JPH06198995A - Printer and ink ribbon - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain an ink ribbon which has excellent heat efficiency and will not be influenced by irregular heat conduction by providing on one face of a base material a dye layer consisting of printing paper dye and a receive layer to which the dye will be transferred at heating. CONSTITUTION:On one face of a base material 93, a dye layer 94 consisting of printing paper dye and a receive layer 9 to which the dye will be transferred by transferring heat at printing are layered in sequence so as to make an ink ribbon 92. The ink ribbon 92 and a printing object 14 are adhered with pressure. Only a part of the receive layer 95 to which the dye is transferred thermally or the whole receive layer 95 to which the dye is transferred thermally is stuck to the printing object 14 so as to print images on the object. Thus, an escape of the transferring heat to the printing object 14 is prevented and it will not be restricted by the printing object 14. Utilization efficiency of energy at printing will be excellent and the printing face of the printing object 14 will not be influenced by irregular heat conduction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Table of Contents] The present invention will be described in the following order. Field of Industrial Application Conventional Technology (FIGS. 5 to 26) Problems to be Solved by the Invention (FIGS. 5 to 26) Means for Solving the Problems (FIGS. 1 to 4 and FIGS. 27 to 31) (FIGS. 1 to 4 and FIGS. 27 to 31) Example (FIGS. 1 to 4 and FIGS. 27 to 31) Effect of the invention

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a printer and an ink ribbon, and is particularly suitable for application to a thermal transfer type printer and an ink ribbon.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a thermal transfer type printer,
By thermally transferring the ink such as dye applied to one surface of the ink ribbon to the print paper, an image is visually displayed on the surface of the print paper based on the supplied print data. A serial printing type having a structure as shown in FIG. 5 and a line printing type having a structure as shown in FIG. 6 have been proposed.

Normally, in the printers 1 and 2 of this type, the printing operation is controlled by the signal processing and control system block 3. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the signal processing and control system block 3 performs the signal processing. The control circuit 4 stores the print data in the storage circuit 5 as needed based on the input signal S1 and corrects it in the correction circuit 6, and the head driver circuit 7 drives the head 8 based on the obtained print data. In addition to controlling, the signal processing and control circuit 4 drives the drive motor 10 of the rotary drum 9 (FIGS. 5 and 6).
(FIGS. 5 and 6) and the like are controlled to control paper feeding, ink ribbon feeding, head movement, and the like.

As a result, for example, the line printing type printer 2
In this case, as shown in FIG. 8, the head 8 is rotated via the roll-shaped ink ribbon 13 supported by the supply roller 11 and the take-up roller 12 and the print paper 14 wound around the rotary drum 9. The head 8 is pressed against the drum 9, and in this state, the head 8 generates heat or emits light based on the print data to thermally transfer the ink of the ink ribbon 13 onto the print paper 14. In this case, the rotary drum 9 and the take-up roller 12 are rotated by a predetermined angle each time printing of each line is completed, whereby the print paper 1
4 and the ink ribbon 13 are sent to the next print line.

At this time, the roller 15 is pressed against the rotary drum 9 via the print paper 14 and the roller 1
6 is pressed through the ink ribbon 13 and the print paper 14, so that the print paper 14 is securely wound around the rotary drum 9 and the ink ribbon 13 does not slip on the print paper 14 during winding. Has been done.

In this case, generally, as the ink ribbon 13, as shown in FIG. 9, one surface of the ribbon base 20 is of substantially the same size as the print screen and is of yellow (Y), magenta (M) and cyan (C). The inks of the three primary colors are applied to form the dye layer 21, and black (B
The ink having the preliminary layer 21A coated with the ink or the receptive material of k) is used, and the inks of the yellow, magenta and cyan dye layers 21 are sequentially printed at the time of printing.
It is designed to be able to print full color images by thermal transfer. At this time, in the ink ribbon in which the receiving material is applied to the preliminary layer 21A, first, the preliminary layer 2
1A of the receiving material is thermally transferred onto the printing paper 14 to form a receiving layer (not shown) on the printing surface of the printing paper 14, and then the dyes of the dye layers 21 are sequentially transferred to the receiving layer by heat. To do.

