JPH0686150B2 - Image forming method - Google Patents
Image forming methodInfo
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- JPH0686150B2 JPH0686150B2 JP60022266A JP2226685A JPH0686150B2 JP H0686150 B2 JPH0686150 B2 JP H0686150B2 JP 60022266 A JP60022266 A JP 60022266A JP 2226685 A JP2226685 A JP 2226685A JP H0686150 B2 JPH0686150 B2 JP H0686150B2
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
- B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
- B41M5/26—Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used
- B41M5/382—Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes
- B41M5/38207—Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes characterised by aspects not provided for in groups B41M5/385 - B41M5/395
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
- B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
- B41M5/26—Thermography ; Marking by high energetic means, e.g. laser otherwise than by burning, and characterised by the material used
- B41M5/382—Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes
- B41M5/38257—Contact thermal transfer or sublimation processes characterised by the use of an intermediate receptor
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Description
【発明の詳細な説明】 産業上の利用分野 本発明は電気信号を可視像に変換し記録体上に記録する
記録装置に用いることができる画像形成方法に関するも
のである。BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image forming method that can be used in a recording apparatus that converts an electric signal into a visible image and records it on a recording medium.
従来の技術 近年、オフィス・オートメーションの普及により電気信
号を可視像に変換する記録装置、いわゆるプリンタの需
要が大きくなり、性能もより高品質なものが要求されて
おり、従来から様々の方式の画像形成方法が提案されて
いる。2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of office automation, the demand for recording devices that convert electric signals into visible images, so-called printers, has increased, and higher quality performance has been demanded. Image forming methods have been proposed.
以下図面を参照しながら、従来の画像形成方法の一例に
ついて説明する。第２図は従来の画像形成方法を示すも
のである。（例えば特開昭56−121792号公報）。まず、
第２図ａにおいて、基材１の表面にトナー２で画像を形
成した原稿３と、支持体４の表面に熱溶融性インク５を
塗布したインク・シート６とを熱溶融性インク５とトナ
ー２が接触するように重ね、押圧し、赤外線７を照射す
ると、トナー２が赤外線７を吸収して発熱し熱溶融性イ
ンク５を溶かし、熱溶融性インク５を吸着する。次に、
第２図ｂにおいて、原稿３と受像紙８とをトナー２が吸
着した熱溶融性インク５と受像紙８とが接触するように
重ね、押圧して熱９を加えると熱溶融性インク５が溶け
て受像紙８に転写される。An example of a conventional image forming method will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 shows a conventional image forming method. (For example, JP-A-56-121792). First,
In FIG. 2A, the original 3 on which an image is formed with the toner 2 on the surface of the base material 1 and the ink sheet 6 on which the surface of the support 4 is coated with the hot melt ink 5 are the hot melt ink 5 and the toner. When the two are contacted, pressed and irradiated with infrared rays 7, the toner 2 absorbs the infrared rays 7 to generate heat, melt the heat-meltable ink 5, and adsorb the heat-meltable ink 5. next,
In FIG. 2B, the original 3 and the image-receiving paper 8 are overlapped so that the heat-melting ink 5 adsorbed by the toner 2 and the image-receiving paper 8 are in contact with each other, and the heat 9 is applied by pressing to form the heat-melting ink 5. It is melted and transferred to the image receiving paper 8.
発明が解決しようとする問題点 しかしながら上記のような構成では、原稿の画像を形成
するものが赤外線を吸収して発熱する光熱変換材である
ために黒色など赤外線から熱への変換効率のたかいもの
でなければならず、カラー原稿などを用いることはでき
ないという問題点を有していた。Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above-mentioned configuration, since the material forming the image of the original is a photothermal conversion material that absorbs infrared rays to generate heat, black or the like having a high conversion efficiency from infrared rays to heat However, there is a problem that a color original cannot be used.
本発明は、原稿の画像を形成するものが光熱変換材であ
る必要がない画像形成方法を提供するものである。The present invention provides an image forming method that does not require a photothermal conversion material to form an image on a document.
