JPH0450917B2 - - Google Patents

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Publication number
JPH0450917B2
JPH0450917B2 JP60131420A JP13142085A JPH0450917B2 JP H0450917 B2 JPH0450917 B2 JP H0450917B2 JP 60131420 A JP60131420 A JP 60131420A JP 13142085 A JP13142085 A JP 13142085A JP H0450917 B2 JPH0450917 B2 JP H0450917B2
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Prior art keywords
support
thermal transfer
ink layer
color
ribbon
Prior art date
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Expired - Lifetime
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JP60131420A
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Japanese (ja)
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JPS61290079A (en
Inventor
Kimihiko Nakayama
Yoshuki Obata
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Fujicopian Co Ltd
Original Assignee
Fuji Kagakushi Kogyo Co Ltd
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Application filed by Fuji Kagakushi Kogyo Co Ltd filed Critical Fuji Kagakushi Kogyo Co Ltd
Priority to JP13142085A priority Critical patent/JPS61290079A/en
Publication of JPS61290079A publication Critical patent/JPS61290079A/en
Publication of JPH0450917B2 publication Critical patent/JPH0450917B2/ja
Granted legal-status Critical Current

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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41JTYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
    • B41J35/00Other apparatus or arrangements associated with, or incorporated in, ink-ribbon mechanisms
    • B41J35/36Alarms, indicators, or feed disabling devices responsive to ink ribbon breakage or exhaustion