Various heads, such as a thermal head, a laser head, and an energizing head, have been proposed as the head 8 for the printer 2 of this type, and a thermal head or a laser head is generally used. As shown in FIG. 10, the thermal head 30 has a glaze layer 33 at one end of a ceramic substrate 32 on which a control circuit block 31 is formed.
And the resistor 34, the common electrode 35 and the signal electrode 36, and the protective film layer 37 are sequentially laminated, and the heat emitted from the resistor 34 is applied to the protective film layer 37 and the ribbon base 20 of the ink ribbon 13 (see FIG. The ink is transferred to the print surface of the print paper 13 by applying it to the dye layer 21 via 9) and heating the dye layer 21.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 11, each resistor 34 is arranged in a line head shape on the ceramic substrate 32, and each resistor 34 is supplied from the print control circuit 40 through the shift register 41. Print data signal S
10, the heating operation is controlled by the control circuit 42 of the control circuit block 31 based on the clock signal S11 and the strobe signal S12. On the other hand, the laser head, as shown in FIG. 12, is constructed by arranging light emitting sources (not shown) in a line head shape side by side in a plate-shaped laser array 43. As in the case of FIG. Is controlled, and the ink ribbon 13 is irradiated with laser light emitted from the light emitting source to convert the laser light into heat in the ink ribbon 13 (hereinafter referred to as photothermal conversion) for printing. Has been done.

In this case, as this type of laser head,
There are a pressure-bonding type that is used by being pressure-bonded to the ink ribbon 13, and a non-contact type that is used in a non-contact state with the ink ribbon 13, and for example, is shown in FIGS. 13 to 15. In the case of such crimp type multi-beam heads 44, 45 and 46, the multi-beam laser 50 is provided inside the exterior support members 47, 48 and 49 having a U-shaped cross section.
And the control circuit block 5 of the multi-beam laser 50
The ceramic substrate 52 on which 1 is arranged is housed so that the multi-beam laser 50 faces outward, and the exterior member 47,
The transparent body 53 disposed at the tip end portions of 48 and 49 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the ink ribbon 13 and the print paper 14 are used by being pressed against the print paper 14 via the ink ribbon 13, so that the ink ribbon 13 and the print paper 14 can be firmly adhered to each other at the time of printing, and Ink ribbon 1
The distance between the three is kept constant.

In this case, the transparent body 53 is, for example, the reinforcing body 54.
And glass 55 (FIG. 13), prismatic glass 56
(FIG. 14) or an optical fiber array 58 formed by converging optical fibers 57 as shown in FIGS. 17 to 19, a glass 59 (FIG. 15), etc., and its shape is
As shown in FIGS. 20 and 21, various types have been proposed, such as a type in which a protrusion is formed on the tip surface.

As the ink ribbon 13 used in this case, as shown in FIGS. 22 to 25, one having a dye layer 61 formed on one surface of a ribbon base 60 containing an infrared absorbing material (FIG. 22), or a transparent one. An infrared absorption layer 63 made of an infrared absorption material and a dye layer 61 are sequentially laminated on a ribbon base 62 (FIG. 23), a ribbon base 62 is formed with a dye layer 64 containing an infrared absorption material (FIG. 24), and a ribbon. The dye layer 61 and the infrared absorption layer 6 are provided on one surface of the base 62.
There are various types such as those formed with No. 5 (FIG. 25), and in these ink ribbons 13, the dye is transferred to the receiving layer 66 formed on the surface of the print paper 14 by photothermal conversion of laser light with an infrared absorbing material. It is designed to generate the transfer heat when performing.

Further, as the ink ribbon 13, as shown in FIG. 26, the dye layer 6 is formed on one surface of the ribbon base 62.
1 is formed and the dye is thermally transferred to the receiving layer 67 containing the infrared absorbing material on the surface of the print paper 14;
As shown in FIG. 27, a dye layer 61 is formed on one surface of a ribbon base 68 containing an infrared absorbing material and having an infrared absorption rate of less than 100%, and a receiving layer containing the infrared absorbing material on the surface of the print paper 14. There is also proposed a device in which a dye is thermally transferred to 69.

