording mode table 32 is the recording mode table shown in FIG. 25 and is stored in the nonvolatile memory 82. In the same table, a color correction table, a recording mode parameter, and the like for each printing area constituting the composite recording medium are registered.

  The recording mode setting unit 31, the raster data storage unit 33, and the drive unit control unit 34 are realized by circuits in the control circuit 81. The main scanning drive unit 35 is realized by a feeding mechanism of a carriage 60 including a carriage motor 53, and the sub-scanning driving unit 36 is realized by a feeding mechanism of a recording medium 700 including a paper feeding motor 51. Further, the print head drive unit 37 is realized by a circuit including the piezoelectric element 80 of each nozzle 90.

  In the header portion of the image data supplied from the computer terminal 20 to the recording mode setting unit 31, information indicating the type of the composite recording medium 700 (type 1 in this example) is described. The recording mode setting unit 31 determines the type of the composite recording medium 700 from the header of the image data, and reads the corresponding recording mode parameter from the recording mode table 32. As described above, the recording mode parameters include parameters necessary for dot recording, such as the range of each printing area, the number of used nozzles N, and the sub-scan feed amount L.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 25, the number of used nozzles in the glossy tone portion constituting the composite recording medium 700 is N1, the sub-scan feed amount is L1, the number of nozzles used in the silk tone portion is N2, and the sub-scan feed amount. Is L2. Since the recording mode parameters such as the number of used nozzles N and the sub-scan feed amount L are different for each printing region, the recording mode setting unit 31 performs the next main scanning based on the position information of the print head 63 supplied from the position detection sensor 57. Then, it is determined whether the print area to be dot-recorded is a glossy tone part or a silky tone part.

  When it is determined that the print area to be dot-recorded is a glossy portion, the recording mode setting unit 31 sets the number of used nozzles N1, the recording mode parameters of the sub-scan feed amount L1, the raster data storage unit 33, and the drive. To the control unit 34. On the other hand, when it is determined that the print area to be recorded by the dot recording is a silk tone part, the recording mode setting unit 31 sets the recording mode parameters of the number of used nozzles N2 and the sub-scan feed amount L2 to the raster data storage unit 33. And to the drive unit controller 34. These print mode parameters are supplied before each scan.

  The raster data storage unit 33 stores image data in a buffer memory (not shown) based on the recording mode parameter supplied from the recording mode setting unit 31. On the other hand, the drive unit control unit 34 controls the main scanning drive unit 35, the sub-scanning drive unit 36, and the print head drive unit 37 according to the recording mode parameter supplied from the recording mode setting unit 31.

   FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram of recording mode parameters. For the sake of simplicity, FIG. 6 shows an example of sub-scan feed when four nozzles are used. In the figure, solid line circles including numerals indicate the positions in the sub-scanning direction of the four nozzles 90 after each sub-scan feed. Numbers 0 to 3 in the circles are nozzle numbers. The four nozzle positions are sent in the sub-scanning direction each time one main scan is completed. In practice, however, feeding in the sub-scanning direction is realized by transporting the composite recording medium 700 by the paper feed motor 51. As shown at the left end of the figure, in this example, the sub-scan feed amount L is a constant value of 2 dots. Therefore, every time sub-scanning is performed, the positions of the four nozzles 90 are shifted by 2 dots in the sub-scanning direction. In the example of the figure, the nozzle pitch k is 3 dots, and the number N of used nozzles is 4.

  The number of used nozzles is the number of nozzles actually used among the plurality of mounted nozzles. The number of scan repetitions s means that dots are intermittently recorded every (s-1) dots in one main scan. Accordingly, the scan repetition count s is equal to the number of nozzles used to record all the dots on one raster.

   In FIG. 27, as recording mode parameters, the nozzle pitch k = 3, the number of used nozzles N = 4, the number of scan repetitions s = 2, and the number of effective nozzles Neff = 2, the sub-scan feed amount L for each sub-scan feed. The cumulative value ΣL of the sub-scan feed amount and the offset F are written. Here, the offset F is the period after the sub-scan feed when the periodic position of the first nozzle that is not subjected to the sub-scan feed (positions every 4 dots in FIG. 26) is assumed to be the reference position of the offset 0. This is a value indicating how many dots the nozzle position is away from the reference position in the sub-scanning direction.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 26, the nozzle position is moved by the sub-scan feed amount (2 dots) by one sub-scan feed. On the other hand, the nozzle pitch is 3 dots. Accordingly, the nozzle offset F after the first sub-scan feed is 2. Similarly, the nozzle position after the second sub-scan feed is moved by ΣL = 4 dots from the initial position, and its offset F is 1. The nozzle position after the third sub-scan feed is moved by ΣL = 6 dots from the initial position, and its offset F is zero. Since the nozzle offset F returns to 0 by the third sub-scan feed, all the dots on the raster in the effective recording range are recorded by repeating this small cycle with three sub-scans as one small cycle. be able to.

