JPH07276709A - Printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a printer capable of transferring a mirror image with a head, having no difficulties in making a software, becoming slow in printing velocity, costing a great deal, and having only a small calorific. CONSTITUTION:A film 1 having a discriminable coated material (carbon) C, and a head 4 which transfers the coated material C from the film 1 to a printing object A, are provided. In a printer which transfers a regularly shaped print pattern such as a character, a symbol, a graphic, etc., by the coated-material to the printing object A by moving the film 1 and the head 4 relatively in specific directions, the relatively moving directions of the film 1 and the head 4 are reveresed to those when the regularly shaped print pattern is transferred, and thereby a mirror image-shaped print pattern is transferred to the printing object A.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transfer type printing machine, and more particularly to a printing machine which can easily perform mirror image printing, and can also perform normal shape printing by this mirror image printing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a transfer type printing machine, for example, a film having carbon (application) identifiable by heat and the carbon on the film as paper (printing object)
There is known, for example, one used in a word processor, which is provided with a thermal head (head) for thermally transferring to the above.

As a method of printing a mirror image with this type of printing machine, a method of inverting a print pattern of an originally normal shape by software and outputting it, or creating a print pattern of a mirror image newly is proposed. It is conceivable to directly output the print pattern of the mirror image.

However, the above-described method of software-inverted output has the drawback of slowing down the printing speed because it is difficult to create the software and the software inversion takes a long time. is there. Further, the method of directly outputting the print pattern of the mirror image has a drawback in that the print pattern of the mirror image has to be newly created, and thus it is expensive to create the print pattern.

As described above, the conventional printing machine has various drawbacks as described above with respect to mirror image printing. However, this mirror image printing is extremely difficult, for example, when making an original of a print. Since it is performed at a special time, the above-mentioned drawbacks have not been a particular problem.

However, in the printing machine already provided by the applicant, for example, the printing machine shown in FIG. 7, the above-mentioned drawbacks become a problem.

That is, this printing machine receives a film 1 having a carbon (coating material) C that can be identified by heat and the carbon C from the film 1 by thermal transfer, and prints the received carbon C again by thermal transfer. Intermediate film 2 that can be delivered to the object A
A platen roller 3 for winding and conveying the intermediate film 2, a head 4 around the platen roller 3 for thermally transferring the carbon C of the film 1 onto the intermediate film 2 on the platen roller 3, The intermediate film 2 is provided with a heat transfer roller (heat transfer means) 5 that heats the carbon C on the intermediate film 2 to the print target A by applying heat to the intermediate film 2.

In the printing machine having the above-mentioned structure, for example, when printing the character "print", the head 4 is changed to the character "print" while the film 1 and the intermediate film 2 are conveyed to the left side in the drawing. Heat up to correspond. Then, the film 1 is sequentially heated from the left end of the character “mark”, and finally, as shown in FIG.
The carbon C of the character "printing" is formed on the intermediate film 2. However, when such a print pattern of a normal shape is thermally transferred to the print target A by the thermal transfer roller 5, this time, a character is inverted into a mirror image as shown in FIG.

Therefore, in the state shown in FIG. 8, it is necessary to form a mirror image of "print" on the intermediate film 2.

However, when an attempt is made to form a mirror image print pattern on the intermediate film 2, as described above, the difficulty in creating the software, the slow print speed, and the high cost may occur. Such problems will occur.

Therefore, the applicant of the present invention has developed a printing machine which does not cause such a problem. That is, this printing machine heats the film 1 from the side of the intermediate film 2 as shown in FIG.
Is thermally transferred onto the intermediate film 2.

In this way, as shown in FIG.
Even if the head 4 is heated according to the normal character of "print", the carbon C of the character "print" of the mirror image as shown in FIG. 12 is thermally transferred to the surface of the intermediate film 2. On the print target A, the characters of “print” having a normal shape as shown in FIG. 13 are printed. That is, since the head 4 can be heated according to a normal printing pattern, there is no difficulty in creating software, the printing speed is slow, and the cost is not high. Can be formed on the print target A.