[0014]

By the way, as described above, in the conventional thermal transfer printers 1 and 2, the head 8 is used except when the non-contact type laser head (not shown) is used.
Is pressed by the rotary drum 9 (or platen) via the ink ribbon 13 and the print paper 14 so that the dye applied to the ink ribbon 13 is thermally transferred to the print paper 14. However, in such a printing method, the heat required for transfer at the time of printing is applied to the printing paper 14,
The transfer heat escapes to the rotating drum 9 and the transparent body 53 of the laser head 8, and as a result, the utilization efficiency of the transfer heat given from the head 8 to the ink ribbon 13 deteriorates, and conduction unevenness occurs when the transfer heat escapes to the print paper 14 or the like. However, this causes a problem that the quality of the printed image deteriorates.

For this reason, a method has been proposed in which synthetic paper such as plastic is used as the print paper 14, or the transparent body 53 is made of plastic or the like so that the transfer heat does not easily escape to the print paper 14 and the transparent body 53. However, the problem has not yet been fundamentally resolved. Further, when a sublimable dye (dispersible dye) is used as the dye of the dye layer 21 of the ink ribbon 13, the print paper 14
It was necessary to previously provide a receiving layer for the dye on the surface of, and special printing paper was required for printing.

Therefore, as described above, although a method of forming a receiving layer on the preliminary layer 21A of the ink ribbon 13, transferring the receiving layer, and then printing on the receiving layer is used, the surface of the paper is uneven. In addition, there is a problem in that it is difficult to obtain a high quality image due to uneven conduction during heat conduction. The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and is a printer and an ink ribbon that have good energy utilization efficiency and are not easily affected by heat conduction unevenness on a printing surface of a printing target and can print on any printing target. Is to propose.

[0017]

In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, a dye layer 94 made of a dye for printing and a dye are transferred when heat is applied during printing on one surface of a base material 93. Receiving layer 95 was sequentially formed. Further, in the present invention, the release layer 110 made of a release material is formed between the dye layer 94 and the receiving layer 95 so that the receiving layer 95 is easily released from the dye layer 94. Further, in the present invention, the adhesive layer 11 made of an adhesive or an adhesive material is provided on the surface of the receiving layer 95.
1 or an adhesive layer was formed.

Further, in the present invention, the adhesive material or the adhesive material has a thermoplastic property, or when the heat is applied, the adhesive material or the adhesive material maintains the adhesiveness for a predetermined time or more or has the pressure sensitive property. Further, in the present invention, the release material layer 110 made of the release material to which the adhesive or the adhesive does not easily adhere or adhere is formed on the other surface of the base material 93. Further, in the present invention, an infrared absorbing material which absorbs infrared rays and exchanges light with heat is contained in a part or the whole, or a part thereof is made of the infrared absorbing material. Further, in the present invention, the color of the dye layer 94 may be a single color or a plurality of colors.

Further, in the present invention, an ink ribbon in which a dye layer 94 made of a dye for transfer and a receiving layer 95 to which the dye is transferred when a transfer heat is applied during printing are sequentially formed on one surface of the base material 93. In a thermal transfer type printer 90 that prints by using 92, a head 91 that forms an image based on the print data by thermally transferring the dye to the receiving layer 95 of the ink ribbon 92 based on the supplied print data, and the thermal transfer of the dye Pressing means 96A, 96B and 9 for press-contacting the ink ribbon 92 and the print object 14 so that the formed receiving layer 95 is brought into close contact with the predetermined print object 14.
And 130 are provided, and the ink ribbon 92 and the print target 1 are provided.
4 is pressed and only the portion of the receiving layer 95 on which the dye is thermally transferred or the entire receiving layer 95 on which the dye is thermally transferred is printed 14
The image is printed on the print target 14 by sticking the image to the print target 14.

Further, in the present invention, the head 91 is a thermal head or a laser head. Further, in the present invention, the head 91 heats the ink ribbon 92 from one side or the other side. Further, in the present invention, the pressure contact means 96A and 96B are composed of a pair of pressure rollers 96A and 96B.

Further, in the present invention, in the pair of pressure rollers 96A and 96B, the contact portions of the ink ribbon 92 and the print object 14 are both made of an elastic material, or both are made of a rigid material, or one of them is formed. Is made of an elastic material and the other is made of a rigid material.
Further, in the present invention, one of the pair of pressure rollers 96A and 96B is kept in the non-rotating state.