問題点を解決するための手段 上記の問題点を解決するために本発明の画像形成方法
は、基材の表面に遮光材で画像を形成した原稿と支持体
の表面に感熱記録インクを塗布したインク・シートとを
前記遮光材と前記感熱記録インクとが近接あるいは接触
するように重ね、押圧し、前記基材側から赤外線を照射
し、前記感熱記録インクを前記原稿の遮光材のない部分
に吸着させる工程と、前記原稿に吸着された感熱記録イ
ンクに受像紙を近接あるいは接触するように重ね、前記
原稿に吸着された感熱記録インクを前記受像紙に転写す
る工程とから成るものである。ここで感熱記録インクと
は熱によって支持体から遊離し受像紙に転写することの
できるインクである。また、遮光材とは、赤外線の透過
率が低い物質である。Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the image forming method of the present invention is a method in which a heat-sensitive recording ink is applied to the surface of a base material and a document on which an image is formed with a light-shielding material. An ink sheet is overlaid so that the light-shielding material and the thermosensitive recording ink are close to or in contact with each other, and pressed, and infrared rays are irradiated from the base material side, and the thermosensitive recording ink is applied to a portion of the original without the light-shielding material. It comprises a step of adsorbing, and a step of superimposing an image receiving paper on the thermal recording ink adsorbed on the original so as to be close to or in contact with it, and transferring the thermal recording ink adsorbed on the original to the image receiving paper. Here, the thermal recording ink is an ink that can be released from the support by heat and transferred to the image receiving paper. The light shielding material is a substance having a low infrared ray transmittance.
作 用 本発明は、上記の構成により遮光材のない部分のみ赤外
線を透過させて感熱記録インクを原稿に転写、吸着さ
せ、原稿に吸着された感熱記録インクを受像紙に転写す
ることによって、原稿を光熱光熱変換材で形成せず，遮
光材を用いて画像を形成できる方法であれば画像の形成
方法は限定されず高画質の画像が得られる。Operation According to the present invention, the infrared ray is transmitted only to the portion having no light-shielding member by the above-mentioned structure, the thermal recording ink is transferred to and absorbed by the original, and the thermal recording ink adsorbed on the original is transferred to the image receiving paper. The image forming method is not limited as long as it is a method of forming an image by using a light shielding material without forming a light-heat / light-heat conversion material, and a high-quality image can be obtained.
実施例 以下、本発明の画像形成方法の一実施例について説明す
る。Example An example of the image forming method of the present invention will be described below.
第１図は本発明の実施例を示す断面図である。FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the present invention.
第１図において、原稿12は基材10と遮光材11からなり、
インク・シート15は感熱記録インク14と支持体13とから
なる。17は受像紙、16は赤外線、18は赤外線あるいは熱
である。In FIG. 1, an original 12 is composed of a base material 10 and a light shielding material 11,
The ink sheet 15 comprises a thermal recording ink 14 and a support 13. Reference numeral 17 is an image receiving paper, 16 is infrared rays, and 18 is infrared rays or heat.
実施例１ 原稿12は、基材10は普通紙、遮光材11は白色の塗料から
成る。感熱記録インク14は熱溶融性インク、支持体13は
厚さ12μｍのポリエステル・テレフタレートのフィルム
である。熱溶融性インクは、 パラフィン ワックス 60重量％ カルナバ ワックス 20重量％ レーキ レッド 20重量％ から成り、これを支持体13に塗工したものをインク・シ
ート15とした。原稿12とインク・シート15とを遮光材11
と感熱記録インク14が接触するように重ね、フラッシュ
・ランプ（理想科学工業（株）製RISO XENOFAX FX−18
0）の台上に基材10を接触させて置き、赤外線16を照射
すると、遮光材11がない部分のみ赤外線が透過して感熱
記録インク16に吸収され、感熱記録インク14が溶けて基
材10に付着した。Example 1 In the original 12, the base material 10 is plain paper, and the light shielding material 11 is white paint. The heat-sensitive recording ink 14 is a heat-melting ink, and the support 13 is a 12 μm thick polyester terephthalate film. The heat-meltable ink was composed of 60% by weight of paraffin wax, 20% by weight of carnauba wax and 20% by weight of lake red, and the ink 13 was coated on the support 13. Protect the original 12 and the ink sheet 15 from light
And thermal recording ink 14 so that they are in contact with each other, and a flash lamp (RISO XENOFAX FX-18 manufactured by RISO XENOFAX FX-18)
When the base material 10 is placed in contact with the base of (0) and irradiated with infrared rays 16, only the portion without the light shielding material 11 transmits the infrared rays and is absorbed by the thermal recording ink 16, and the thermal recording ink 14 is melted. Stuck to 10.