  With the above configuration, for the glossy tone portion, for example, the value of the recording mode parameter is set to a value suitable for high-quality printing, such as increasing the number of used nozzles N and decreasing the value of the sub-scan feed amount L. As a result, the printing speed is reduced, but high-definition printing is possible. On the other hand, for the silk tone part, for example, the value of the recording mode parameter is set to a value suitable for high-speed printing, such as decreasing the value of the number of used nozzles N and increasing the value of the sub-scan feed amount L. The image quality is reduced, but high-speed printing is possible. In this way, when a single composite recording medium has a plurality of printing areas with different printing applications, setting the recording mode parameter suitable for the printing application of each printing area can minimize the printing speed of the entire printing process. High-quality printing is possible without deteriorating.

  In the above description, the printing process of the composite recording medium in which two or more kinds of parts having different surface properties are integrated as the printing area has been described. In addition to this, the printing area has two different glossiness and / or smoothness. A composite recording medium in which more than one type of parts are integrated may be used. Further, the two or more parts may be two or more parts selected from the group consisting of a glossy part, a semi-glossy part, a matte part and a silky part, and the two or more parts Among the portions, one or two or more portions may have a plurality of recording areas divided according to the intensity of light reflectivity.

  That is, it is possible to set a color correction table and a recording mode parameter suitable for printing applications for each of two or more types having different glossiness and / or smoothness, and depending on the intensity of light reflectance. A color correction table and recording mode parameters suitable for printing can be set for each of the plurality of divided recording areas.

  The composite recording medium used for the dot recording process of the present invention may have an ink receiving layer. Also, a composite recording medium comprising a base material, a resin coating layer provided on the base material and comprising two or more parts having different surface properties, and an ink receiving layer provided via the resin coating layer It may be. Further, it may be a composite recording medium provided with a base material, an ink receiving layer provided on the base material, and a gloss layer comprising two or more parts having different surface properties provided on the ink receiving layer. . Also, a printing base material on which an ink receiving layer comprising two or more parts having different surface properties is formed, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a release layer provided on the surface of the printing base material opposite to the ink receiving layer. A composite recording medium including a base material may be used.

  Specific examples of the composite recording medium used in the dot recording process of the present invention include roll paper, greeting card (postcard), etc., in which two or more parts having different surface properties are integrated.

  The present invention can also be applied to printing that expresses multiple gradations by expressing one pixel with a plurality of dots. It can also be applied to a drum scan printer. However, in the drum scan printer, the rotation direction of the drum is the main scanning direction, and the carriage traveling direction is the sub-scanning direction. The present invention can be applied not only to an ink jet printer but also to a dot recording apparatus that performs recording on the surface of a composite recording medium using a recording head having a plurality of dot recording element arrays.

  In the above configuration, some of the functions realized by hardware may be replaced by software, and conversely, some of the functions realized by software may be replaced by hardware. For example, the computer terminal 20 may be configured to execute functions realized by the control circuit 81 of the color printer 30. In this case, a program such as the printer driver 23 implements a function equivalent to that of the control circuit 81.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the composite recording medium which can obtain the recording image which has the desired image quality most effectively is provided. In addition, according to the present invention, a composite recording medium excellent in productivity of obtaining images of a plurality of image quality at a time is provided. Further, according to the present invention, there are provided a manufacturing method and a recording method of a composite recording medium that can obtain a recorded image having a desired image quality most effectively.

  According to the present invention, a recorded matter having a recorded image having a desired image quality is provided. Further, according to the present invention, a recording medium set capable of obtaining a recording image having a desired image quality most effectively is provided.

  In addition, according to the present invention, since it is possible to realize appropriate color correction processing and dot recording processing for each of two or more parts constituting the composite recording medium, the dot recording processing speed of the entire composite recording medium can be increased. A high-quality dot recording process can be realized without reducing it as much as possible.

It is sectional drawing of 1st Embodiment of the composite recording medium of this invention. It is sectional drawing of 2nd Embodiment of the composite recording medium of this invention. It is a top view of 3rd Embodiment of the composite recording medium of this invention. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the composite recording medium shown in FIG. 3 taken along line AA. FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the composite recording medium shown in FIG. 3. It is a top view of 4th Embodiment of the composite recording medium of this invention. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the composite recording medium shown in FIG. It is a perspective view of the some roll used for one Embodiment of the manufacturing method of the composite recording medium of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the state which formed the some recording-medium part using the roll of FIG. 8 on the raw material for manufacture. FIG. 7 is a plan view of a recorded matter in which a plurality of identical images are recorded on the composite recording medium shown in FIG. 6. It is the schematic of one Embodiment of the recording medium set of this invention. It is sectional drawing of 5th Embodiment of the composite recording medium of this invention. It is the top view seen from the peeling base material side of the composite recording medium of FIG. It is a top view of the composite recording medium (partially peeling) of the photograph sticker like which applied 5th Embodiment in this invention. It is a top view of the composite recording medium provided with the image print area and the text print area. 2 is a functional block diagram of a print processing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. It is a schematic block diagram of the printer engine part of a color printer. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a print head. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a print head. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an ink discharge head. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of an ink discharge head. It is explanatory drawing which shows the nozzle arrangement | sequence of the head for ink discharge. It is explanatory drawing of the dot formation pattern formed with one nozzle array. It is a functional block diagram of the structure relevant to the drive control according to recording mode. It is explanatory drawing of a recording mode table. It is explanatory drawing of a recording mode parameter. It is explanatory drawing of a recording mode parameter.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Composite recording medium, 200 ... Composite recording medium, 300 ... Composite recording medium, 400 ... Composite recording medium, 500 ... Recording medium set, 600 ... Composite recording medium, 700 ... Composite recording medium, 10 ... Scanner, 20 ... Computer terminal , 30 ... Color printer, 40 ... Color display, 31 ... Recording mode setting section, 32 ... Recording mode table, 33 ... Raster data storage section, 34 ... Drive section control section, 35 ... Main scanning driving section, 36 ... Sub scanning driving , 37... Print head drive unit, 63... Print head