[0022]

The dye layer 94 made of a dye for printing and the receiving layer 95 to which the dye is transferred when the transfer heat is applied during printing are sequentially formed on one surface of the base material 93 of the ink ribbon 92, and the ink The ribbon 92 and the print target 14 are pressed against each other so that only the portion of the receiving layer 95 on which the dye is thermally transferred or the entire receiving layer 95 on which the dye is thermally transferred is attached to the print target 14 to print an image on the print target 14. As a result, the transfer heat can be prevented from escaping to the print target 14 and the like, and the print target 14 is less likely to be restricted.
A printer 90 that is not easily affected by heat conduction unevenness on the printing surface of the printer and can print on any printing target 14.
Also, the ink ribbon 92 can be realized.

[0023]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1 in which parts corresponding to those in FIGS. 5 to 26 are designated by the same reference numerals, 90 denotes a printer as a whole, and a laser head 91 emits laser light to an ink ribbon 92 based on print data supplied. It is designed to irradiate sequentially. The ink ribbon 92 includes a dye layer 94 and an receiving layer 9 containing an infrared absorbing material on one surface of the ribbon base 93.
5 is laminated, and the dye layer 94 is formed by using a dye that diffuses into the receiving layer 95 only when heated. Therefore, in the ink ribbon 92, the dye of the dye layer 94 diffuses into the receiving layer 95 in response to the irradiation of the laser beam, so that an image based on the print data is formed on the receiving layer 95.

Further, the ribbon 92 includes a pair of pressure rollers 9
The print paper 14 and the receiving layer 95 are pressed by 6A and 96B so as to be in contact with each other, and in this state, the print paper 14 and the receiving layer 95 are sequentially fed, whereby the image formed on the receiving layer 95 is attached. In this way, the images are sequentially transferred to the print paper 14. In the case of the embodiment, a line head type as shown in FIG. 2 is used as the laser head 91, and the transparent body 10 made of a glass material is provided at the tip of the laser head 91.
A recessed portion 100A is formed on the front end surface of 0 so as to face the multi-beam laser 47, so that the ribbon base 93 of the heated ink ribbon 92 is insulated by air.

In this case, the thermal conductivity of air is much smaller than that of glass (plastics), as shown in FIG. 3, so that the heated portion of the ink ribbon 92 is almost completely insulated. As a result, it is possible to reduce energy loss due to heat conduction of transfer heat to the transparent body 100. For this reason, in the printer 90, the air around the heating portion of the laser head 91 is shielded, thereby preventing the heat insulating effect from being lowered by the flow of air.

The ink ribbon 93 is, as shown in FIG.
A peeling layer 110 made of a peeling material is formed between the dye layer 94 and the receiving layer 95, whereby the receiving layer 95 becomes the dye layer 94.
It is easy to peel from. In this case, the adhesive layer 111 is formed on the surface of the receiving layer 95 using a pressure-sensitive adhesive material or an adhesive agent, which has adhesiveness due to heat and maintains adhesiveness for a while even if the temperature is lowered. As a result, only the portion of the receiving layer 94 in which the dye has diffused is transferred to the print paper 14.

In the pressure rollers 93A and 93B,
It is arranged in the immediate vicinity of the laser head 91.

In this case, the pressure rollers 96A and 96B are formed to have a small outer diameter, one pressure roller 96A or 96B is made of an elastic material such as rubber, and the other pressure roller 96B or 96A is made of metal. It is made of a hard material such as, for example, to prevent an air layer from being formed between the print paper 14 and the ink ribbon 92, and to be less susceptible to the unevenness of the print surface of the print paper 14. .

In the above structure, since the ink ribbon 92 is substantially in non-contact with other objects until the receiving layer 95 is transferred onto the print paper 14, the ink ribbon is emitted by the laser light L emitted from the laser head 91. The transfer heat generated in the dye layer 94 of 92 causes the ink ribbon 92
Of ribbon base 93 and dye layer 94 and receiving layer 95. Therefore, in the printing using the printer 90 and the ink ribbon 92, almost all of the energy of the laser beam L emitted from the laser head 91 is used only for printing, so that the energy utilization efficiency at the time of printing is higher than that in the conventional case. It can be greatly improved.