[0013]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional printing machine, since the film 1 is heated with the intermediate film 2 interposed therebetween, the heat generation amount of the head 4 must be increased. was there.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to avoid difficulty in creating software, slow print speed, and high cost. Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide a printing machine that can perform mirror-image transfer with a head that generates a small amount of heat.

[0015]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 provides a film (1) having a distinguishable coating material (C), and the coating material from the film (1). A head (4) for transferring (C) to the printing object (A), and by relatively moving the film (1) and the head (4) in a predetermined direction, the coated object (C) ) Is a printing machine for transferring a print pattern of a normal shape such as characters, symbols, and figures to the print target (A), the direction of relative movement between the film (1) and the head (4) being It is characterized in that the printing pattern in the form of a mirror image is transferred to the printing object (A) by reversing the transfer of the printing pattern in the normal shape.

Further, in the invention according to claim 2, the coating material (C) is identifiable by heat, and the head (4)
Is for thermal transfer.

Further, in the invention according to claim 3, a film (1) having a coating material (C) which can be distinguished by heat, and the coating material (C) being received from the film (1) by thermal transfer, An intermediate film (2) capable of transferring the received coating material (C) to the printing object (A) again by thermal transfer, and a platen roller (3) for winding and conveying the intermediate film (2), Intermediate film (2) being conveyed by this platen roller (3)
A head (4) for thermally transferring the applied material (C) onto the intermediate film (2) according to a predetermined printing pattern by generating heat while pressing the film (1) on the film.
And a heat transfer means (5) for applying heat to the intermediate film (2) to thermally transfer the coating material (C) on the intermediate film (2) to the printing object (A). In the printing machine, when the roller (3) is rotated in a predetermined direction, a print pattern of a normal shape such as characters, symbols, and figures formed by the coating material (C) is transferred onto the intermediate film (2). Then, by configuring the platen roller (3) so as to rotate in a direction opposite to the direction in which the print pattern of the normal shape is formed, a mirror image shape is formed on the intermediate film (2). A print pattern is formed, and the print pattern in the form of a mirror image is thermally transferred to the print object (A) by the heat transfer means (5) to form a print pattern in the normal shape on the print object (A). Is characterized by

Further, the invention according to claim 4 has coatings (C1, C2) which can be distinguished by heat.
1, C2) multiple films (1
10, 120) and each of these films (110, 12)
0) from the coating materials (C1, C2) are received by thermal transfer, and the received coating materials (C1, C2) are also received.
2) The intermediate film (200) that can be transferred to the print target (A) by thermal transfer again, and the platen roller (30) that winds and conveys the intermediate film (200).
0) and each film (on the intermediate film (200) provided around the platen roller (300) and corresponding to each of the films (110, 120) and conveyed by the platen roller (300). 110, 12
0) while pressing each of them to generate heat, the plurality of heads (113, 123) for thermally transferring the coating materials (C1, C2) onto the intermediate film (200) according to a predetermined printing pattern, and the intermediate Film (200)
And a heat transfer means (400) for thermally transferring the coating materials (C1, C2) on the intermediate film (200) to the printing object (A) by applying heat to the platen roller (300). A printing machine which, when rotated in the direction of, heat-transfers a print pattern of a normal shape, such as characters, symbols, and figures, formed by the coating materials (C1, C2), onto the intermediate film (200). The platen roller (300) is configured to rotate in a direction opposite to the direction in which the print pattern having the normal shape is formed, so that the mirror image printing is performed on the intermediate film (200). A pattern is formed, and the print pattern in the form of a mirror image is thermally transferred to the print object (A) by the heat transfer means (400) to form a print pattern in a normal shape on the print object (A). It is characterized in that.

Furthermore, the invention according to claim 5 is the same as the invention according to each of the above claims.
0,120) moves together with the intermediate film (2,200) during the thermal transfer to the intermediate film (2,200) and is stopped except during the thermal transfer to the intermediate film (2,200). It has a feature.

