JPS5841513B2 - Automated ticket image forming device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method for transferring a pattern on a recording medium, which is suitable for forming a pattern on a ticket surface of a printing device in a commuter pass issuing machine, for example.

In this specification, a commuter pass will be explained as an example of the recording medium.

In recent years, efforts have been made to save labor in station operations, and various labor-saving devices have been developed and put into practical use.

Among these labor-saving devices, commuter pass issuing machines are devices that issue commuter passes with only the information on the ticket printed (hereinafter referred to as non-automated tickets), and devices that issue commuter passes with only the information on the ticket surface printed (hereinafter referred to as non-automated tickets). There are two types of devices that issue commuter passes coated with information (hereinafter referred to as automated tickets).

Electrostatic printing has been used for the above-mentioned tickets, but since the conventional device melts and fixes the developer on the ticket surface, the ticket surface has many irregularities and has a poor texture.

Moreover, since excess developer is also attached, there is a risk that the developer may peel off due to deformation and use, staining the card surface pattern and the commuter pass case.

However, as a countermeasure to this problem, for automated commuter passes that are used under especially harsh conditions, printed tickets were sandwiched between magnetic tape and transparent tape, but this made the device complicated and Moreover, it has disadvantages such as being expensive and making the commuter pass expensive to manufacture.

Therefore, there is a demand for the development of a ticket printing device that has a simple structure and is inexpensive.

The present invention was made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to prevent excess developer from being transferred to the recording medium to be manufactured, so that the surface of the medium is free from irregularities and has a pattern that is hard to erase. The purpose of this paper is to provide a method for forming.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on FIG.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a printed body (recording base material) of electrostatic recording paper formed by laminating a recording base paper 1a, a low-resistance treatment layer 1b, and a dielectric layer 1c.

Further, 1' is a printed body of electrophotographic recording paper, and this electrophotographic recording paper 1' has a photoconductive material layer 10' instead of the dielectric layer 1c.
It is formed by laminating two layers, and one of them is used.

Further, 2 is an automated ticket, and this automated ticket 2 has a magnetic recording layer 2b coated on one side of a plastic film 2a made of a synthetic resin member such as polyester, and the magnetic recording layer 2b is coated on both sides of the plastic film 2a on which the magnetic recording layer 2b is laminated. It is formed by coating a non-adhesive silicone protective film 2C, and the above plastic film 2
A background pattern is printed on the paper.

Further, 3 is the electrostatic recording paper 1 or the electrophotographic recording paper 1
' is a heating body for pressurizing and heating the automated ticket 2.

Incidentally, 5 is a developer (toner) of, for example, a sticky resin containing the sublimable printing dye 4.

Next, the process of forming an image will be explained.

First, an image with toner 5 is printed on electrostatic recording paper 1 or electrophotographic recording paper 1' by performing a well-known process of latent image → development → fixing, and the toner 5 is fused to dielectric layer 1c or photoconductive material layer 10'. I'll keep it.

(See Fig. 1) Next, as shown in Fig. 1e, the above-mentioned 1-ner 5 is superimposed on the side of the silicone protective coating 2c that is in contact with the surface of the automated ticket 2, and then heated under pressure by the heating element 3. .

Then, the sublimation printing dye 4 contained in the toner 5 is sublimated and dispersed on the plastic film 2a, forming a sublimation printing 4'.

(See FIG. 1 d) Therefore, by peeling the electrostatic recording paper 1 or the electrophotographic recording paper 1 f from the automated ticket 2, the automated ticket 2 is coated with the sublimation dye in the toner 5, as shown in FIG. 1 e. A state 4' is obtained in which only 4 is printed, and a flat pattern without any convex portions is obtained on the surface of the automated ticket 2.

Therefore, for example, if this recording medium is used in an automated commuter pass used in an automatic ticket collection device, it is possible to prevent inconveniences such as the face of the ticket being stained or becoming unclear due to friction during transportation.

Further, FIG. 2 shows a printing process of an image forming apparatus using the I) PC printing method showing another embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numeral 6 denotes plain paper, and the card face information is printed on this plain paper 6 using toner 5 containing sublimation printing dye 4.

(Refer to Figure 2) Next, the process of printing on the automated ticket 2 is as described above.
After the toner 5 of the printing surface is superimposed on the C side, it is heated under pressure by the heating body 3.

(See FIGS. 2C and d) Then, the sublimation printing dye 4 contained in the toner 5 is sublimated and dispersed on the plastic film 2a to form a sublimation printing 4', and the plain paper 6 is peeled off from the automated ticket 2. By doing so, a pattern without convex portions can be transferred to the surface of the automated ticket 2 in the same manner as described above.

(Refer to Figure 2e) In one embodiment and other embodiments of the present invention, since the toner component containing the sublimation printing dye used was a sticky resin, the recording medium was coated with a silicone protective film. Although this was done to prevent the parts from sticking together, if one part of the henna is made of non-adhesive resin, there is no need to coat it with the above-mentioned silicone protective film.

As explained above, the present invention involves printing a pattern on a recording matrix using a developer containing a sublimable printing dye, polymerizing the recording matrix into a recording medium having a non-adhesive layer on the surface, and heating and pressurizing the recording matrix. It is characterized in that only the sublimation printing dye in L/Q sublimation prints and transfers the pattern onto the recording medium.

Therefore, according to the present invention, since the non-adhesive layer is provided on the surface of the recording medium, there is no risk of excess developer adhering to the surface of the recording medium, so the surface of the medium can be made flatter than in the past.

Moreover, since the transfer is performed by textile printing, the formed pattern is difficult to erase.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 shows one embodiment of the present invention, and is a printing process diagram constructed by combining an electrostatic recording method and a sublimation transfer printing method, and Fig. 2 shows another embodiment of the present invention. , is a printing process diagram configured by combining a ppc printing method and a sublimation transfer printing method. 1, 1', 6...Recording base material (electrostatic recording paper,
Electrophotographic recording paper, plain paper), 2a...Synthetic resin member, 2...Recording medium, 3...Heating body, 4...Sublimation printing Dye, 5...Developer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A recording base material with a pattern formed on its surface using a developer containing a sublimable printing dye, a recording medium made of a synthetic resin member and having a non-adhesive layer on its surface, and a non-adhesive layer side of this recording medium. a heating body for superimposing the recording base materials and heating them under pressure; the sublimable printing dye in the developer forming a pattern on the surface of the recording base material is sublimated by the heating of the heating body; A pattern transfer method characterized by passing a sublimable printing dye through the non-adhesive layer and printing and transferring it onto the recording medium.