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 [産業上の利用分野] 本発明はタイプライターやコンピユータープリ
ンターなどの印字印刷装置に使用されるカラー感
熱転写リボンに関し、詳しくは、サーマルヘツド
のフイルム支持体背面からの加熱で、前記支持体
の表面に設けられた黒を除く色彩の感熱転写イン
ク層を選択的に記録紙に転写して、記録紙上に黒
以外の色彩の印像を形成するのに用い、かつ終端
に至ると印字印刷装置に設けた光学センサーに
て、その終端を検出しうるように、帯状のフイル
ム支持体の表面に黒を除く色彩の感熱転写インク
層が設けられ、前記支持体の終端部に透明な終端
検出部が設けられてなるカラー感熱転写リボンに
関する。 [従来技術とその問題点] 従来印字印刷装置では、感熱転写リボンの終端
に透明な終端検出部を設けて感熱転写インク層が
存在する箇所と前記終端検出部との光透過率に変
化を与え、印字印刷装置に設けた光学センサーに
てこの光透過率の変化を検出して、リボンの終了
を検出し、記録動作を停止するなどしていた。 一方、記録像をイエロー、シアンまたはマゼン
タなどの黒以外の色彩とする要求に応えるため
に、感熱転写インク層の色彩を前記のような黒以
外の色彩にしたカラー感熱転写リボンを製造し、
従来の印字印刷装置にて印字したところ、終端検
出を行なわずリボンが切れているにもかかわらず
印像形成動作が続行されてしまうという問題が生
じた。 この問題の生じる要因は、種々検討の結果、黒
以外の色彩インク層は光を黒以上に透過しやす
く、透明な終端検出部とインク層存在部との光透
過率の変動が少なくなつて光学センサーがその変
動を検出できないことによるものと判明した。 このため光学センサーの感度を向上してみた
が、このようにすると、外部の照明光や太陽光の
影響を受けて誤動作を生じることとなつた。 [発明を解決するための手段] 本発明はこのような実情に鑑み、前記終端検出
部を除く前記支持体の背面の全域にサーマルヘツ
ドに非付着性の樹脂バインダーに不透明粉体を分
散混合されてなる背面層が設けられてなる構成を
採用した。 [作用効果] 上記構成により、インク層が設けられた箇所
は、そのインク層の色彩をなんら変化させること
なく不透明にすることができ、終端検出部との光
透過率の差を、光学センサーが外部の影響なしに
作動する程度の感度で確実に検出できる程度にす
ることができた。 さらに、不透明粉体は、サーマルヘツドによる
直接的な加熱にも充分に耐え、該不透明粉体を支
持体に固定するためのバインダーによる作用と相
乗してサーマルヘツドの支持体に対する付着で生
じるステイツク現象をなくすことができた。 [実施例] つぎに本発明の実施例を説明する。 第1図において、1は、カラー感熱転写リボン
で、終端部にインク層や背面層が設けられていな
い透明な終端検出部2が配されている。 当該リボンの支持体は、厚さが1〜10μmのプ
ラスチツクフイルム、たとえばポリエステルフイ
ルム、ポリカーボネートフイルム、ポリアミドフ
イルム、ポリイミドフイルム、ポリエチレンフイ
ルムなどが適当に使用できる。 当該支持体の前記終端検出部2以外の箇所の背
面には、バインダーに不透明粉体を混合分散した
背面層4が設けられている。 前記バインダーとしては、シリコーン樹脂、エ
ポキシ樹脂、メラミン樹脂、フエノール樹脂、フ
ツ素樹脂、ニトロセルロースなどを1種または2
種以上の混合で使用するのが適当である。 この背面層4には前記不透明粉体のほか、添加
物としてフツ素樹脂粉末、二硫化モリブデン粉
末、珪藻土、シリコーンオイルなどを1種または
2種以上を混合分散してもよい。 これらの組成物は、不透明粉体10重量部に対し
て、バインダーを5〜100重量部なかんづく10〜
50重量部とし、添加物を0〜50重量部なかんづく
0.1〜20重量部とするのが好ましい。 前記バインダーが多すぎると不透明度が不足す
る欠点が生じ、少なすぎると、背面層4の塗膜強
度が低下して支持体から剥がれ落ちる欠点が生じ
る。 また前記添加物が多すぎると背面層の塗膜強度
が低下して支持体から剥がれ落ちる欠点が生じ
る。 前記不透明粉体としては、カーボンブラツク、
アルミニウム粉末、酸化チタン、その他不透明顔
料が単独もしくは2種以上の混合で適当に使用で
きる。 前記背面層4の塗布量は、0.01〜5.0g/m2
かんづく0.1〜1.0g/m2とするのが好ましく、当
該塗布量が多すぎると、サーマルヘツドからイン
ク層への熱伝導性が悪化して印像の転写性が低下
する欠点が生じ、少なすぎると、不透明度が不足
する欠点が生じる。 前記感熱転写インク層3は従来周知の顔料また
は染料を着色剤とし、熱溶融性のベヒクルなどに
て構成された熱溶融転写型のインク層または、昇
華染料をバインダーに混合分散して、サーマルヘ
ツドの加熱にて前記昇華染料を昇華転写する感熱
昇華転写型のいずれのタイプのものであつてもよ
い。 つぎに実施例を例示する。 第1表に示す各種背面層は、表面にイエロー、
マゼンタまたはシアンのいずれかの一色の感熱転
写性インク層が設けられたポリエステルフイルム
(厚さ4μm)の背面に塗布乾燥されてなるもので
ある。 実験に使用のエンドセンサーは第1図に示すよ
うなもので、投光器5と受光器6とがプリンター
のリボン走行経路を挟むように、印像形成位置の
手前の箇所に配置され、終端検出部2が当該位置
に至ると今まで背面層に遮られていた前記投光器
5からの光が受光器6に至り、受光器6のこの光
受信にて、前記終端検出部が検出されるようにし
てある。 このエンドセンサーにて、本実施例のリボンの
検出テストを繰返し行なつたが、どの実施例のも
のも確実に終端検出部の存在を検出することがで
きた。 またサーマルヘツドを使用した印字テストで
も、基材の背面がサーマルヘツドに付着するよう
なステイツク現象は生じなかつた。 【表】
[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a color thermal transfer ribbon used in printing devices such as typewriters and computer printers. The thermal transfer ink layer of a color other than black provided on the surface of the support is selectively transferred to a recording paper to form a print image of a color other than black on the recording paper. A thermal transfer ink layer in a color other than black is provided on the surface of the strip-shaped film support so that an optical sensor installed in the printing device can detect the end when the end of the end of the support is detected. The present invention relates to a color thermal transfer ribbon provided with a transparent end detection section. [Prior art and its problems] In a conventional printing device, a transparent end detection part is provided at the end of a thermal transfer ribbon to change the light transmittance between the part where the thermal transfer ink layer is present and the end detection part. An optical sensor installed in the printing device detects this change in light transmittance, detects the end of the ribbon, and stops the recording operation. On the other hand, in order to meet the demand for recording images in colors other than black, such as yellow, cyan, or magenta, a color thermal transfer ribbon is manufactured in which the color of the thermal transfer ink layer is a color other than black as described above.
When printing was performed using a conventional printing apparatus, a problem arose in that the end of the ribbon was not detected and the image forming operation was continued even though the ribbon was broken. As a result of various studies, we found that the reason for this problem is that ink layers of colors other than black transmit light more easily than black, and that there is less variation in light transmittance between the transparent end detection area and the area where the ink layer exists. It turned out that this was due to the sensor not being able to detect the fluctuation. For this reason, we attempted to improve the sensitivity of the optical sensor, but this resulted in malfunctions due to the influence of external lighting and sunlight. [Means for