[0020]

(Function) Claims 1 and 2 configured as described above
In the invention according to, when the head (4) is heated according to the normal print pattern and the print pattern of the normal shape is formed in the relative movement direction of the head (4) and the film (1). By reversing the above, it is possible to transfer the coating material (C) having a mirror image print pattern onto the printing object (A).

Therefore, in the mirror image printing, there is no need to reverse the image in terms of software, so that there is no difficulty in creating the software and the printing speed does not slow down.
Furthermore, it is not expensive to create the print pattern for the mirror image. Further, the head (4) does not heat the film (1) through the print target (A),
Since the film (1) can be directly heated, the applied material (C) can be transferred to the printing object (A) with a small amount of heat generation.

In the invention according to claim 3, a printing pattern of a mirror image of the coating material (C) is formed on the intermediate film (2), and this printing pattern is thermally transferred to the printing object (A) to print. A print pattern having a normal shape can be formed on the object (A).

In the invention according to claim 4, it is possible to form a print pattern consisting of the coating materials (C1, C2) of a plurality of colors on the intermediate film (200), and the printing object (A By heat transfer to (1), multi-color printing can be performed on the printing target (A).

In the invention according to claim 5, the film (1,110,120) is an intermediate film (2,200).
This film (1, 110, 120) can be saved because it is stopped except when the heat transfer to the film is performed.

[0025]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The first to third embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, a first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. However, elements common to the constituent elements of the conventional example shown in FIG. 7 are designated by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. This example is different from the conventional example shown in FIG. 7 in that the moving directions of the film 1 and the intermediate film 2 are opposite.

That is, the platen roller 3 is constructed so as to rotate in a direction opposite to that when heat-transferring a normal-shaped printing pattern such as characters, symbols, and figures made of carbon (application material) C onto the intermediate film 2. Has been done. However, the head 4 generates heat so as to thermally transfer a print pattern of a normal shape onto the intermediate film 2.

In the printing press constructed as described above,
As shown in FIG. 2, carbon C having a mirror image print pattern is transferred onto the intermediate film 2. this is,
In the case of the conventional example shown by the chain double-dashed line in the figure, the head 4 generates heat in the order of a, b, c, d, while the intermediate film 2 moves to the left side in the figure, so that the normal shape is obtained. The character "print" is transferred, and in the case of the present embodiment, the head 4 generates heat in the order of a, b, c, d, while the intermediate film 2 moves to the right side in the drawing. From this, the character "print" in the form of a mirror image is transferred.

"Printing" of the mirror image formed in this way
The character "" is thermally transferred to the printing object A such as a corrugated cardboard by the thermal transfer roller (thermal transfer means) 5, and becomes a character of "print" in a normal shape as shown in FIG.

According to the printing machine configured as described above,
A mirror image print pattern can be formed on the intermediate film 2 only by configuring the platen roller 3 so as to rotate in a direction opposite to the direction in which a normal pattern print pattern is thermally transferred to the intermediate film 2. . That is, even if the head 4 is heated according to the normal printing pattern, the carbon C in the form of a mirror image can be transferred onto the intermediate film 2.

Therefore, since it is not necessary to invert by software for mirror image printing, there is no difficulty in creating software and the printing speed does not slow down. In addition, there is no need to create a print pattern for the mirror image,
There is also no expense in producing the print pattern for this mirror image. Further, the head 4 directly heats the film 1 to remove the carbon C on the film 1 from the intermediate film 2.
Since the heat is transferred to the head, the amount of heat generated by the head 4 can be suppressed to a low level.

In the above embodiment, the intermediate film 2 is moved to the right side in the drawing to form a mirror image print pattern on the intermediate film 2, but the intermediate film 2 is moved to the right side. It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be on the left side, the upper side, or the lower side as long as it is in the opposite direction to the case of forming a print pattern of a normal shape. For example, in FIG.
When the letters “print” are turned upside down, that is, in FIG.
Considering the case of inverting, it can be understood from the fact that a mirror image print pattern is formed when the intermediate film 2 is moved to the left side in the drawing.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the intermediate film 2 corresponds to the print target A such as paper, and the head 4 moves with respect to the print target A and the film 1. Further, normally, in order to thermally transfer a print pattern of a normal shape onto the print target A, the head 4 is always moved in a fixed direction. When the print pattern of the mirror image is thermally transferred to the print target A, only the moving direction of the head 4 is reversed. That is,
By moving the head 4 in the direction of the arrow in the figure, the mirror image carbon C is thermally transferred to the print target A.

