Global Patent Index - EP 0158686 B1

EP 0158686 B1 19890823 - MULTI-GRADATION HEAT SENSITIVE TRANSFER MEDIUM

Title (en)

MULTI-GRADATION HEAT SENSITIVE TRANSFER MEDIUM

Publication

EP 0158686 B1 19890823 (EN)

Application

EP 84104297 A 19840416

Priority

EP 84104297 A 19840416

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0158686A1] A multi-gradation heat sensitive transfer medium for use in multi-gradation thermal transfer for adjusting the density of a transfer print image by superimposing ink layers on a recording medium a plurality of times by thermal transfer, which comprises a foundation and ink layers provided thereon, each of said ink layers containing a color pigment having a high transparency and a high tinting strength in an amount smaller than sufficient to provide a maximal degree of reflection density, and each of said ink layers having a light transmittance of not less than about 65% in a region where the color pigment does not have any absorption band. By superimposing the ink layers of the transfer medium on a recording medium a plurality of times, there is obtained a clear print image having a multiplicity of gradations.

IPC 1-7

B41M 5/26

IPC 8 full level

B41M 5/34 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B41M 5/345 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE FR GB IT LI NL

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0158686 A1 19851023; EP 0158686 B1 19890823; DE 3479488 D1 19890928

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 84104297 A 19840416; DE 3479488 T 19840416