(19)
(11) EP 0 314 189 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.01.1991 Bulletin 1991/01

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.05.1989 Bulletin 1989/18

(21) Application number: 88118147.3

(22) Date of filing: 31.10.1988
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: B41M 1/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 29.10.1987 JP 274250/87
20.11.1987 JP 291821/87

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Arahara, Kohzoh
    Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Fukui, Tetsuro
    Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Blumbach Weser Bergen Kramer Zwirner Hoffmann Patentanwälte 
Radeckestrasse 43
81245 München
81245 München (DE)


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    (54) Printing process


    (57) There is provided a printing process comprising liquefying an ink which is solid at room temperature, applying the liquefying ink onto a plate having a pattern, and transferring the ink from the plate to a transfer-receiving medium to form thereon an ink pattern. The above-mentioned solid ink is easy to handle and the resumption of the printing process is easy even after the printing machine supplied with the ink is left standing for a long time.







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