JPH02235648A - Recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To promote color mixing by performing the recording well even on a a low smoothness medium to be recorded by a method wherein a pressing means for pressing an intermediate member opposed to a pressure member onto the pressure member is provided, and a vibration means for finely vibrating the pressure member is established. CONSTITUTION:An image is formed by applying selectively heat energy and specific wavelength optical energy to a transfer recording medium 1 with a recording part 3. The transfer recording medium 1 is overlapped on recording paper 8 being a medium to be recorded, and the image is transferred onto the recording paper 8 by applying heat and pressure thereto with a transfer part 4. Further, it is wound around a winding roll 6. Besides, pressure and shearing force are applied to the recording paper 8 by a pressure means 13 and a vibration means 14 vibrating its member to promote color mixing of a transferred image and fix it. The pressure means 13 is composed of a color mixing roller 13a and an intermediate roller 13b which come to be a pressure member, and a pressing roller 13c. The vibration unit 14 composed of voice coil 14a and a magnetic circuit 14b is attached to a bearing unit 13a in the color mixing roller 13a, and fine vibration of about 100Hz in frequency and about 0.3mm in amplitude is generated in an axial direction normal to a carrying direction of the recording paper 8.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a recording device for recording images on a recording medium, and more particularly to a recording device that can be used in printers, copying machines, facsimile machines, etc. <Prior Art> In recent years, with the rapid development of the information industry, various information processing systems have been developed, and recording devices suitable for each information processing system have also been developed.

One of the above recording devices is a thermal transfer recording device. This is a method for recording on recording paper using an ink ribbon made by coating a ribbon-shaped support with a heat-melt ink made by dissolving colored abrasions in a heat-melt binder. That is, the ink ribbons are stacked so that their heat-melting ink layers are in contact with the recording paper, and the ink ribbon and the recording paper are conveyed between the thermal head and the platen, and the ink ribbon is transferred from the support side of the ink ribbon to the thermal head. By applying pulse-shaped heat according to the image signal and pressing the two together and transferring the molten ink to the recording paper, an ink image corresponding to the heat application is recorded on the recording paper. ．． The above-mentioned recording device has been widely used in recent years because it is small and lightweight, makes no noise, and can record on plain paper. <Problems to be solved by the invention> However, conventional thermal transfer recording devices are not without problems. The reason is that in conventional thermal transfer recording devices, the transfer recording performance, that is, the image quality, is greatly affected by the surface smoothness of the recording paper.
Although good image recording is performed on recording paper with high smoothness, there is a possibility that the quality of image recording will deteriorate when recording paper with low smoothness is used.

Furthermore, when trying to obtain a multicolor image with a conventional thermal transfer recording device, it is necessary to repeat the transfer to overlap the colors. For this purpose, it is necessary to provide multiple thermal heads or to make complicated movements such as stopping and reversing the recording paper, which not only makes color misalignment unavoidable, but also makes the entire device large and complicated. There are challenges. Means for Solving the Problems> Therefore, the present applicant used a photothermodynamic material, and when thermal energy and light energy were applied, the reaction of the material rapidly progressed and the transfer characteristics changed irreversibly. proposed a technology for forming an image based on the difference in characteristics according to the image signal and transferring it to a recording medium.
No. 80, No. 60-120081, No. 60-13141
No. 1, No. 60-134831, No. 60-150597
issue. No. 60-199926. Japanese Patent Publication No. 62-1741
No. 95 (published on July 30, 1986), etc.}. According to this technology, it is possible to record high-quality images even on recording media with low surface smoothness, and when applied to multicolor recording, it is possible to make complex movements on the recording medium. It is possible to obtain multi-colored images without any problems. The purpose of the present invention is to further develop the above-described technology, and to improve the coverage of images formed on recording media, and to reduce the mixing of colors in multicolor recording. It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording device capable of obtaining high-quality images.

A typical means according to the present invention for this purpose is to apply a first energy and a second energy different from the first energy to a transfer recording layer, the transfer characteristics of which are changed, on a support. a conveyance means for conveying a transfer recording medium, which is provided along a conveyance path of the transfer recording medium conveyed by the conveyance means, for applying the first energy to the transfer recording medium; a recording section having a first energy applying means and a second energy applying means for applying the second energy; and a recording section for transferring an image formed on the transfer recording medium in the recording section to a recording medium. a transfer section, a pressure member for contacting the image transfer surface of the recording medium that has passed through the transfer section and applying at least pressure to the recording medium, and the pressure member sandwiching the recording medium. and a pressing means comprising an intermediate member facing the pressing member, a pressing means for pressing the intermediate member against the pressing member, and a vibration means for slightly vibrating the pressing member. Become.

Effect> According to the above means, when the transfer recording medium and the recording medium are set in the apparatus and recording is performed, multiple types of energy are applied to the transfer recording medium in the recording section to form an image, and the image is is transferred to the recording medium in the transfer section. Furthermore, when the recording medium to which the image has been transferred is ejected, at least pressure is applied to fix the image on the recording medium. At this time, due to the slight vibration of the pressure member,
Each color in a multicolor record is mixed, resulting in a high-quality image with enhanced color mixing. Furthermore, when the intermediate member is configured with a roller having a diameter smaller than that of the pressure member, when the roller and the pressure member sandwich and press the recording medium, the drag force exerted on the pressure member and the recording medium can be reduced. The pressure per unit area required for color mixing can be obtained without increasing the size. Therefore, the vibrating means for vibrating the pressure member can be downsized, and the pressure distribution between the pressure member and the recording medium can be made uniform.

<Example> Next, an example of the present invention to which the above means is applied will be described in detail.

[First example]

FIG. 1(A) is a cross-sectional explanatory view of the recording apparatus according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 1(B) is a perspective explanatory view.

First, the general configuration of this device will be explained.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a long sheet-shaped transfer recording medium, which is wound into a roll and used as a supply roll 2 in the apparatus main body M.
It is removably incorporated into the That is, this supply roll 2 is removably loaded onto a rotatable shaft 2a provided in the main body M of the apparatus.

The leading edge of the transfer recording medium 1 is passed through the supply roll 2, the guide roller 12a, the recording head 3a, and the guide roller 12b, and is separated from between the transfer roller 4a and the pressure roller 4b by the peeling member 5. It is directed by the guide roller 12c to reach the take-up roll 6, and its tip is locked to the take-up roll 6 by means such as a green parser (not shown). Thereafter, the transfer recording medium 1 is fed out in the direction of arrow a by rotating the transfer roller 4a while applying torque to the take-up roll 6 in the direction of arrow C using a known driving means.

In synchronization with the feeding of the transfer recording medium 1, the recording section 3 applies thermal energy and light energy of a predetermined wavelength to the transfer recording medium 1 using i! The image is applied in a large amount to form an image, and the image is superimposed on the recording paper 8 as a recording medium in the transfer section 4, and the image is transferred to the recording paper 8 by applying heat and pressure. Further, the transfer recording medium 1 after the image transfer is wound up on a winding roll 6.