Also in the printing machine constructed as described above, with respect to the printing of the mirror image, the same working effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 5, 110 is a film black, 120 is a film red, and 200 is an intermediate film. The film black 110 is one in which one side of the film is provided with carbon black C1 (coating material) for printing which is separable by heat, and the film red 120 is one side of the film which is separable by heat. Carbon red C2 (coating material) is provided. In addition, the intermediate film 200
Does not have the above-mentioned carbons C1 and C2, and can accept the carbon black C1 or the carbon red C2 from the film black 110 or the film red 120 by thermal transfer, and at the same time, a thermal transfer roller (thermal transfer means) described later. ) 400, the cardboard (printing object) A can be delivered.

Film black 110 and film red 120
Is the cartridge-shaped first reel reel 11
It is stored in the printing machine in a state of being wound around the first and first unwinding reel red 121. And the film black 110 is
The plurality of guide rollers 112 and the print head black (head) 113 are drawn out with the carbon black C1 facing inward.
Is guided around the platen roller 300, and is further wound by the first winding reel black 114.

On the other hand, the film red 120 is carbon red C
2 is drawn inward, is guided around the platen roller 300 by the plurality of guide rollers 122 and the print head red (head) 123, and is further wound by the first take-up reel red 124. Has become.

Further, the intermediate film 200 is accommodated in the printing machine in a state of being wound on the cartridge-shaped second unwinding reel 210. The intermediate film 200 is drawn out from the second unwinding reel 210, guided by a plurality of guide rollers 211 and idle feed rollers 212 so as to wind the platen roller 300 at a predetermined angle, and further, printing guide rollers 213, 213. Is guided in parallel with the corrugated cardboard A and is wound by the second winding reel 214.

The first unwinding reel black 111 and the first unwinding reel red 121 are respectively the first unwinding shaft black 115.
Also, it is detachably attached to the first unwinding shaft red 125. The unwinding shaft black 115 and the unwinding shaft red 125 generate a constant braking torque, and the braking torque causes the film black 11 respectively.
0 and film red 120 are given a constant tension.

The first take-up reel black 114 and the first take-up reel red 124 are detachably attached to the first take-up motor 116 and the first take-up motor 126, respectively. A torque motor is used as the first winding motor 116 and the first winding motor 126, and the film black 110 and the film red 120 are wound with a constant tension.

On the other hand, the second unwinding reel 210 is detachably attached to the second unwinding shaft 215. The second unwinding shaft 215 is adapted to generate a constant braking torque, and the braking torque applies a constant tension to the intermediate film 200. Empty feed roller 2
Numeral 12 operates when the intermediate film 200 is idly fed, and moves the intermediate film 200 at high speed. The second take-up reel 214 is detachably attached to the second take-up motor 216, and the second take-up motor 216 uses a torque motor and holds the intermediate film 200 with a constant tension. It is designed to be rolled up. The platen roller 300 includes the stepping motor 3
No. 01 (see FIG. 6), the amount of movement of the intermediate film 200 can be accurately controlled.

Print head black 113 and print head red 12
3 has a large number of dot-shaped heating resistors, the print head black 113 is controlled by a black print controller (not shown), and the print head red 123 is provided.
Are controlled by a red print controller (not shown). The print head black 113 is located around the platen roller 300 and upstream of the intermediate film 200, as shown in FIG. The print head red 123 is located on the downstream side of the intermediate film 200 around the platen roller 300. Each of the print heads 113 and 123 is configured to be rotated by the spring 500 and the air cylinder 600 with the base end as a fulcrum, and the print portion at the front end is brought into contact with and separated from the platen roller 300 by this rotation. ing.