According to the above construction, the receiving layer 95 is formed on the surface of the dye layer 94 of the ink ribbon 92 by heat, and the dye of the dye layer 94 is received on the basis of print data. After forming the image by diffusing the ink ribbon 92 and the print paper 14, the ink ribbon 92 and the print paper 14 are pressure-bonded so that the images formed on the receiving layer 95 of the ink ribbon 92 are attached to the print paper 14 in sequence. It is possible to avoid heat conduction to the print paper 14 and the rotary drum 9 (FIG. 8) and to prevent adverse effects such as image quality deterioration due to uneven conduction during heat conduction to the print paper 14 and the rotary drum 9 (FIG. 8). It is possible to realize the printer 90 and the ink ribbon 92 which can be avoided and thus can improve the utilization efficiency of energy during printing and can obtain a high quality image. .

Since an image is formed on the receiving layer 95 of the ink ribbon 90 and then the receiving layer 95 is attached to the print paper 14, it is hard to be restricted by the material of the print paper, and accordingly, various kinds of plain paper and the like can be used. A printer 90 and an ink ribbon 92 that can print on paper can be realized.
Further, by using the laser head 91 as a head so that the transfer heat can be prevented from being transferred to an object other than the ink ribbon 92, it is possible to form a minute dot with a small spread of heat, thus printing. The resolution of can be increased.

Since the energy loss can be further reduced, the capacity and heat generation of the power source can be reduced, and thus the printer 90 can be downsized and lightened by operating the printer 90 in a battery. In this case, since the heat capacity of the heated portion becomes small, the response of printing becomes fast, and thus the printing speed of the printer can be improved. In the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the line print type printer 90 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to a serial print type printer.

In the above embodiment, the case where the laser head 91 is used as the head has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIG.
Various other heads such as the thermal head 30 can be used. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where only the imaged portion of the receiving layer 95 of the ink ribbon 92 is adhered to the print paper 14 by the pressure rollers 96A and 96B has been described. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 29, the entire receiving layer 95 of the ink ribbon 92 is printed by forming the adhesive layer 95 using an adhesive or an adhesive having adhesiveness or adhesiveness regardless of heat. It may be transferred onto the paper 14. In this case, as the ink ribbon 92, a back surface slipping layer 112 is formed on the other surface of the ribbon base 93 (hereinafter, this surface is referred to as a back surface), and when the ink ribbon 92 is wound in a roll shape, the ribbon It is only necessary to prevent the adhesion.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 30, when the ink ribbon 120 using wax ink or the like as the dye is used, the image-formed portion of the dye layer 121 is placed on the receiving layer 95. The receiving layer 95 together with the dye may be transferred to the print paper 14. Further, in these cases, it is possible to cover the background color of the other print paper 14 by using white for the receiving layer 95 and the like, and to aim for a special effect by using a color other than white for the receiving layer 95 and the like. it can.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the pressure rollers 96A and 96B are used as the pressure-bonding means for the ink ribbon 92 and the print paper 14 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this and, for example, shown in FIG. As shown, the print paper 14 and the ink ribbon 92 may be pressed against the rotating drum 9 (or platen) by using a predetermined pressurizing member 130 to press the print paper 14 and the ink ribbon 92 under pressure. . Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the peeling layer 110 is provided between the receiving layer 95 and the dye layer 94 of the ink ribbon 92 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the dye layer 94 and the receiving layer 95. The release layer 110 need not be provided between the receiving layer 95 and the dye layer 94 as long as they have the property of being able to be released from each other.