On the other hand, pressure and shear force are applied to the recording column 8 by a pressure means 13 and a vibration means 14 that vibrates a member related to the pressure means 13, thereby promoting color mixing of the image transferred to the recording column 8 and fixing it. The structure is such that this is discharged to the discharge tray 11. When winding up the transfer recording medium 10, a certain back tension is applied to the supply roll 2 by a known means such as a hysteresis brake (not shown), and this tension and the guide roller 12
a, f2b, the transfer recording medium 1 is transferred to the recording head 3a.
The structure is such that the material is conveyed while being pressed against the object at a certain pressure and at a certain angle.

Next, the configuration of each part will be explained in detail.

First, as shown in FIG. 2, the transfer recording medium 1 has a transfer recording layer 1 having the property of forming an image when both thermal energy and light energy are applied on a sheet-like support la.
It is formed by attaching b.

To explain one example, in this example, the transfer recording layer 1
core of b lb. The ingredients shown in Table 1 below, the ingredients shown in Table 2 as core lbz, and the ingredients shown in Table 2 as core lbs.
A microcapsule-shaped image forming element is formed using the components shown in the table and the method shown below.

(Margin below) 2nd front f 100g of water and 26g of isobutylene-maleic anhydride copolymer (ISOBAN-IO, manufactured by Kureha Chemical Co., Ltd.)
Mix, add 10g of sodium hydroxide and heat to 80°C.
Stir for 6 hours. After further cooling to room temperature, 700 g of pectin 3.1 aqueous solution was mixed therein and stirred for 20 minutes. 200g of the above isobane-pectin mixture
The pH was adjusted to 4.0 with a sulfuric acid solution, 0.2 g of Quadrol (manufactured by BASF) was added, and while stirring at 300 Orpm+ with a homomixer, the above Tables 1 to 3 were added.
Add a solution of 20g of the ingredients shown in the table dissolved in 30g of chloroform over 10 to 15 seconds and emulsify for 10 minutes.Furthermore, transfer the emulsion to a 500+D beaker and use a stirring blade for 1 to 2 hours. Continue stirring and evaporate the solvent.

Next, 8.3 g of urea solution (50% by weight), 0.4 g of resorcin dissolved in 5 g of water, and 10.7 g of formalin (
37%) and 0.6 g of ammonium sulfate dissolved in 10 water are added at 2 minute intervals.

The temperature was raised to 60°C and stirring was continued for 3 hours, then the temperature was lowered and the po was adjusted to 12.0 with 20% caustic soda solution.The capsule liquid was filtered and washed twice with 1000-liter water. and drying to obtain a microcapsule-shaped image forming element.

The image forming element includes the core 1b+ of Tables 1 to 3,
lbz, Ibz is a microcapsule coated with shell Ibn, particle size 7-15n, average particle size about 1On
is formed.

The image forming element thus formed is adhered onto a support la using an adhesive 1bs to obtain a transfer recording medium l. To explain the above-mentioned attachment method in more detail, for example, the polyester adhesive Polyester LP manufactured by Nippon Gosei Kagaku Kogyo ■
-022 An adhesive TBS made by dissolving 3 cc of toluene in ice (solid content 50%) is applied onto a support la made of a polyethylene terephthalate film with a thickness of 61 cm. Thereafter, the solvent is removed by drying to a thickness of about 1-. Since this adhesive 1bs has a glass transition point of -15°C, a slight tank remains even at room temperature, making it possible to easily adhere the image forming element formed as described above to the support 1a. .

Next, 1
Mix in a ratio of 11 parts and sprinkle this on to adhere. After that, the excess image forming element is brushed off, and the image forming element is arranged on the adhesion layer at a rate of 90% of the I layer. Thereafter, a pressure of about 11 qrf/aj and thermal energy of about 80° C. are applied to firmly fix the image forming element on the support la to form a transfer recording medium l.

The photoinitiator in the image-forming element shown in Table 1 has the absorption characteristics shown in FIG. 3 in the band of graph A (peak wavelength 29
The photoinitiator in the image-forming element shown in Table 2 has a wavelength of 389 nm (peak wavelength of 389 nm). ), the reaction starts, and the color becomes cyan when forming an image.The photoinitiator in the image forming element shown in Table 3 has a peak wavelength of 458 nap ) absorbs light and starts a reaction, resulting in a yellow color when forming an image. Next, the recording section 3 will be explained. In this embodiment, the recording unit 3 includes a heating means for applying thermal energy, which is first energy, to the transfer recording medium 1, and a heating means, which also applies light energy, which is second energy, to the transfer recording medium 1. It consists of a light irradiation means for

The heating means has 1728 line-type heating elements 3b arranged in a line on the surface of the recording head 3a for A-4 size with a width of 0.2n and 8 dots/n, which generate heat according to the image signal. As mentioned above, the support l of the transfer recording medium 1
The a side is configured to be pressed against the heating element 3b with a predetermined pressure by back tension during transportation. The image signal is emitted from a control unit of a facsimile, an image scanner, an electronic blackboard, etc., depending on the purpose. On the other hand, a light irradiation means is provided on the transfer recording layer Ib side facing the recording head 3a. This light irradiation means has the characteristics shown in Part 4 as a spectral transmittance, and is made of glass with a thickness of 2 and an inner diameter of 40 (West Germany's 5 (:llOTT).
A rotating body 3C made of a cylinder made by Co., Ltd., product name DUtlAN 50) is rotatably supported by roller pairs 3d, 3e, '3r of 3&II, and the roller 3d is driven by a motor.
It is configured to rotate at a constant speed by driving and rotating the .

Moreover, three types of phosphors A, B,
C is applied to stripes of 120 degrees (three equal parts) in the circumferential direction. In this example, Ca(POa)z:Tl (thallium-activated calcium phosphate) was used as the main component of the phosphor A, and (Sr,
Mg)zPz07:Using Eu (europium-activated strontium magnesium pyrophosphate), phosphor C
Ba, MgAI+i0xt as the main components: [! u
(Eurobium-activated barium magnesium aluminate) is used.

A light source 3g is disposed inside the rotating body 3c, and the light 8
The structure is such that the phosphors A, B, and C emit light when 3g is turned on. In this embodiment, a low-pressure mercury lamp is used as the light source 3g, and when this light source 3g is turned on, the phosphor A emits light as shown in graph A in FIG. 5 (peak wavelength 335rv).
, phosphor B is shown in graph B in Figure 5 (peak wavelength 390 nm).
), phosphor C is graph C in Figure 5 (peak wavelength 450
It emits light with a spectral distribution (nm). The light emitted by the phosphors A, B, and C is... The transfer recording layer 1b is irradiated through a slit 31 with a width of 0.5n formed in the light shielding plate 3h.

Therefore, when the rotating body 3C is rotated and light is irradiated from the light source 3g, the phosphors A, B, and C are excited and emit light in order, and the light with different spectral distribution passes through the slint 3I and is sequentially irradiated onto the transfer record 1ijlb. Ru. Here, a control configuration for controlling the rotational speed and phase of the rotating body 3C will be explained.