The spring 500 draws the printing portion toward the platen roller 300, and the film black 110 is pulled by a constant force.
(Or film red 120) is pressed against the intermediate film 200 and the platen roller 300. In addition, the air cylinder 600 includes a printing unit for the platen roller 30.
It is designed to separate from zero. The spring 5
The force of 00 can be adjusted by the adjusting bolt 510.

In the case of this embodiment, the carbon black C1 and the carbon red C2 in the portions required for printing are used as the intermediate film 2.
It is designed to be transferred to 00. Then, the print heads 113 and 123 rotate in a direction away from the platen roller 300 except when the thermal transfer is performed.
120 does not move.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a thermal transfer roller (thermal transfer means) is provided between the print guide rollers 213 and 213.
400 is provided. This thermal transfer roller 400 is
Along the longitudinal direction of the intermediate film 200, it moves from the platen roller 300 side to the second take-up reel 214 side, and also moves in the direction in which it comes in contact with the intermediate film 200. Intermediate film 20
While pressing 0 against the corrugated board A, the intermediate film 200
The carbons C1 and C2 on the intermediate film 200 are thermally transferred to the corrugated paperboard A by moving along the longitudinal direction of.

Further, the thermal transfer roller 400 has a peripheral surface portion formed of a soft layer having a hardness of about 30 so that the intermediate film 200 can be adhered even to a printed surface having corrugations such as the corrugated cardboard A. Has become. That is, it is possible to reliably print on a curved surface or a surface having irregularities. Also, cardboard A
Is formed in a flat plate shape and is automatically carried to a printing position between the printing guide rollers 213 and 213 by a conveyor, for example.

The platen roller 300 is rotated in a direction opposite to that when a print pattern of normal shapes such as characters, symbols and figures made of carbon black C1 and carbon red C2 is thermally transferred onto the intermediate film 200. Is configured to. However, for the print head black 113 and the print head red 123, a print pattern of a normal shape is formed on the intermediate film 2.
The heat is generated in the same manner as when the heat transfer is performed on the O.O.

Next, the operation of the printing machine configured as described above will be described. When printing is started, a command signal of a predetermined print pattern is output from the printing press control device (not shown) to the black print control unit and the red print control unit. Then, first, the print head black 113 on the upstream side of the platen roller 300 moves to the platen roller 300 side, and the film black 110
Is pressed against the intermediate film 200, and the heating resistor in the portion corresponding to black generates heat. At this time, the platen roller 300
Is accurately rotated by the stepping motor 301, and the intermediate film 200 is accurately moved to a position where black should be printed. As a result, the portion of the carbon black C1 corresponding to black is thermally transferred from the film black 110 to the intermediate film 200 in a mirror image form. When the portion of the print pattern corresponding to black is formed in this manner, the print head black 113 is separated from the intermediate film 200, and the movement of the film black 110 is stopped.

Subsequently, the intermediate film 200 is moved by the platen roller 300, and when the position for printing red in the print pattern reaches the position of the print head 123, the print head red 123 moves to the platen roller 300 side this time. Then, the film red 120 is pressed against the intermediate film 200. Then, the heating resistor of the portion corresponding to red in the print pattern generates heat, and the platen roller 300 moves the film red 120 and the intermediate film 200 accurately. As a result, the carbon red C2 corresponding to red is thermally transferred from the film red 120 to the intermediate film 200 accurately and in a mirror image. When the portion of the print pattern corresponding to red is formed in this way, the print head red 123 separates from the intermediate film 200.

When the mirror image black and red print patterns are formed on the intermediate film 200 as described above, the intermediate film 200 is again moved by the platen roller 300.
Moves to the corrugated board A side, and accurately stops at the printing position of the printing pattern.