Solving the Invention] In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a method in which opaque powder is dispersed and mixed in a resin binder that does not adhere to the thermal head over the entire back surface of the support except for the end detection portion. We adopted a structure in which a back layer is provided. [Operation and Effect] With the above configuration, the location where the ink layer is provided can be made opaque without any change in the color of the ink layer, and the optical sensor can detect the difference in light transmittance with the end detection section. We were able to make it sensitive enough to operate without external influences and to ensure reliable detection. Furthermore, the opaque powder can sufficiently withstand direct heating by the thermal head, and in combination with the action of the binder to fix the opaque powder to the support, the sticking phenomenon that occurs when the thermal head adheres to the support is I was able to eliminate it. [Example] Next, an example of the present invention will be described. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a color thermal transfer ribbon, and a transparent end detection section 2, which is not provided with an ink layer or a back layer, is disposed at the end thereof. As the support for the ribbon, a plastic film having a thickness of 1 to 10 .mu.m, such as polyester film, polycarbonate film, polyamide film, polyimide film, polyethylene film, etc., can be suitably used. A back layer 4 made of a binder mixed and dispersed with opaque powder is provided on the back surface of the support at a location other than the end detection portion 2 . As the binder, one or two of silicone resin, epoxy resin, melamine resin, phenol resin, fluororesin, nitrocellulose, etc.
It is appropriate to use a mixture of more than one species. In addition to the opaque powder, one or more of additives such as fluorine resin powder, molybdenum disulfide powder, diatomaceous earth, and silicone oil may be mixed and dispersed in this back layer 4. These compositions contain 5 to 100 parts by weight of a binder, especially 10 to 10 parts by weight, of a binder to 10 parts by weight of an opaque powder.
50 parts by weight, including 0 to 50 parts by weight of additives
It is preferably 0.1 to 20 parts by weight. If the amount of the binder is too large, the opacity will be insufficient, and if it is too small, the strength of the coating film of the back layer 4 will decrease, causing the coating to peel off from the support. Furthermore, if the amount of the additive is too large, the strength of the coating film of the back layer decreases, resulting in the drawback that the coating layer peels off from the support. The opaque powder includes carbon black,
Aluminum powder, titanium oxide, and other opaque pigments can be used alone or in combination of two or more. The coating amount of the back layer 4 is preferably 0.01 to 5.0 g/m 2 , especially 0.1 to 1.0 g/m 2 . If the coating amount is too large, thermal conductivity from the thermal head to the ink layer will deteriorate. If the amount is too small, the transferability of the printed image will be reduced, and if it is too small, the opacity will be insufficient. The heat-sensitive transfer ink layer 3 is a heat-melt transfer type ink layer made of a heat-melt vehicle or the like, using a conventionally known pigment or dye as a coloring agent, or a heat-melt transfer type ink layer made of a heat-melt vehicle or the like, or a thermal head in which a sublimation dye is mixed and dispersed in a binder. It may be of any type of heat-sensitive sublimation transfer type in which the sublimation dye is sublimated and transferred by heating. Next, examples will be illustrated. The various back layers shown in Table 1 have yellow on the surface,
It is formed by applying and drying a heat-sensitive transferable ink layer of one color, either magenta or cyan, onto the back side of a polyester film (thickness: 4 μm). The end sensor used in the experiment is as shown in Figure 1, in which the emitter 5 and the receiver 6 are placed in front of the print image forming position so as to sandwich the ribbon running path of the printer. 2 reaches the relevant position, the light from the light emitter 5 that has been blocked by the back layer reaches the light receiver 6, and the end detection section is detected by the light receiver 6 receiving this light. be. Using this end sensor, ribbon detection tests of this example were repeatedly conducted, and all of the examples were able to reliably detect the presence of the end detection portion. Also, in a printing test using a thermal head, there was no sticking phenomenon in which the back side of the substrate adhered to the thermal head. 【table】