As shown in FIG. 1 (+'l), the rotating body 3C has a large number of light shielding parts 3j formed in a stripe shape at regular intervals on the circumference near the end, and one of the light shielding parts 3j ' is formed wider than the other light shielding parts 3j. Further, a light emitting member 3k such as an L'ED is disposed inside the rotating body 3c so as to sandwich the light shielding portion 3j, and a light receiving member 371 such as a photodiode is disposed outside.

From the above configuration, when the rotating body 3C is rotating at a constant speed, the signal obtained from the light receiving member 3l is as shown in FIG. 6(A). Note that the level r low 1 shown in FIG. 6(A) is a state in which the light from the light emitting member 3k passes through the rotating body 3c and is received by the light receiving member 31, and the level "high j" is a state in which the light is blocked by the light blocking part 3j. , the light is not received by the light receiving member 31.

Therefore, the frequency of the rising edge of the signal appears as the rotational speed of the rotating body 3C, and by detecting and controlling this, it is possible to control the rotational speed of the rotating body 3C.

In addition, when controlling the phase, when the integral waveform of Fig. 6 (^) is obtained, it becomes as shown in Fig. 6 (B), and since one of the light shielding parts 3j (3j') is wide, the integral waveform of that part is The high price will be higher. Therefore, the Mazenk line synchronization signal, cyan line synchronization signal, yellow line synchronization signal, video clock, which will be described later, are based on the timing when the peak value becomes high.
A strobe signal, an enable signal, etc. are created, and during the initial "high" period of the enable signal, the phosphor A of the rotating body 3c is
faces the transfer recording layer 1b through the slit 31, phosphor B faces the phosphor B during the second "high 1" period of the enable signal, and phosphor C faces the phosphor C during the third "r high 1" period of the enable signal. It is only necessary to perform control so as to perform the same operation, and to repeat this sequentially for each enable signal rhigh°1.

Therefore, in this embodiment, P L L (Phase i,
QCked Loop) motor driver 30 is used.

This PLL! To explain the 116 method using a block diagram, as shown in FIG.
Control Oscillator) 31
, a phase comparator 30a, and a low-pass filter 30c, and in FIG.
sequence Generator) 3lb corresponds to the VCO 31. Note that the light source motor 31
FC3lb is the output of the light receiving member 3l.

In this embodiment, the phase comparison output of the output of the PC; The difference between the output and the output of the phase comparator is applied to the VCO 31 through a low-pass filter 30c and a power amplifier 30d.

Also, in FIG. 7, the lock detector 30e is the phase comparator 30a.
This is to detect whether the system is in a synchronous state from the signals from the Also, the output of FG3l b is integrator 3
0'', and its waveform (corresponding to FIG. 6(B)) is shaped by a waveform shaper 30g to obtain a rotational phase reference signal.

Next, this transfer section 4 will be explained. The transfer section 4 is disposed downstream of the recording section 3 in the transport direction of the transfer recording medium 1, and is driven and rotated in the direction of arrow b as shown in FIG. The transfer roller 4a is a transfer member, and a pressure roller 4b is pressed against the transfer roller 4a via the transfer recording medium 1 and the recording sleeve 8 and rotates as a result of the transfer roller 4a.

The transfer roller 4a is constructed by coating the surface of an aluminum roller with silicone rubber having a hardness of 70 degrees to a thickness of 0.5μ, and further coating the silicone rubber surface with fluororubber Latinx to a thickness of about 30μ. Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the shape of the transfer roller 4a is such that the outer diameter D1 at the center in the axial direction is thicker than the outer diameter D2 at both ends (B, >02), and becomes thinner in a parabolic shape from the center toward both ends. It is configured in a crown shape. In this embodiment, the crown shape is shown in FIG. 8 as y=-a x"+236a x+16
(a=5.0'21XIO-b) (dragon).

Further, the pressure roller 4b is applied to the surface of the aluminum roller by approximately 70n.
The PFA tube is coated with a thick coating, and the pressing force with the transfer roller 4a is 6 to 6 by a pressure means (not shown) such as a spring.
It is set to be 7kirf/cs. Further, the pressure roller 4b is constructed so that the roller surface is maintained at 120 to 130°C by a built-in 800W halogen heater 4c. Further, as shown in FIG. 1(A), a recording medium 8 as a recording medium is loaded in the cassette 7, and this recording medium 8 is transferred into one sheet by a feeding roller 9 and a pair of registration rollers 10a and 10b. The image area of the transfer recording medium 1 and the recording are detected by detecting the leading edge of the recording sheet 8 fed by a resist sensor 28 consisting of an LED 28a and a phototransistor 28b and controlling the feeding timing. The structure is such that the image forming portion of the transfer recording medium 1 overlaps with the recording medium 8 in the transfer section 4, and this state When the transfer recording medium 1 passes between the rollers 4a and 4b, pressure and heat are applied, and the image on the transfer recording medium 1 is transferred onto the recording sleeve 8.

The recording device 8 to which the image has been transferred in the transfer section 4 is pressed by a pressure means l3.
At this time, the recording paper 8 is discharged through the pressurizing means 1.
Pressure and heat are applied at 3.

This pressure means 13 is disposed downstream of the transfer section 4 in the conveyance direction of the recording paper 8, and includes a color mixing roller 1 serving as a pressure member.
3a, an intermediate roller 13b which is an intermediate member that presses against the roller 13a with the recording ring 8 in between, and a pressing roller 13c which is a pressing means for pressing the intermediate roller 13b against the color mixing roller 13a. There is.

The color mixing roller 13a is made by coating the surface of an aluminum roller with a diameter of 18 tm with 0.5 fi of silicone rubber having a rubber hardness of about 40 degrees, and coating the surface of the silicon rubber with fluorine rubber latex to a thickness of about 30 degrees. In addition, inside this color mixing roller 13a, there is a 300W heating means.
A sheathed heater 13d is provided, and this heater 13d heats the surface of the color mixing roller 13a to approximately 150 to 160'C.
The structure is such that it is held in place.

The intermediate roller 13b is a metal roller with a diameter of 5 mm, and silicone rubber, which is an elastic body, has a hardness of about 40 degrees and is coated with about 1.5 nm on the surface of the metal roller.
It consists of a roller coated to a thickness of .

The pressing roller 13c is a roller having a larger diameter than the intermediate roller 13b, and is composed of a metal roller having a diameter of 14 m and coated with silicone rubber having a rubber hardness of about 40 degrees to a thickness of about 41 cm. The intermediate roller 13b is pressed against the color mixing roller 13a with a force of about 800 gfO by a pressing means that does not have the same pressure. Therefore, a constant pressure is applied to the recording paper 8 conveyed between the color mixing roller 13a and the intermediate roller 13b. Further, the color mixing roller 13a and the intermediate roller 13b are configured to be rotated in the direction of arrow d by a color mixing motor, which will be described later. A drive transmission means (not shown) connected to the color mixing motor controls the rotation of the color mixing roller 13a and the intermediate roller 13b so that their peripheral speeds are the same as the conveyance speed of the recording paper 8 by the transfer roller 4a. Furthermore, a vibration unit 14 serving as a vibration means is attached to the color mixing roller 13a. To explain this specifically, as shown in FIG. 9, the color mixing roller 13a is rotatably attached via a bearing unit 13a1, and this bearing unit 13a has a vibration coil composed of a voice coil 14a and a magnetic circuit 14b. Unit 14 is installed. When the vibration unit 14 is driven,
The color mixing roller 13a has a frequency of about 100 Hz and an amplitude of about 0.3 in the axial direction (arrow e direction) perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the recording paper 8.
It makes minute vibrations of mm. In addition, in Figure 8, 14
C is a color mixing roller gear connected to the drive transmission means of the color mixing roller 13a.