Then, the heated thermal transfer roller 400 moves to the intermediate film 200 side, presses the intermediate film 200 against the corrugated cardboard A, and further moves from the platen roller 300 side to the second take-up reel 214 side. . At this time, the heat of the thermal transfer roller 400 thermally transfers the mirror-image-shaped print pattern on the intermediate film 200 to the corrugated cardboard A, and a normal-shaped print pattern is formed on the corrugated cardboard A. After the thermal transfer is completed, the thermal transfer roller 400 is separated from the intermediate film 200, whereby the intermediate film 20
0 separates from cardboard A. Then, the thermal transfer roller 40
0 returns to the original position on the platen roller 300 side,
The intermediate film 200 is conveyed by the idle feed roller 212, and the intermediate film 200 is wound on the second winding reel 214 by a predetermined amount.

When the printing on the corrugated board A is completed in this way, the printed corrugated board A is carried away by the belt conveyor, and then a new corrugated board A is carried to the printing position. Further, during this time, the above-described print pattern is formed, and the print pattern moves to the print position. Then, printing is performed on the corrugated board A in the same manner as described above.

According to the printing machine configured as described above,
With respect to the printing of the mirror image, the same operational effects as those of the first embodiment are obtained. Further, since the print head black 113 and the print head red 123 are provided around one platen roller 300, the portion printed by the print head black 113 can be accurately moved to the position of the print head red 123, It has a remarkable effect that displacement does not easily occur. Moreover, since there is only one platen roller 300, there are advantages that it is easy to control and space is saved. Further, since the print head black 113 and the print head 123 are located close to each other, the distance between the transfer of black and the transfer of red is short, and the amount of wasteful movement of the intermediate film 200 is reduced.

Furthermore, since a single printing machine can perform multi-color printing, it is possible to reduce equipment costs, shorten the printing time, and perform color registration completely. There is an advantage that it is not necessary. The print heads 113 and 123 are separated from the platen roller 300 except when the thermal transfer from the films 110 and 120 to the intermediate film 200 is performed, and the films 110 and 1 are
Since 20 does not move, the film with carbon can be saved.

In each of the above embodiments, the film is composed of two systems, black and red, but more films and print heads are added, and three or more print heads are provided in one platen roller. It may be arranged around 300. Also, a plurality of platen rollers are provided,
A plurality of print heads may be arranged around each platen roller.

Although the flat corrugated cardboard A is shown as the printing object, it goes without saying that it may be a corrugated cardboard formed in a box shape or may be formed of wood, iron or other material. . Moreover, the surface to be printed is not limited to a flat surface, and may have a curved surface such as the peripheral surface of a can.

Further, the thermal transfer roller 400 is configured to move only in one direction.
The heat transfer may be performed by alternately changing the moving direction for each printing.

[0057]

According to the inventions of claims 1 and 2, while the head is heated in accordance with the normal print pattern, the print pattern having a normal shape is formed in the relative moving direction of the head and the film. By reversing the above case, it is possible to transfer the coating material having the mirror image printing pattern onto the printing object.

Therefore, in the mirror image printing, there is no need to reverse the image in terms of software, so there is no difficulty in creating the software and the printing speed does not slow down.
Furthermore, there is no expense in producing the printed pattern for the mirror image. Further, since the head can directly heat the film rather than heating the film via the print target, the applied material can be transferred to the print target with a small amount of heat generation.

In the invention according to claim 3, in mirror image printing, in addition to the same effect as the invention according to claims 1 and 2, a print pattern of a mirror image is formed by a coating material on an intermediate film, and this printing is performed. By thermally transferring the pattern to the print target, it is possible to form a print pattern in a normal shape on the print target.

In the invention according to claim 4, in mirror image printing, the same effect as that of the invention according to claims 1 to 3 is obtained, and in addition, a print pattern comprising a plurality of color coating materials is formed on the intermediate film. It is possible to perform multi-color printing on the print target by thermally transferring the print pattern onto the print target.

In the invention according to claim 5, since the movement of the film in the invention according to claim 3 or 4 is stopped except when the thermal transfer to the intermediate film is performed, the film is saved. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a printing machine shown as a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a printing pattern by a coating material formed on an intermediate film of the printing machine, which is II-I of FIG.
Sectional drawing which follows the I line.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a print pattern formed on a print target by the printer, which is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a printing machine shown as a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a printing machine shown as a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a main part of the printing machine.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a printing machine shown as a conventional example.

