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(11) EP 0 249 195 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.08.1989 Bulletin 1989/31

(43) Date of publication A2:
16.12.1987 Bulletin 1987/51

(21) Application number: 87108318.4

(22) Date of filing: 09.06.1987
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: B41M 5/26
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 09.06.1986 JP 131955/86

(71) Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Tohma, Koichi
    Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Kushida, Naoki
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Suzuki, Takayuki
    Minamisaitama-gun Saitama-ken (JP)
  • Yaegashi, Hisao
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Hasegawa, Tetsuo
    Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Bühling, Gerhard, Dipl.-Chem. et al
Patentanwaltsbüro Tiedtke-Bühling-Kinne & Partner Bavariaring 4
80336 München
80336 München (DE)


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    (54) Thermal transfer recording method


    (57) A thermal transfer recording method wherein energy is applied to a thermal transfer material comprising a support and at least a first ink layer and a second ink layer disposed in this order on the support, thereafterthe thermal transfer material is peeled off from a recording medium in a relatively short length of time until separation while applying a peeling force of above a prescribed magnitude to the thermal transfer material, thereby to stably transfer the second ink layer with excellent reproducibility.






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