Next, we will explain the recording method when recording using the recording device configured as described above. Note that this embodiment shows an example in which heat is applied in accordance with an image signal and light is applied uniformly.

An image is formed by driving the motor to sequentially feed out the transfer recording medium 1 from the supply roll 2, and applying light and heat to the transfer recording layer 1b of the transfer recording medium 1 in the recording section 3 according to the image signal. . The transfer recording layer 1b has a property that when light and heat of a predetermined wavelength are applied, the softening point temperature increases, that is, the transfer characteristics change irreversibly, and the transfer recording layer 1b is no longer transferred to the recording layer 8. ．． Therefore, as shown in the timing chart of Figure lθ,
When recording magenta color, the heating element 3 corresponding to the complementary color of magenta of the image signal, that is, the green image signal, is selected from among the heating element rows.
Turn on the lhs to b, and at the same time turn on the light source 3g for 10
ms lights up. At this time, the phosphor A of the rotating body 3C faces the transfer recording layer 1b located in the slit l-3i,
The transfer recording layer 1b is uniformly irradiated with light energy having a spectral distribution shown in graph A in FIG. Next, for cyan color recording, 50 NS after the start of energization to the heating element 3b in the magenta color recording, 20+ws is applied to the complementary color of cyan, that is, the portion corresponding to both red signals in the heating element array. At the same time, the light source 3g is turned on for 20 ws. At this time, the phosphor B of the rotating body 3C is facing the transfer recording layer 1b located in the slit 31, and the light energy of the spectral distribution shown in graph B in FIG. 5 is uniformly applied to the transfer recording layer 1b. Ru.

Next, for yellow color recording, 50+ms after the start of energization to the heating element 3b in the cyan color recording, 35 ms of energization is then applied to the complementary color of yellow, that is, the part corresponding to the blue image signal in the heating element array. At the same time, the light source 3g is turned on for 35ms. At this time, the slit 31
The phosphor C of the rotating body 3C faces the transfer recording layer 1b located at , and light energy having a spectral distribution shown in graph C in FIG. 5 is uniformly applied to the transfer recording layer 1b.

In the above manner, a transfer image is formed on the transfer recording layer 1b by controlling the heat generation of the heating element 3b, the rotation of the rotating body 3c, and the lighting of the light source 3g according to the image signals of complementary colors of mazenk, cyan, and yellow. , 150ms/Lins for this image formation
The transfer recording medium is conveyed synchronously with the repetition period of . Here, the control system according to this embodiment for performing the above recording operation will be specifically explained with reference to FIGS. 11 to 17. Furthermore, Fig. 11 is a block diagram of the control system, Figs. 12 and 13 are timing charts of recording operation, and Fig. 14 is a block diagram of the control system.
15 is a sequence table for sending each signal, FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the recording operation, and FIG. 17 is a circuit diagram of the temperature control system of the transfer roller 4a.

As shown in FIG. 11, this control system includes, for example, a CPU 20a such as a microprocessor, and an R0M 20 that stores control programs and various data for the CPU 20a. b, a control unit 20 that is used as a work area for the CPU 20a and includes a RAM 20c for temporarily storing various data, an interface 2l, an operation panel 22 that has input switches for recording density, number of sheets, etc., and image forming timing. Generator 23, driver 24a for driving the feed motor 24, dryer 258 for driving the IIi feed motor 25, driver 26a for driving the color mixing motor 26, dryer 27 for driving the vibration unit 16, It consists of a registration sensor 2 for detecting the tip of the recording head 8, a light source lighting device W29 for lighting the light source 3g, and a PLL motor driver 30.

The control unit 20 receives various information (for example, recording density, number of recording sheets,
(recorded size, etc.), a signal from the register sensor 28, a magenta line synchronization signal generated by the image forming timing generator 23, and a lock detection signal from the PLL motor driver 30 are input. The control unit 20 also connects the feed motor 24 through the interface 21. Outputs each motor ON signal of the transport motor 25, page signal, color mixing motor ON signal (also serves as vibration unit ON signal), and light source motor ON signal. The image forming timing generator 23 divides the clock of the internal crystal oscillator and generates various signals (magenta line synchronization signal, cyan line synchronization signal, yellow line synchronization signal, page synchronization signal, video clock, enable signal, strobe signal, (optical BaN signal, motor reference clock, etc.).

The magenta line synchronization signal, cyan line synchronization signal, and yellow line synchronization signal have a cycle of 15 as shown in FIG.
0 simple, duty ratio 1/3, phase 120″'
The signal is out of sync. Also, the magenta line synchronization signal is PL
It is created based on the rotational phase reference signal from the L motor driver 30. A page synchronization signal is then generated by ruffling the page signal sent from the control unit 20 via the interface 21 at the rising edge of the magenta line synchronization signal. The video clock is a signal that generates a clock of 36 KHz from the rising edge of the magenta, cyan, and yellow line synchronization signals, and stops after generating 1728 clocks (approximately 48+as).

Further, an external image signal generator (for example, a facsimile, an image scanner, an electronic blackboard, etc.) 32 receives a page synchronization signal from the image forming timing generator 23, magenta, cyan,
Receives the yellow line synchronization signal and video clock, and from the time the page synchronization signal becomes "high", when the magenta line synchronization signal is "high", it outputs a magenta image signal, and when the cyan line synchronization signal is r high 1, it outputs a magenta image signal. Similarly, when the yellow line synchronization signal is "high j", 1728 yellow image signals are sent out in synchronization with the video clock.

Furthermore, a strobe signal is generated that is "r high during the high 1 period of the magenta, cyan, or yellow line synchronization signal and the video clock is at rest." The enable signal starts from the first cyan line synchronization signal when the page synchronization signal becomes rhighj, and repeats rhighj for 10+ms, 20ms, and 35ms in order from the rising edge of the cyan, yellow, and magenta line synchronization signals, and then starts the page synchronization. 35 ms within the period of r high 1 of the first magenta line synchronization signal when the signal becomes r low J
This enable signal terminates with the occurrence of r high 1.
This corresponds to the energization signal to the heating element 3b corresponding to the image signal in the θ diagram. Further, the image forming timing generator 23 generates a light source ON signal. The light source ON signal starts from the rising edge of the cyan line synchronization signal, and changes by 1 at each rising edge of each enable signal.
0+ms, 20ms, 35ms, repeat "r high" in this order.

Furthermore, the image forming timing generator 23 generates a motor reference clock for creating a motor clock to be given to the PLL motor driver 30. This clock is 6
The light source motor ON signal is a continuous clock signal of kHz and is sent from the control unit 20 via the interface 2I.
The motor clock is provided to the PLL motor driver 30 via a switch controlled by a signal.

