JPS6030389A - Transfer material - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To certainly detect a color by simple constitution, in a transfer material used in a color printer, by providing color display parts corresponding to respective color sections to the side edge part of the transfer material. CONSTITUTION:In a transfer material 1 constituted by respectively supporting recording inks having a black color (B), a cyan color (C), a magneta color (M) and a yellow color (Y) by a transparent strip like film 1a in a definite length, color display parts (bar codes 3) corresponding to said colors are provided to both side edge parts of said transfer material. That is, after the black color is applied to both side edge parts of the film 1a by printing, the film 1a is punched at predetermined position corresponding to the colors to form the bar codes (e.g., the cyan color is constituted to a transparent bar code 3a at a first position and the black color is constituted of transparent bar codes 3a, 3b, 3d at a first, a second and a fourth positions).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a transfer material used in color printers and the like.

[Technical background of the invention and its problems]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a color detection sensor or the like has been generally used as a method for detecting divided colors in a color printer or the like. However, the detection level of the color detection sensor and the like changes according to external conditions such as temperature and humidity, and its accuracy is extremely unstable. Further, it has the disadvantage that it takes a lot of time and effort to adjust the sensitivity, and the adjustment is also difficult.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention was created based on the above circumstances, and provides a transfer material that is relatively simple in structure, is not affected by external conditions such as temperature and humidity, and does not require sensitivity adjustment. The purpose is to provide.

[Summary of the invention]

The present invention provides a transfer material in which a recording colorant is supported on one side of a strip-shaped film, in which the recording colorant is classified into a plurality of colors, and each color is provided at the edge of the color-classified transfer material. The device is characterized by being provided with a display section that shows the color of the image.

[Embodiments of the invention]

The present invention will be explained below based on an embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 5. In Figure 1, (1) is, for example, 4
A belt-shaped transfer material, such as a heat-sensitive transfer film, is classified into colors, and the heat-sensitive transfer film (1) is wound around a spool (2) with the colorant, such as ink, facing inside. This thermal transfer film (1) is solid at room temperature and changes into a fluid or viscous fluid at high temperatures, such as black (B), cyan (C1), magenta (goods), yellow (Yl). The belt-shaped film (1a) is wider than the transfer paper (not shown), and is made of a transparent strip-shaped film (1a), each having a fixed length of ink. The ink surface is also formed to have a wider width than the transfer paper.
Both ends of a) are printed in black color (B), and as shown in Figure 2, a bar code (3 ) are hollowed out and formed.In other words, the barcode code 3) corresponding to each color is 1 for cyan color (C) as shown in Figure 3.
Only transparent bar food (3a), magenta color (goods)
The first and second are transparent barcodes (3a) and (3b).
), Yellow color (2) is a barcode with transparent positions at the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd positions (3aχ (3b), (3c), Black color (B) is a barcode where the 1st, 2nd, and 4th positions are transparent. (
It is composed of 3a), (3b), and (3d).

In addition, each color of the thermal transfer film (1) is black,
It is repeatedly carried in an array of cyan, magenta, and yellow, and is the coloring material at the beginning of the transfer film (1) at the end corresponding to one sheet of transfer paper, that is, the final black color (BL).
), cyan color (CL), magenta color (Q, ), yellow color (YL), black color (BL) in VC array has transparent barcodes (3a), (3b) from 1st to 4th.
, (3c), and (3d) are formed to form a thermal transfer film (
It is designed to show the final result of 1).

When the thermal transfer film (1) wound around the spool (2) is wound onto one spool (not shown), the black, cyan, and By distinguishing each color of magenta and yellow using a bar code, there is an advantage that each color can be identified using a simple photoelectric detector.

Incidentally, in the above embodiment, a part of the peelable lever code was formed in the black color (Bl part), but the same effect as described above can be obtained by using a thermal transfer film in which a bar code is printed in black color on the transparent part.

Also, as shown in Figure 4, instead of printing a barcode, a notch (4) is provided at the end, and when this notch (4) is detected, the end is colored black as shown in Figure 5. The same effect as described above can be obtained even if a through hole (5) is provided as a bar code and a detection function similar to that of a bar code is provided for detection.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the transfer material is color classified.
This has the excellent effect of making it possible to easily and reliably identify each color without being influenced by external conditions such as temperature and humidity.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a heat-sensitive transfer film showing an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view showing the position of a notch provided in place of a bar code;
FIG. 5 is an enlarged plan view showing the position of a through hole provided in place of a bar code. 1...Thermal transfer film 1a...Transparent film C
...Cyan color M...Magenta color Y...Yellow color B...Black color 3...Barcode 4...
Notch 5...Through Hole Agent Patent Attorney Inoue - Male Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) In a transfer material in which a recording colorant is supported on a strip-shaped film, the recording colorant is classified into a plurality of colors, and a display section that displays each color at the end of the color-classified transfer material. A transfer material characterized by being provided with. (2) The transfer material according to claim 1, wherein the display portion is a transparent barcode formed by partially peeling off the colorant surface. (3) The transfer material according to claim 1, wherein the display portion is a barcode formed by cutting out the colorant surface. (4) The transfer material according to claim 1, wherein the display portion has a through hole formed in the colorant surface.