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(11) EP 0 360 283 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.10.1990 Bulletin 1990/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
28.03.1990 Bulletin 1990/13

(21) Application number: 89117565.5

(22) Date of filing: 22.09.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B41J 17/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 22.09.1988 JP 236367/88
22.09.1988 JP 236369/88
04.10.1988 JP 248982/88
28.10.1988 JP 270880/88

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Yoshida, Takehiro
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Terajima, Hisao
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Wada, Satoshi
    Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Ono, Takeshi
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Kobayashi, Makoto
    Tama-shi Tokyo (JP)
  • Yokoyama, Minoru
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Awai, Takashi
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Tomoda, Akihiro
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Ishida, Yasushi
    Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Weser, Wolfgang 
Dres. Weser & Martin, Patentanwälte, Radeckestrasse 43
81245 München
81245 München (DE)


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    (54) Thermal transfer recording method and recording apparatus using the same


    (57) A thermal transfer recording apparatus for transferring an ink of an ink sheet (14) to a recording medium (11) to record an image on the recording medium includes a conveying unit for conveying the ink sheet (14), a determining unit for determining a relative speed of the ink sheet (14) with respect to the recording medium (11) in correspondence with image information, and a control unit (113) for controlling the conveying unit on the basis of the relative speed determined by the determining unit. A thermal transfer recording method is also disclosed.







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