The recording head 3a takes in an image signal from an external image signal generator 32 into a shift register inside the head using a video clock from an image forming timing generator 23. This captured image signal is latched into a latch register in the head by a strobe signal from the image forming timing generator 23, and then is latched by an enable signal from the image forming timing generator 23 according to the image signal in the latch register. The heating element 3b is energized, and at the same time the next image signal is taken into the shift register by the video clock. Further, the lighting device 29 of the light source 3g receives an AND signal of the ON signal of the light source 3g from the image forming timing generator 23 and the light source motor ON signal from the interface 21,
When the signal is "high", the light source 3g is turned on.

As shown in FIG. 7, the PLL motor driver 30 uses the input motor clock and the light receiving member 37! The light source motor 31a is driven so as to be in phase synchronization with the output from (FIG. 6(A)). Furthermore, this PLL motor driver 30 sends a lock detection signal to the control unit 20 via the interface 21 to notify that phase synchronization is applied, and to the image forming timing generator 23, the rotation body 3c is synchronized with the line synchronization signal. Sends a rotational phase reference signal to match the rotational phase. In this embodiment, the number of light shielding parts 3j, 3j' on the rotating body 3C is 900, and if the light source motor 31a is in phase synchronization state by the PLL motor driver 30, the motor chronograph will be in 600 as described above. kHz, the rotating body 3c rotates at a speed of 150*s per revolution. An image is formed on the transfer recording medium 1 by the control described above. Next, conveyance control of the transfer recording medium 1 and the recording sleeve 8 for transferring the image formed on the transfer recording medium 1 to the recording sleeve 8 will be explained.

The feed motor driver 24a is connected to the interface 2
The feed motor ON signal from the control unit 20 via r
When high 1, the feed motor 24 is driven and the feed roller 9
Then, the registration roller pair 10a, 10b is rotated to convey the recording paper 8 at a constant speed.

Further, the transport motor driver 25a also receives the transport motor O from the control unit 20 via the interface 21.
When the N signal is "high", the conveyance motor 25 is driven to rotate the transfer roller 4a, and the transfer recording medium 1 and the recording paper 8 are
is transported at a constant speed.

Similarly, the color mixing motor driver 26a drives the color mixing motor 26 and rotates the color mixing roller 13a when the color mixing motor ON signal from the control unit 20 is "high j". At this time, as described above, the drive transmission system is set so that the rotational circumferential speed of the color mixing roller 13a and the conveyance speed of the recording paper 8 by the transfer roller 4a are the same speed.

In addition, when the color mixing motor ON signal from the control unit 20 is "high J", the vibration unit driver 27
ONL, and the color mixing roller 13a is vibrated in the direction of arrow e in FIG.

Here, the timing of each signal sent by the control section 20 via the interface 2l is as shown in FIG.

Incidentally, the time T, ~T in FIG. 13 corresponds to the time when the transfer recording medium 1 or the recording medium 8 is conveyed as shown below, assuming that the distance between each member is Ll-L3 as shown in FIG. 14. This is the time it takes. LI: Conveyance distance of the transfer recording medium 1 from the recording head 3a to the pressure contact portion between the transfer roller 4a and the pressure roller 4b. L2: Conveyance distance of the recording sleeve 8 from the registration sensor 28 to the pressure contact portion.

L, 2 Recording section from the pressure contact part to the color mixing roller 13a 8
transport distance. T+: Transfer recording medium 1 distance ML l- Lx
II! The time required to send. T,: Time required to transport the record 8 a distance L8. T,: Length of record size 8 (for example, 29 for A4 size)
The time required to convey the transfer recording medium 1 by 70) minutes.

T4: Time required to transport the transfer recording medium 1 a distance L1. T. F Time required to transport recording paper 8 a distance of +111L3. That is, when the operator presses the start button on the operation panel 22, the feeding motor 24 is driven, feeds the recording paper 8, and stops driving when the leading edge of the recording paper 8 touches the registration sensor 28. At this point, the rotating body 3C rotated by the light source motor 31a is phase-synchronized by the control described above. Next, the conveyance motor 25 is driven to move the transfer recording medium l along the arrow a in FIG.
The page signal becomes r-high 1 for a time T, and a transfer image forming process is performed in the recording section 3.

The conveyance motor 25 stops after the image forming time T has elapsed and further after a time T4 has elapsed.

Note that the feeding motor 24 moves the transfer recording medium 1 for a time T. from the start of conveyance. After the elapse of time, the recording paper 8 is driven for a time T2, conveyed at the same speed as the transfer recording medium 1, and then stopped. As a result, the leading edge of the recording head 8 matches the leading edge of the transfer image formed on the transfer recording medium 1 in the transfer section 4, and is conveyed by the drive of the conveyance motor 25 while being in close contact with the transfer recording medium 1. Here, the operation of the control section 20 that sends out each signal as shown in FIG. 13 will be explained.
0 inputs a magenta line synchronization signal via the interface 21, and counts the number of signals using a software counter. That is, since the magenta line synchronization signal has a period of 150 m as described above, the control section 20 can manage time by counting the signal.

The control unit 20 has a sequence table as shown in FIG.
Then, while counting magenta line synchronization signals, sequentially refer to the sequence table
An N signal, a conveyance motor ON signal, a page signal, and a color mixing motor ON signal are sent out, and the drive of each member is controlled by each signal.

In this embodiment, the sequence table has a 4-bit configuration as shown in FIG. 15, and consists of a total of 3496 words from the 0th to the 3496th word, where bit O is the feed motor ON signal and bit 1 is the feed motor ON signal. The transport motor ON signal, bit 2 corresponds to the page signal, and bit 3 corresponds to the color mixing motor ON signal (including the vibration unit ON signal). In addition, the numbers in the box at the top of Fig. 13 indicate the magenta line synchronization signal at the time when the registration sensor signal becomes r high j, and the number of the magenta line synchronization signal at each time point (signal number). number). Next, a series of operations of the control unit 20 having the above-mentioned JA function will be explained using the flowchart of FIG. If so, the process moves to step S2 and sends out a feed motor ON signal, and further, in step S3, a light source motor ON signal is sent out. Next, the process moves to step S4, and waits for the registration sensor signal to become "high j," and when the signal becomes r high, the process moves to step S5, where the lock detection signal from the PLL motor driver 27 becomes "high." wait for. That is, it waits for phase synchronization of the rotating body 3C. When the lock detection signal becomes "high", the process moves to step S6 and 0 is substituted into R indicating the rask number of the sequence table. Next, in step S7, the magenta line synchronization signal is set to r low.
Then, in step S8, the process waits for the magenta synchronization signal to become r high 1. This detects the rising edge of the magenta line synchronization signal.
When the edge is detected, the process moves to step S9 and refers to the Rth bit of the sequence table, bits 0,
Turn on the feed motor for bit 1, bit 2, and bit 3 respectively.
It is sent as a signal, transport motor ON signal, page signal, and color mixing motor ON signal. Next, the process moves to step S10, where 1 is added to the value of R, and in step S11, it is detected whether or not the above-mentioned value is larger than 3496. If the value of R is smaller than or equal to 3496, the process returns to step S7 to continue recording, and if it is larger, the process moves to step S12 to stop the light source motor 31a and end the recording. The image formed as described above is transferred to the recording medium 8 by applying heat and pressure in the transfer section 4.