Further, in the above embodiment, the receiving layer 9
Although the case where the adhesive layer 111 is formed on the surface of No. 5 has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and if the receiving layer 95 has the same adhesiveness as the adhesive layer 111, the receiving layer 95 is formed.
The adhesive layer 111 may not be formed on the surface of the. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the back surface slipping layer 112 is provided on the other surface of the ribbon base 93 of the ink ribbon 92 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the ink ribbon 93 is formed into a roll shape. If the ribbons do not stick to each other at the time, the ribbon base 9 of the ink ribbon 92
The back surface slippery layer 112 may not be provided on the other surface of No. 3.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the receiving layer 95 of the ink ribbon 92 is formed on the entire one surface of the ribbon base 93 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and as shown in FIG. Alternatively, the receiving layer 95 may be formed separately for each dye layer 94. In this case, if the receiving layer 95 is formed to be smaller than the print paper 14 and larger than the size of the effective print screen, inconvenience caused when the receiving layer 95 is formed on the entire surface of the ink ribbon 92 is avoided. obtain. Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the laser light L is irradiated from the back surface side of the ink ribbon 92 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the laser light L faces the back surface side of the ink ribbon 92. Irradiation may be performed from the surface (front surface) to be processed.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the adhesive layer 111 is formed on the surface of the receiving layer 95 of the ink ribbon 92 by using a pressure sensitive adhesive or an adhesive agent, the present invention is described. The adhesive layer (not shown) is not limited to this, and an adhesive layer (not shown) may be formed in place of the adhesive layer 111 by using a pressure sensitive adhesive or an adhesive having the same properties as the adhesive. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the heating portion of the ribbon base 93 of the ink ribbon 92 is insulated by forming the concave portion on the front end surface of the transparent body 100 of the laser head 91 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the periphery of the transparent portion 100 for transmitting the laser light L may be raised by silk printing or the like.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where only a single color is printed has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to the case where color printing is performed by printing each color in an overlapping manner. In this case, a better color image can be obtained by using the receiving layer 95, the adhesive layer 111 and the like that are colorless and transparent and the dye is also transparent. At this time, in the method in which the receiving layer 95 is entirely transferred as described above, the adhesive layer 111 of the color to be transferred first is replaced with the adhesive layer 111 of another color.
By making it thicker than the above, various printing papers can be supported.

Further, in this case, it is possible to aim at a special effect by using a colored receiving layer 95 or the like. Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the receiving layer 95 of the ink ribbon 92 is attached to the print paper 14, the ink ribbon 9
Although the case where the paper 2 and the print paper 14 are pressure-bonded to each other has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and various auxiliary means for transfer such as heating in addition to pressurization may be implemented. In this case, the heating temperature is preferably such that the adhesive layer 111 is sufficiently activated and unnecessary dyes do not diffuse into the receiving layer 95.

[0042]

EFFECT OF THE INVENTION A dye layer composed of a dye for printing and a receiving layer to which the dye is transferred when transfer heat is applied during printing are sequentially formed on one surface of the base material of the ink ribbon.
After the transfer heat is applied to the receiving layer of the ink ribbon to form an image based on the print data, the receiving layer and the object to be printed are pressed against each other and only the portion of the receiving layer where the dye is thermally transferred or the entire receiving layer where the dye is thermally transferred By attaching the image to the print target and printing the image on the print target, it is possible to prevent transfer heat from escaping to the print target, etc., and it is hard to be restricted by the print target. It is possible to realize a printer and an ink ribbon that can be printed on any printing target while being less affected by heat conduction unevenness in the above.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an embodiment of a printer and an ink ribbon according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view showing a head of a printer according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a chart showing the thermal conductivity of each substance.

FIG. 4 is a side view showing an embodiment of the ink ribbon according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing a conventional serial printing type printer.

FIG. 6 is a schematic perspective view showing a conventional line printing type printer.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a signal processing and control system block.

FIG. 8 is a schematic perspective view showing a configuration of a conventional line printing type printer.

FIG. 9 is a schematic plan view showing an ink ribbon used in a line printing type printer.

FIG. 10 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a thermal head.

FIG. 11 is a schematic plan view for explaining a heating operation of a resistor.

FIG. 12 is a schematic perspective view for explaining a laser head.

FIG. 13 is a schematic sectional view showing an example of a line type laser head.

FIG. 14 is a schematic sectional view showing an example of a line type laser head.

FIG. 15 is a schematic sectional view showing an example of a line type laser head.

FIG. 16 is a schematic perspective view showing an optical fiber array.

FIG. 17 is a schematic plan view showing an optical fiber array.

FIG. 18 is a schematic side view showing an optical fiber array.