8 is a diagram showing a printing pattern by a coating material formed on an intermediate film of the same printing machine, which is taken along line VIII of FIG.
-A sectional view taken along the line VIII.

9 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IX-IX in FIG. 7, showing a print pattern formed on a print target by the printer.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a printing machine shown as another example of a conventional example.

11 is a diagram of a printing pattern shown as a trace of heating the intermediate film and the film by the head of the printing machine, which is a cross-sectional view taken along line XI-XI of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a view showing a printing pattern by the coating material formed on the intermediate film of the printing machine, which is taken along line XI of FIG.
Sectional drawing which follows the I-XII line.

13 is a view showing a print pattern formed on a print target by the printing machine, which is a cross-sectional view taken along line XIII-XIII in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 film 2 intermediate film 3 platen roller 4 head 5 thermal transfer means (thermal transfer roller) 110 film (film black) 113 head (printing head black) 120 film (film red) 123 head (printing head red) 200 intermediate film 300 platen roller 400 Thermal transfer means (thermal transfer roller) A Print target (corrugated cardboard) C Carbon C1 Carbon black C2 Carbon red

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A film having an identifiable coating,
A head for transferring the applied material from this film to a printing object, and by relatively moving the film and the head in a predetermined direction, characters by the applied material,
A printing machine for transferring a print pattern of a normal shape such as a symbol and a figure to the print target, wherein the direction of relative movement between the film and the head is the time when the print pattern of the normal shape is transferred. A printing machine characterized by transferring a printing pattern in the form of a mirror image onto the printing object by reversing. 2. The printing machine according to claim 1, wherein the applied material is identifiable by heat and the head is for thermal transfer. 3. A film having a heat-discernible coating material, and an intermediate film capable of receiving the coating material from the film by thermal transfer and delivering the received coating material to a printing object by thermal transfer again. And a platen roller that winds and conveys the intermediate film, and heats the intermediate film being conveyed by the platen roller while pressing the film to heat the applied material in an intermediate manner according to a predetermined print pattern. It comprises a head for thermal transfer on a film, and a thermal transfer means for applying heat to the intermediate film to transfer the coating material on the intermediate film to the printing object by rotating the platen roller in a predetermined direction. , A printing pattern of a normal shape such as letters, symbols, and figures by the coating material on the intermediate film A printing machine for thermal transfer, in which the platen roller is configured to rotate in a direction opposite to the direction in which the print pattern of the normal shape is formed, thereby forming a mirror image on the intermediate film. A printing machine, wherein a printing pattern having a shape is formed, and the printing pattern having a mirror image shape is thermally transferred to the printing object by the thermal transfer means, thereby forming a printing pattern having a normal shape on the printing object. . 4. A plurality of films having heat-distinguishable coatings, which are distinguished by the color of the coatings, and wherein each coating is received from each of these films by thermal transfer and each coating received. An intermediate film that can be transferred to a printing machine by thermal transfer again, a platen roller that winds and conveys this intermediate film, and a platen roller that is provided around the platen roller and corresponds to each film. A plurality of heads for thermally transferring each of the applied materials onto the intermediate film in accordance with a predetermined printing pattern by generating heat while pressing each film on the intermediate film being conveyed by the rollers, and heating the intermediate film with heat. And a thermal transfer means for thermally transferring the coating material on the intermediate film to the printing object. A printing machine which, when the platen roller is rotated in a predetermined direction, thermally transfers a print pattern of a normal shape such as characters, symbols, and figures formed by each of the coating materials onto the intermediate film. , Forming a mirror-image-shaped print pattern on the intermediate film by arranging for rotation in the direction opposite to the direction in which the normal-shape print pattern is formed, and forming a mirror-image-shaped print pattern on the intermediate film. A printing machine, wherein a print pattern having a normal shape is formed on the print target by thermally transferring the print pattern onto the print target by the heat transfer means. 5. The film according to claim 3, wherein each film moves together with the intermediate film at the time of thermal transfer to the intermediate film, and stops at a time other than at the time of thermal transfer to the intermediate film. Printer.