Here, the temperature control configuration in the transfer section 4 is configured as shown in FIG. 17. Thermistor T. of FIG. is arranged so as to be in contact with the surface of the transfer roller 4a, and its resistance value changes depending on the surface temperature of the transfer roller 4a, and this resistance value is converted into a voltage E by a power source E and a resistor r. Comparator C
0 and is compared with the reference voltage E6. The comparison output is sent to ifi by relay RL via relay driver RIl.
Controls the energization of the halogen heater 4C from the ll E s. Here, we will discuss the driving principle of the temperature control configuration. Thermistor T. The thermistor T has a property that the resistance value decreases as the temperature rises, so if the surface temperature of the transfer roller 4a rises, the thermistor T. The resistance value of decreases, and the voltage E! ′ decreases,
Conversely, if the surface temperature of the transfer roller 4a decreases, the thermistor T
, the resistance value of I increases and the voltage E8 also increases. Therefore, the reference voltage E. The value of is the voltage value corresponding to the transfer roller 4a at 95°C. By setting the value to , when the surface temperature of the transfer roller 4a is lower than 95° C., the comparison output becomes ``high 1'', the halogen heater 4C is energized, and the surface temperature of the transfer roller 4a rises. On the other hand, when ti is higher than 95°C, the halogen heater 4C is not energized and the surface temperature decreases. Due to the above control, the surface temperature of the transfer roller 4a is 90 to 1
It is maintained at 00°C. This control system is constantly operating when the 1i source switch of the device is ON, and is controlled so that the surface temperature of the transfer roller 4a reaches 90 to 100°C before the start button on the operation panel is pressed. Ru. The structure for maintaining the surface of the color mixing roller 13a at 150 to 160°C is also the same as described above. As described above, an image is formed on the transfer recording medium 1, and the image is transferred to the recording paper 8 in the transfer section 4 as a color image of magenta, cyan, and yellow.

After the image is transferred to the recording medium 1 as described above, the transfer recording medium 1 is removed by the peeling claw 5b provided on the peeling roller 5a.
and the recording medium 8 are separated, and the transfer recording medium 1 is transferred to the winding roll 6.
It is wound up. On the other hand, the surface of the recording medium 8 separated from the transfer recording medium 1 by the separation claw 5b, on which the image was transferred, is the color mixing roller 1.
3a, and pressure and heat are applied. At this time, since the diameter of the intermediate roller 13b that presses the recording paper 8 is small, the contact area between the recording sleeve 8 and the color mixing roller 13a becomes small, and the pressure per unit area against the recording sleeve 8 by the color mixing roller 13a increases. Therefore, the pressure per unit area required for color mixing can be applied to the recording paper 8 without increasing the drag force applied to the color mixing roller 13a. Therefore, even if the vibration means 14 is downsized, the color mixing roller L3a reliably vibrates minutely, and shearing force is applied to the image forming surface of the recording paper 8.

Furthermore, since the color mixing roller 13a can be pressed against the intermediate roller 13b over the width of the intermediate roller 13b in contact with the recording paper 8, the pressure applied by the color mixing roller 13a to the recording paper 8 becomes uniform. The capsules of the image forming element are reliably destroyed by the shearing force, the colors between adjacent capsules are mixed, and fixed on the recording paper 8 by the application of pressure and heat. Here, the color mixing state will be specifically explained with reference to the drawings. For example, the blue-purple image transferred to the recording medium 8 by the transfer unit 4 is cyan as shown in FIGS. 18(A) and 18(B). It is formed by transferring the color image forming body 15a and the magenta color image forming body 15b. When this image passes through the color mixing roller 13a, as shown in FIGS. 19(A) and 19(B), the respective image forming elements 15a and 15b are destroyed due to the application of the pressure, heat and shearing force. The coverage range is improved, color mixing at the boundaries between the image forming elements 15a and lsb progresses, the blue-violet image becomes clearer, and the image quality improves. The recording paper 8 on which a high-quality image with enhanced color mixing has been recorded as described above is discharged onto the discharge tray 11. [Other Embodiments] Next, other embodiments of each part such as the transfer recording medium 1 and the recording section 3 described above will be described. 111 Transfer Recording Medium In each of the above embodiments, the transfer recording layer tb made of a polymeric material containing a colorant is transferred by light energy and thermal energy.
Although an example has been shown in which the image is transferred and recorded on the recording sleeve 8 by changing the softening point temperature of the recording layer 8, the image may be transferred and recorded depending on the difference in adhesive properties or sublimation characteristics to the recording sleeve 8. Alternatively, by providing the transfer recording medium 1 with a layer that imparts color development to the recording layer 8 and changing the coloring characteristics of the recording layer 8, and transferring the image formed on the transfer recording medium 1 to the recording layer 8. It may be configured to obtain an image.

Further, the first energy 4 and the second energy applied to the transfer recording layer 1b are not limited to the above-mentioned heat and light energy, and an image may be formed using other energy such as pressure energy. good. In addition to the above-mentioned polyethylene terephthalate, the material for support (a) may also be polyamide, polyimide, capacitor paper, cellophane, or the like. In the transfer recording medium used in the present invention, the image forming element whose transfer characteristics change upon application of light energy and thermal energy includes at least a photopolymerization initiator and a monomer having an unsaturated double bond; Contains an oligomer or prepolymer (hereinafter referred to as a sensitive component) and a coloring agent, and optionally a binder, a thermal polymerization inhibitor, a plasticizer,
Contains additional autopsy such as surface smoothing. Examples of photopolymerization initiators include carbonyl compounds, halogen compounds, azo compounds, organic sulfur compounds, and examples include acetophenone, penzophenone, coumarin, xanthone,
Aromatic ketones and their derivatives such as thioxanthone, chalcone, styryl styryl ketone, diketones and their derivatives such as benzyl, acenaphthenequinone, camphorquinone, anthraquinone sulfonyl, chloride, quinolinesulfonyl chloride, 2,4.6- } squirrel(
Examples include halogen compounds such as (trichloromethyl)-S-triazine, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Monomers, oligomers, or polymers having unsaturated bonds can be produced by polyaddition reaction between polyisocyanates and alcohols or amines containing unsaturated double bonds (which may be reacted with polyols if necessary). Examples include synthesized urethane acrylates or urethane methacrylates, epoxy acrylates synthesized by addition reaction of epoxy resin and acrylic acid or methacrylic acid, polyester acrylates, and Subinacrylila day-L polyether acrylates. The invention is not limited to this.