FIG. 19 is a perspective view showing an example of a transparent body.

FIG. 20 is a side view for explaining printing using a pressure bonding type laser head.

FIG. 21 is a perspective view showing an example of a transparent body.

FIG. 22 is a side view for explaining the structure of an ink ribbon used in a printer using a laser head.

FIG. 23 is a side view for explaining the structure of an ink ribbon used in a printer using a laser head.

FIG. 24 is a side view for explaining the structure of an ink ribbon used in a printer using a laser head.

FIG. 25 is a side view for explaining the structure of an ink ribbon used in a printer using a laser head.

FIG. 26 is a side view for explaining the structure of an ink ribbon used in a printer using a laser head.

FIG. 27 is a side view for explaining the structure of an ink ribbon used in a printer using a laser head.

FIG. 28 is a schematic side view showing another embodiment.

FIG. 29 is a schematic side view showing another embodiment.

FIG. 30 is a schematic side view showing another embodiment.

FIG. 31 is a schematic side view showing another embodiment.

FIG. 32 is a schematic plan view showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 2, 90 ... Printer, 8 ... Head, 9 ... Rotating drum, 13, 92 ... Ink ribbon, 14 ... Print paper, 44, 45, 46, 91 ... Laser head, 5
3, 100 ... Transparent body, 60, 62, 93 ... Ribbon base, 61, 64, 94 ... Dye layer, 66, 67, 6
9, 95 ... Receptive layer, 96A, 96B ... Pressure roller,
100A ... Concave part, 110 ... Peeling layer, 111 ... Adhesive layer, 112 ... Back surface slipping layer, 130 ... Pressure body.

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. An ink ribbon characterized in that a dye layer made of a dye for printing and a receiving layer to which the dye is transferred when heat is applied during printing are sequentially formed on one surface of a base material. 2. The ink ribbon according to claim 1, wherein a release layer made of a release material that facilitates release of the receiving layer from the dye layer is formed between the dye layer and the receiving layer. 3. The ink ribbon according to claim 1, wherein an adhesive layer or an adhesive layer made of an adhesive or an adhesive material is formed on the surface of the receiving layer. 4. The ink according to claim 3, wherein the adhesive material or the adhesive material has thermoplasticity or maintains adhesiveness for a predetermined time or more or has pressure sensitivity when heat is applied. ribbon. 5. The ink ribbon according to claim 3, further comprising a release material layer formed on the other surface of the base material, the release material layer being made of a release material to which the adhesive or the adhesive material does not adhere or adhere. 6. The ink ribbon according to claim 1, wherein a part or all of the infrared absorbing material contains infrared absorbing material that absorbs infrared rays and exchanges heat with the infrared ray, or a part of the infrared absorbing material is composed of the infrared absorbing material. 7. The ink ribbon according to claim 1, wherein the color of the dye layer is a single color or a plurality of colors. 8. A thermal transfer for printing using an ink ribbon in which a dye layer made of a dye for transfer and a receiving layer to which the dye is transferred when a transfer heat is applied during printing are sequentially formed on one surface of a base material. Type printer, a head for forming an image based on the print data by thermally transferring the dye to the receiving layer of the ink ribbon based on the supplied print data, and the receiving layer to which the dye is thermally transferred. The ink ribbon and a pressing means for pressing the printing object so as to be in close contact with a predetermined printing object, and the ink ribbon and the printing object are brought into pressure contact with each other, or only the portion where the dye of the receiving layer is thermally transferred or the above The above-mentioned image is printed on the above-mentioned printing object by sticking all the above-mentioned receiving layer on which the dye is thermally transferred to the above-mentioned printing object. Printer. 9. The printer according to claim 8, wherein the head is a thermal head or a laser head. 10. The head heats the ink ribbon from the one surface side or the other surface side.
The printer described in. 11. The printer according to claim 8, wherein the press-contact means comprises a pair of pressure rollers. 12. The pair of pressure rollers, the contact portions of the ink ribbon and the printing object are both made of an elastic material, or both are made of a rigid material, or one of them is made of an elastic material. The printer according to claim 11, wherein the other is formed of a rigid material. 13. The printer according to claim 11, wherein one of the pair of pressure rollers maintains a non-rotating state.