次に、原稿12と受像紙17（普通紙）とを感熱記録インク
14が受像紙17と接触するように重ね、熱ローラー（表面
温度90℃）を通すと感熱記録インク14が受像紙に転写さ
れた。Next, copy the original 12 and the image-receiving paper 17 (plain paper) into the thermal recording ink.
When the heat-sensitive recording ink 14 was transferred onto the image-receiving paper, 14 was superposed so as to be in contact with the image-receiving paper 17, and passed through a heat roller (surface temperature 90 ° C.).
本実施例によれば、熱溶融性インクを熱ローラを用いて
受像紙への転写を行うために、受像紙への転写が確実に
行われ鮮明な画像が得られる。According to this embodiment, since the heat-meltable ink is transferred onto the image receiving paper by using the heat roller, the transfer onto the image receiving paper is surely performed and a clear image can be obtained.
実施例２ 感熱記録インクとして熱昇華性インク、受像紙としてポ
リエステル・フィルムを用い、他の部分は実施例１と同
様である。熱昇華性インクはポリエステル・フィルムを
支持体として、アントラキノン系分散染料をエチルセル
ロースをバインダーとして塗工したものである。画像を
形成する工程は実施例１と同じであるが、熱ローラーの
温度を170℃とした。Example 2 A thermal sublimation ink was used as the thermal recording ink, a polyester film was used as the image receiving paper, and the other parts were the same as in Example 1. The thermal sublimation ink is a polyester film as a support, and an anthraquinone disperse dye as a binder with ethyl cellulose as a binder. The process of forming an image is the same as in Example 1, but the temperature of the heat roller is 170 ° C.
本実施例によれば熱昇華性インクを用いることにより、
熱溶融性インクに比べ細いパターンを形成することが可
能である。According to this embodiment, by using the heat sublimation ink,
It is possible to form a finer pattern than the heat-meltable ink.
実施例1,2では、遮光材として白色の塗料を用いている
が、これらに限ったものではなく、赤外線の透過率が低
いものならば遮光材として用いることができる。また、
感熱記録インクとして、熱溶融性インク或いは熱昇華性
インクを用いているが、これらに限ったものではなく、
熱によって支持体から遊離し受像紙に転写することので
きるインクであればよい。In Examples 1 and 2, white paint is used as the light shielding material, but the material is not limited to these, and any material having a low infrared transmittance can be used as the light shielding material. Also,
Although heat-meltable ink or heat-sublimable ink is used as the heat-sensitive recording ink, it is not limited to these.
Any ink can be used as long as it can be released from the support by heat and transferred to the image receiving paper.
