Image transfer printing method

Abstract

Abstract AN IMAGE TRANSFER PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTER WHEREIN CHARACTER IMAGES REPRESENTING INFORMATION TO BE PRINTED ARE MAGNETICALLY ENCODED UPON A MAGNETIC MEDIUM OR RECORD SUCH AS A MAGNETIC TAPE. THE MAGNETIC RECORD IS SUBSEQUENTLY EXPOSED TO AN ENVIRONMENT OF MAGNETIZABLE PARTICLES WHEREIN THE PARTICLES ADHERE TO THE MAGNETIZED PORTIONS OF THE RECORD AND DEVELOP CHARACTER IMAGES THEREON. THE MAGNETIC RECORD IS THEN ADVANCED TO AN IMAGE TRANSFER STATION WHERE A PRESSURE PLATE OR OTHER SUITABLE DEVICE ASSOCIATES THE TAPE WITH A RECORD SHEET AND THE MAGNETIZABLE PARTICLES ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE RECORD SHEET FORMING PRINTED CHARACTERS. THE IMAGES ON THE MAGNETIC RECORD CAN THEN BE DEMAGNETIZED OR ERASED DURING THE TRANSFER OPERATION TO ENHANCE TRANSFER OF THE PARTICLES, AND THE CHARACTER IMAGES FORM ON THE RECORD SHEET CAN BE FIXED THEREON TO FORM A PERMANENT COPY. THE INFORMATION CAN BE CONTINUOUSLY ENCODED ON THE MAGNETIC RECORD AND TRANS- FERRED TO THE RECORD SHEET A LINE AT A TIME TO FORM A RECORD SHEET WITH A MULTILINE FORMAT.

Inventors

• 👤 G Springer

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