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And a double case recording medium for ink jet recording,
And a recording medium having the same surface property and one surface of one of the plurality of front surface of having composite recording medium for the ink-jet recording on the entire surface,
Wherein it is configured to respectively include the recording medium one by a plurality of each type of the plurality of surface properties,
The composite recording medium for inkjet recording is
A substrate;
An ink receiving layer provided on the substrate;
A gloss layer provided on the ink receiving layer and comprising two or more parts having different surface properties;
The two or more parts having different surface properties are two or more parts selected from the group consisting of a glossy part, a semi-glossy part, a matte part, and a silky part,
Recording media set. A composite recording medium for inkjet recording;
A recording medium having the same surface property as one of a plurality of surface properties of the composite recording medium for inkjet recording on the entire surface,
Each of the plurality of types of surface properties is configured to include a plurality of the recording media.
The composite recording medium for inkjet recording is
A printing substrate on which an ink receiving layer composed of two or more parts having different surface properties is formed;
A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a release substrate provided on a surface opposite to the ink receiving layer in the printing substrate,
The two or more parts having different surface properties are two or more parts selected from the group consisting of a glossy part, a semi-glossy part, a matte part, and a silky part,
Recording media set. For each surface properties constituting the double if the recording medium is different from two or more parts for ink jet recording, for converting the predetermined image data into image data which is color-separated into elements each color suitable for dot recording process A color correction table; a parameter that defines the operation of a head drive unit that performs drive control of a dot recording head that includes a dot recording element for recording dots on the composite recording medium for inkjet recording; and the dot recording head; Parameters that define the operation of main scanning drive means for performing main scanning by relatively driving the composite recording medium for ink jet recording, and the dot recording head and the composite for ink jet recording each time the main scanning ends. Parameters prescribing the operation of the sub-scan driving means for driving the recording medium relatively to perform sub-scanning are stored in advance. It has been,
A function of converting image data with reference to a corresponding color correction table for each of the two or more types of parts having different surface properties;
The main scanning driving means with reference to said parameter, a function of performing dot recording on the composite recording medium for the ink jet recording by controlling the operation of the head drive means, and the sub-scan drive unit,
Is a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a print processing apparatus to execute is recorded ,
The composite recording medium for inkjet recording is
A substrate;
An ink receiving layer provided on the substrate;
A gloss layer provided on the ink receiving layer and comprising two or more parts having different surface properties;
The two or more parts having different surface properties are two or more parts selected from the group consisting of a glossy part, a semi-glossy part, a matte part, and a silky part,
Computer-readable recording medium . Color for converting predetermined image data into image data that is color-separated for each element color suitable for dot recording processing for each of two or more types of parts having different surface properties constituting a composite recording medium for inkjet recording A correction table; a parameter that defines the operation of a head drive unit that performs drive control of a dot recording head that includes a dot recording element for recording dots on the composite recording medium for inkjet recording; the dot recording head; Parameters that define the operation of main scanning drive means for performing main scanning by relatively driving a composite recording medium for inkjet recording, and the dot recording head and the composite recording for inkjet recording each time the main scanning ends Parameters prescribing the operation of the sub-scan driving means for performing the sub-scan by relatively driving the medium are stored in advance. It has been,
A function of converting image data with reference to a corresponding color correction table for each of the two or more types of parts having different surface properties;
A function of performing dot recording on the composite recording medium for inkjet recording by controlling operations of the main scanning driving unit, the head driving unit, and the sub-scanning driving unit with reference to the parameters;
Is a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a print processing apparatus to execute is recorded,
The composite recording medium for inkjet recording is
A printing substrate on which an ink receiving layer composed of two or more parts having different surface properties is formed;
  A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer and a release substrate provided on a surface opposite to the ink receiving layer in the printing substrate,
The two or more parts having different surface properties are two or more parts selected from the group consisting of a glossy part, a semi-glossy part, a matte part, and a silky part,
Computer-readable recording medium.

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