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第1図は、本発明のリボンの層構造と光学セン
サーの一例を示す平面図である。
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of the layered structure of a ribbon and an optical sensor of the present invention.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 1 帯状のフイルム支持体の表面に黒を除く光を
透過しやすい色彩の感熱転写インク層が設けら
れ、前記支持体の終端部に透明な終端検出部が設
けられてなるカラー感熱転写リボンにおいて、前
記終端検出部を除く前記支持体の背面の全域にサ
ーマルヘツドに非付着性の樹脂バインダーに不透
明粉体が分散混合されてなる背面層が設けられて
なるカラー感熱転写リボン。
1. A color thermal transfer ribbon in which a color thermal transfer ink layer that easily transmits light except black is provided on the surface of a strip-shaped film support, and a transparent end detection portion is provided at the end of the support, A color thermal transfer ribbon comprising a back layer formed by dispersing and mixing opaque powder in a resin binder that does not adhere to a thermal head over the entire back surface of the support except for the end detection portion.
JP13142085A 1985-06-17 1985-06-17 Color thermal transfer ribbon Granted JPS61290079A (en)

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JPS61290079A JPS61290079A (en) 1986-12-20
JPH0450917B2 true JPH0450917B2 (en) 1992-08-17

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JPS56155794A (en) * 1980-05-06 1981-12-02 Fuji Kagaku Kogyo Kk Thermo-sensitive transfer material
JPS5769093A (en) * 1980-10-17 1982-04-27 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd Ink donor film
JPS5787398A (en) * 1980-11-20 1982-05-31 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd Ink donor sheet
JPS57185194A (en) * 1981-05-11 1982-11-15 Nec Corp Thermal transfer sheet
JPS5824495A (en) * 1981-07-30 1983-02-14 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd Ink doner film
JPS6030389A (en) * 1983-07-29 1985-02-15 Toshiba Corp Transfer material
JPS6030390A (en) * 1983-07-29 1985-02-15 Toshiba Corp Transfer material

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JPS56155794A (en) * 1980-05-06 1981-12-02 Fuji Kagaku Kogyo Kk Thermo-sensitive transfer material
JPS5769093A (en) * 1980-10-17 1982-04-27 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd Ink donor film
JPS5787398A (en) * 1980-11-20 1982-05-31 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd Ink donor sheet
JPS57185194A (en) * 1981-05-11 1982-11-15 Nec Corp Thermal transfer sheet
JPS5824495A (en) * 1981-07-30 1983-02-14 Fuji Xerox Co Ltd Ink doner film
JPS6030389A (en) * 1983-07-29 1985-02-15 Toshiba Corp Transfer material
JPS6030390A (en) * 1983-07-29 1985-02-15 Toshiba Corp Transfer material

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