発明の効果 以上のように本発明は、基材の表面に遮光材で画像を形
成した原稿と支持体の表面に感熱記録インクを塗布した
インク・シートとを前記遮光材と前記感熱記録インクと
が近接あるいは接触するように重ね、押圧し、前記基材
側から赤外線を照射し、前記感熱記録インクを前記原稿
の遮光材のない部分に吸着させる工程と、前記原稿に吸
着された感熱記録インクに受像紙を近接あるいは接触す
るように重ね、前記原稿に吸着された感熱記録インクを
前記受像紙に転写する工程とから成るもので、原稿の画
像を光熱変換材で形成する必要がなく、遮光材を用いて
画像を形成できる方法であれば画像の形成方法は限定さ
れず，カラーの原稿でも用いることができ、品質の良い
画像を得ることができる。EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION As described above, according to the present invention, an original having an image formed on the surface of a base material with a light-shielding material and an ink sheet coated with a heat-sensitive recording ink on the surface of a support are used as the light-shielding material and the heat-sensitive recording ink. Overlapping and pressing so that they come close to or in contact with each other, irradiating infrared rays from the side of the base material, and adsorbing the heat-sensitive recording ink to a portion of the original without light-shielding material; and the heat-sensitive recording ink adsorbed on the original A step of transferring image-receiving paper to the image-receiving paper and stacking the image-receiving paper on the image-receiving paper so that the image-receiving paper is close to or in contact with the image-receiving paper. The image forming method is not limited as long as it is a method capable of forming an image using a material, and a color original can be used, and an image of high quality can be obtained.
第１図は本発明の一実施例の断面図、第２図は従来の画
像形成方法の断面図である。 10……基材、11……遮光材、14……感熱記録インク、13
……支持体、17……受像紙。FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a conventional image forming method. 10 …… Base material, 11 …… Shading material, 14 …… Thermal recording ink, 13
…… Supporting body, 17 …… Receiving paper.
Claims (5)
と支持体の表面に感熱記録インクを塗布したインク・シ
ートとを前記遮光材と前記感熱記録インクとが近接ある
いは接触するように重ね、押圧し、前記基材側から赤外
線を照射し、前記感熱記録インクを前記原稿の遮光材の
ない部分に吸着させる工程と、前記原稿に吸着された感
熱記録インクに受像紙を近接あるいは接触するように重
ね、前記原稿に吸着された感熱記録インクを前記受像紙
に転写する工程とから成ることを特徴とする画像形成方
法。1. An original document having an image formed on the surface of a base material with a light-shielding material and an ink sheet coated with a heat-sensitive recording ink on the surface of a support so that the light-shielding material and the heat-sensitive recording ink come close to or in contact with each other. Over and pressing, and irradiating infrared rays from the side of the base material to adsorb the thermal recording ink to a portion of the original that does not have a light-shielding material; and a step of bringing an image receiving paper close to the thermal recording ink adsorbed on the original. An image forming method comprising: a step of transferring the heat-sensitive recording ink adhering to the original onto the image-receiving paper so as to be in contact with each other.
録インクを受像紙に転写することを特徴とする特許請求
の範囲第（１）項記載の画像形成方法。2. An image forming method according to claim 1, wherein the thermal recording ink adsorbed on the original is transferred to the image receiving paper by irradiating infrared rays.
クを受像紙に転写することを特徴とする特許請求の範囲
第（１）項記載の画像形成方法。3. The image forming method according to claim 1, wherein the heat sensitive recording ink adsorbed on the original is transferred to the image receiving paper by applying heat.
とを特徴とする特許請求の範囲第（１）項記載の画像形
成方法。4. The image forming method according to claim 1, wherein the heat-sensitive recording ink is a heat-melting ink.
とを特徴とする特許請求の範囲第（１）項記載の画像形
成方法。5. The image forming method according to claim 1, wherein the heat-sensitive recording ink is a heat sublimation ink.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| JP60022266A JPH0686150B2 (en) | 1985-02-07 | 1985-02-07 | Image forming method |
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|---|---|---|---|
| JP60022266A JPH0686150B2 (en) | 1985-02-07 | 1985-02-07 | Image forming method |
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| JPS61181688A JPS61181688A (en) | 1986-08-14 |
| JPH0686150B2 true JPH0686150B2 (en) | 1994-11-02 |
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| JPS57148689A (en) * | 1981-03-09 | 1982-09-14 | Mitsubishi Electric Corp | Ink sheet for heat-sensitive copying |
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