Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
In a thermal transfer recording method, comprising providing a thermal transfer recording medium comprising a thermal transfer ink layer on a support, providing a thermal head having heat-generating elements, disposing the thermal transfer recording medium in contact with a transfer-receiving medium so that the thermal transfer ink layer contacts the transfer receiving medium, energizing the heat-generating elements corresponding to a given recording image signal to heat the thermal transfer ink layer of the thermal transfer recording medium in a pattern, and separating the thermal transfer recording medium from the transfer-receiving medium to leave a recorded image of the heated thermal transfer ink layer on the transfer-receiving-medium corresponding to the given recording image signal; the improvement wherein the thermal transfer ink layer is supplied with a heat energy so as to assume a temperature of 35-60°C in the absence of energization of the heat-generating elements, and the heat-generating elements are energized while the heat energy is applied.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
In a thermal transfer recording method, comprising providing a thermal transfer recording medium comprising a thermal transfer ink layer on a support, providing a thermal head having heat-generating elements, disposing the thermal transfer recording medium in contact with a transfer-receiving medium so that the thermal transfer ink layer contacts the transfer receiving medium, energizing the heat-generating elements corresponding to a given recording image signal to heat the thermal transfer ink layer of the thermal transfer recording medium in a pattern, and separating the thermal transfer recording medium from the transfer-receiving medium to leave a recorded image of the heated thermal transfer ink layer on the transfer-receiving-medium corresponding to the given recording image signal; the improvement wherein the thermal transfer ink layer is supplied with a heat energy so as to assume a temperature of 35-60°C in the absence of energization of the heat-generating elements, and the heat-generating elements are energized while the heat energy is applied.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A recording method according to Claim 1, wherein the thermal transfer ink layer is supplied with the heat energy so as to assume a temperature of 40 - 50° C.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
A recording method according to Claim 1, wherein the period after the energization of the heat-generating elements until the separation of the thermal transfer recording medium from the transfer-receiving medium is 0.2 - 80 msec.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
A recording method according to Claim 3, wherein the period after the energization of the heat-generating elements until the separation of the thermal transfer recording medium from the transfer-receiving medium is 0.5 - 30 msec.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
A recording method according to Claim 1, wherein a correction tape is bonded to at least a part of the recorded image and peeling the correction tape to remove said at least a part of the recorded image.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A recording method according to Claim 5, wherein the thermal transfer ink layer is supplied with the heat energy so as to assume a temperature of 40 - 50° C.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
A recording method according to Claim 5, wherein the period after the energization of the heat-generating elements until the separation of the thermal transfer recording medium from the transfer-receiving medium is 0.2 - 80 msec.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
A recording method according to Claim 7, wherein the period after the energization of the heat-generating elements until the separation of the thermal transfer recording medium from the transfer-receiving medium is 0.5 - 30 msec.