EP 0583165 B1 19971112 - Thermal transfer imaging
Title (en)
Thermal transfer imaging
Title (de)
Thermische Übertragungsaufzeichnung
Title (fr)
Enregistrement par transfert thermique
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 9217095 A 19920812
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP0583165A2] A method of imaging comprising the following steps: (a) assembling a donor sheet having a donor layer comprising a thermally transferable colourant, and a receptor sheet so that the donor layer of the donor sheet is in intimate contact with the receptor sheet, one of the donor and receptor sheets comprising a radiation-absorbing material; (b) contacting the donor-receptor assembly with a photographic mask, and (c) exposing the donor-receptor assembly through the photographic mask by means of a scanning exposure source so that in areas defined by the transparent regions of the mask, the exposing radiation is absorbed and converted to thermal energy by the radiation-absorbing material to effect the thermal transfer of colourant from the donor sheet to the receptor sheet. <IMAGE>
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B41J 2/44 (2006.01); B41J 2/32 (2006.01); B41M 5/382 (2006.01); B41M 5/46 (2006.01); G03C 5/16 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
B41M 5/38207 (2013.01); B41M 5/46 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
BE DE FR GB IT
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0583165 A2 19940216; EP 0583165 A3 19950524; EP 0583165 B1 19971112; DE 69315140 D1 19971218; DE 69315140 T2 19980326; GB 9217095 D0 19920923; JP H06191063 A 19940712
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 93306350 A 19930811; DE 69315140 T 19930811; GB 9217095 A 19920812; JP 20053093 A 19930812