In addition, as a prepolymer, the main chain has a skeleton of polyalkylene, polyether, polyester, polyurethane, etc., and the side chain has an acrylic group, methacrylic group, cinnamoyl group, cinnamylideneacetyl group, furyl acryloyl group,
Examples include those into which polymerizable and crosslinkable reactive groups such as silicic acid peel esters are introduced, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The monomers, oligomers, and prebolimers listed above are preferably semisolid or solid at room temperature, but even if they are liquid, they can maintain their semisolid or solid state by mixing with the binder described below. It doesn't matter. When the above-mentioned monomer, oligomer or prepolymer having an unsaturated double bond and a photopolymerization initiator are used together with a binder, the binder is an organic compound that is compatible with the monomer, oligomer or brevolimer having an unsaturated double bond. Any polymer can be used as long as it is a high molecular weight polymer. Such organic polymers include polyacrylic acid alkyl esters such as polymethyl acrylate and polyethyl acrylate, polymethacrylic acid alkyl esters such as polymethyl methacrylate and polyethyl methacrylate, or methacrylic acid copolymers, Acrylic acid copolymers, maleic acid copolymers/or chlorinated polyolefins such as chlorinated polyethylene and chlorinated propylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, polyacrylonitrile or copolymers thereof, further polyvinyl alkyl ethers, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyamide, polyurethane, chlorinated rubber,
Examples include cellulose derivatives, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinylpyrrolidone, etc., but the present invention is not limited thereto. These binders may be used alone or in a mixture of two or more in an appropriate ratio. Furthermore, waxes may be used as binders, regardless of whether they are compatible or incompatible. The colorant is a component contained in order to form an optically recognizable image, and various pigments and dyes are used as appropriate. Examples of such pigments and dyes include carbon black, yellow lead, molybdenum red, inorganic pigments such as red red, Hansa yellow, benzine yellow, and brilliant carmine 6.
Examples include organic pigments such as B, Lake Red C, Permanent Red F5R, Phthalocyanine Blue, Victoria Blue Lake, Fast Sky Blue, and coloring agents such as leuco dyes and phthalocyanine dyes. The heptanomer, oligomer or prebolimer having an unsaturated double bond contained in one image forming agent is preferably 10 to 99% by weight, more preferably 50 to 90% by weight, based on the weight of the image forming element. ．． The amount of photopolymerization initiator is 0 based on the weight of the image forming element.
．． 1 to 20% by weight, further 0.1 to 15% by weight, colorant 0.1 to 30% by weight, further 1 to 25% by weight, binder 0 to 90% by weight, further O to 40% overlap is preferable.
Furthermore, additives such as thermal polymerization inhibitors and plasticizers may be added to the image forming element as necessary. The transfer recording medium used in the present invention is produced by mixing and melting the components constituting the image forming element, and applying the mixed and molten mixture as a fine image forming element onto the substrate using a spray drying method, an emulsion granulation method, etc. This can be obtained by Further, the image forming element may be microencapsulated in order to prevent a decrease in sensitivity and further improve image resolution. When using microcapsules in the image forming element,
The core part contains the above-mentioned material. Materials used for the wall materials of microcapsules include gelatin, gum arabic, cellulose such as ethyl cellulose and nitrocellulose, urea-formalin, nylon, tetron, polyurethane, polycarbonate, maleic anhydride copolymer, vinylidene chloride, and polycarbonate. Examples include polymers such as vinyl chloride, polyethylene, polystyrene, and polyethylene terephthalate. The number average particle diameter of the image forming element constituting the transfer recording medium is 1
~20n is preferred, and 3~lOn is particularly preferred. Further, when the image forming element is composed of microcapsules, the number average particle size of the microcapsules is preferably 1 to 20 μm, particularly preferably 3 to 10 μm. Furthermore, the particle size distribution of the microcapsules is preferably ±50% or less, particularly preferably ±20% or less, with respect to the number average diameter. The thickness of the wall material of the microcapsule is 0.1 to 2. On is preferable, especially 0
．． 1-0.5M is preferred. As a method for microencapsulation, any conventionally known method can be applied, such as a simple core cell basis method, a complex coacervation method, an interfacial polymerization method, an in-
An in situ polymerization method, an interfacial precipitation method, a phase separation method, a spray drying method, an air suspension coating method, a mechanochemical method, etc. are used.

(2) Recording section In the first embodiment described above, in the recording section 3, light of a predetermined wavelength corresponding to a desired color is uniformly irradiated from the transfer recording layer ib side of the transfer recording medium 1, and the support is Although the configuration is such that heat is applied from the 1a side in accordance with the image signal, another embodiment may be configured in which heat is applied uniformly and predetermined light is irradiated in accordance with both signals.

Furthermore, if the support 1a is made of a translucent material, the support 1a can be made of a transparent material.
A configuration may be adopted in which light is irradiated from the a side and heat is applied from the transfer recording layer 1b side. Furthermore, in the first embodiment described above, light irradiation and heat application were performed with the support 1a in between, but image formation could also be achieved by separately performing both light irradiation and heat application from one side of the support 1a. It is possible. Further, as the heating means, in addition to the method using the recording head 3a described above, a method of selectively heating using a YAG laser and a polygon mirror, etc. may be used. Further, the light irradiation means need not be limited to the method using the rotating body 3C described above. For example, a plurality of individual fluorescent lamps capable of emitting light corresponding to each wavelength may be provided, and each fluorescent lamp may be individually turned on in response to an image signal. Furthermore, in addition to the fluorescent lamp, for example, a method using an LED array, a method using a xenon lamp and a filter matching the light absorption characteristics of the material, etc. may be used. In the above-mentioned embodiment, light energy and thermal energy were applied to the transfer recording layer 1b at the same time. However, even if the optical energy and thermal energy are applied separately, the result is that both energies are applied separately. Any configuration that is given is acceptable.

In the first embodiment described above, an example of color recording in magenta, cyan, and yellow was shown, but the characteristics of the transfer recording medium 1,
Naturally, it is also possible to perform one-color recording or two-color recording by selecting the heat and optical energy imparting characteristics in the recording section 3.

(3) Transfer section In the above-described embodiment, heat and pressure are applied to the transfer section 4, but it is also possible to apply only pressure to the transfer section 4.

Further, in the first embodiment, a roller-shaped transfer member such as the transfer roller 4a is used as the transfer member, but there is no need to limit it to this. For example, a belt-shaped member may be used, and any structure that can obtain the desired pressure may be used. Good.

The same applies to the pressure roller 4b. <<4>> Pressure means Since the color mixing roller 13a comes into pressure contact with the image surface of the recording paper 8, a cleaning mechanism is installed as shown in FIGS. You may also set In the configuration shown in FIG. 20(A), a felt par 16a made of aromatic polyamide resin fibers is coated with 5,000 to 1
Impregnated with 0.000 cs silicone oil,
It is in pressure contact with the color mixing roller 13a. With the above configuration, the surface of the color mixing roller 13a that has come into contact with the image on the recording paper 8 can be cleaned by the felt parser 16a, and offset of the image forming element can be prevented.

In the configuration shown in FIG. 20(B), a cleaning belt 16b made of aromatic polyamide resin made into a web and impregnated with silicone oil in the same manner as described above is pressed against the color mixing roller 13 by a pressure roller 16c. Therefore, the same effect as in the case of FIG. 20(A) can be obtained. Further, in the first embodiment described above, pressure and heat are applied by the pressure means 13, but even if only pressure accompanied by shearing force is applied, destruction of the image forming element is promoted and color mixing is prevented. It is promoted. Further, the pressure roller 13c does not have to press the entire axial direction of the intermediate roller 13b, for example, as shown in FIG.
The pressure roller 13c may be divided in the axial direction and may be configured to partially press the intermediate roller 13b. Further, in the above-described embodiments, roller-shaped members are used as the pressure member, intermediate member, and pressing means, but the present invention is not limited to roller-shaped members.

(5) Recording medium The recording medium is not limited to the above-mentioned recording paper; for example, an overhead projector (OHP)
Of course, you can also use plastic sheets etc. (6) Vibration means In the first embodiment described above, a voice coil type vibration unit 14 was used as the vibration means.
Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 22, a bolted Langevin type piezoelectric vibrator 17a may be attached to the color mixing roller 13a, and power may be supplied to the vibrator 17a through a slip ring 17b. In this case, the vibration frequency is preferably about 15 to 50 k}Iz. In addition, in the first embodiment described above, the vibration frequency was set to 100
Hz and amplitude of 0.3, but it goes without saying that the vibration frequency and amplitude of the color mixing roller 13a are not limited to the above values. Effects of the Invention> As described above, the present invention sequentially forms an image on a transfer recording medium and transfers this image to a recording medium, so it is possible to form an image even on a recording medium with relatively low surface smoothness. Records can be recorded well. Furthermore, when the present invention is applied to multicolor recording, a multicolor image can be obtained without making any complicated movements on the recording medium.

Furthermore, by applying at least pressure and shear force to the recording medium on which an image has been formed, the coverage of the image can be improved, and when applied to multicolor recording, the color mixing of each color can be enhanced. Further, by configuring the intermediate member with a roller having a small diameter, the contact area between the recording medium and the pressure member can be reduced, so that the resistance of the pressure member when applying a predetermined pressure can be reduced. Thereby, the vibrating means for vibrating the pressure member can be miniaturized, and the pressure member can uniformly apply pressure to the recording medium.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 (A). (B) is an overall schematic explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration of a transfer recording medium, FIG. 3 is a graph showing the light absorption characteristics of the photoinitiator in the transfer recording medium, and FIG. 4 is a graph showing the light transmission characteristics of the rotating body, Fig. 5 is a graph showing the spectral characteristics of the light irradiation means, Fig. 6 is the signal of the light receiving member that detects the rotation of the rotating body and its integral waveform, and Fig. 7 is the PLL. Fig. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration of the motor driver, Fig. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the shape of the transfer roller, Fig. 9 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration for vibrating the pressure roller, Fig. 10 is a timing chart for applying heat and light, and Fig. 11 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration for vibrating the pressure roller. A block diagram of the control system, Figures 12 and 13 are timing charts of recording operation, and Figure 14 is a block diagram of the control system.
15 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between each member, FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a sequence table for sending each signal, FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the recording operation, and FIG. 17 is an explanation of the temperature control circuit of the transfer roller 4a. Figure 18 is (A), (B)
is an explanatory diagram showing the image state before the recording paper passes the color mixing roller, FIG. 19 (^), (B) is an explanatory diagram showing the image state after the recording paper passes the color mixing roller, and FIG. 20 (^) ．． (B)
21 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment provided with a color mixing roller cleaning mechanism, and FIG. 21 is another embodiment of the pressing roller. Explanatory diagram, 2nd
Figure 2 is an explanatory diagram showing another embodiment of the vibration means. 1 is a transfer recording medium, 1a is a support, lb is a transfer recording layer,
lb ■ lb! , Ibz is the core, lb4 is the shell, Ib
, is the adhesive, 2 is the supply roll, 2a is the supply roll shaft, 3
3 is a recording section, 3a is a recording head, 3b is a heating element array, 3c
is a rotating body, 3d. 3e and 3r are support rollers, 3g is a light source, 3h is a light shielding plate, 31 is a slit, 3j and 3J' are light shielding parts, 3k is a light emitting member, 3l is a light receiving member, 4 is a transfer part, 4
a is a transfer roller, 4b is a pressure roller, 4c is a heater, 5
The peeling member 5a is a peeling roller, 5b is a peeling claw, 6 is a take-up roll, 7 is a cassette, 8 is a recording paper, 9 is a feeding roller, loa, 10b is a registration roller, l1 is a discharge tray,
12 a + 12 b + 12 c is a guide roller, 13 is a pressure means, 13a is a color mixing roller, 13aI is a bearing unit, 13b is an intermediate roller, 13c is a pressure roller, 13d is a heater, l4 is a vibration unit, and 14a is a voice coil,. 14b is a magnetic circuit, 14c is a gear, 15a
, 15b is an image forming element, 16a is a felt bar, 16
b is a cleaning belt, 16c is a pressure roller, 17a
is a piezoelectric vibrator, 17b is a slip ring, 20 is a control unit, 20a is a CPU, 20b is a ROM, 20c is a RAM,
21 is an interface, 22 is an operation panel, 23 is an image forming timing generator, 24 is a feed motor, 24a is a feed motor driver, 25 is a transport motor, 25a
is the transport motor driver, 26 is the color mixing motor, 26
a is a color mixing motor driver, 27 is a vibration unit driver, 28 is a registration sensor, 28a is an L-ED,
28b is a phototransistor, 29 is a light source lighting device, 3
0 is a PLL motor driver, 30a is a phase comparator,
30b is a monostable multi-vip filter, 30c is a low-pass filter, 30d is a power amplifier, 30e is a lock detector, 30f is an integrator, 30g is a waveform shaper, 31 is a VO
C, 31a is a light source motor, 3lb is an FC, 32 is an external image signal generator, T is a thermistor, r is a resistor, C0 is a comparator, R6 is a relay driver, and RL is a relay.

Claims (5)

[Claims] (1) To convey a transfer recording medium having a transfer recording layer on a support whose transfer characteristics change by applying a first energy and a second energy different from the first energy. a first energy applying means for applying the first energy to the transfer recording medium, which is provided along the conveyance path of the transfer recording medium conveyed by the conveying means; a recording section having a second energy applying means for applying a second energy; a transfer section for transferring an image formed on the transfer recording medium in the recording section to a recording medium; a pressure member for contacting the image transfer surface of the passed recording medium and applying at least pressure to the recording medium, an intermediate member facing the pressure member, and the intermediate member being connected to the pressure member. A recording device comprising: a pressurizing means for pressing the pressurizing member; and a vibrating means for causing the pressurizing member to minutely vibrate. (2) The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the pressure member is a roller, and the intermediate member is an elastic coated roller having a diameter smaller than that of the pressure member. (3) The recording device according to claim (1), wherein the first energy is heat and the second energy is light. (4) Claim (1) wherein the pressure member includes heating means.
) recording device. (5) Claim (1) wherein the vibration means causes the pressure member to minutely vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the recording medium.
) recording device.