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Thermal transfer recording method and apparatus with control recording medium before, during, and following recording
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1989-09-20
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Granted: 1992-06-16
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Expires: 2009-09-20
Abstract
Abstract There is disclosed a thermal transfer recording apparatus utilizing an ink sheet and a recording sheet, provided with a thermal head, an ink sheet feeding mechanism, and a recording sheet feeding mechanism, in which, after the image recording, the ink sheet is fed at a speed lower than that of the recording sheet, thereby preventing the formation of creases or slack in the ink sheet.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasushi Ishida
- 👤 Akihiro Tomoda
- 👤 Minoru Yokoyama
- 👤 Takashi Awai
- 👤 Satoshi Wada
- 👤 Takehiro Yoshida
- 👤 Hisao Terajima
- 👤 Takeshi Ono
- 👤 Makoto Kobayashi
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 11:53
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J17/00; B41J17/02; B41J17/04; B41J17/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 52
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; and controlling means for controlling which cause said ink sheet to be conveyed at a speed lower than that of said recording medium in a predetermined direction when said recording medium is conveyed following image recording by said recording means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
94 words
A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; and controlling means for controlling which cause said ink sheet to be conveyed at a speed lower than that of said recording medium in a predetermined direction when said recording medium is conveyed following image recording by said recording means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
94 words
A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; and controlling means for controlling which cause said ink sheet to be conveyed at a speed higher than that of said recording medium in a predetermined direction when said recording medium is conveyed following image recording by said recording means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
94 words
A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; and controlling means for controlling which cause said ink sheet to be conveyed at a speed higher than that of said recording medium in a predetermined direction when said recording medium is conveyed following image recording by said recording means.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
38 words
An apparatus according to claims 1 or 2 wherein said ink sheet feed means is adapted, during image recording with said recording means, to feed said ink sheet with a speed lower than that of said recording medium.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
43 words
An apparatus according to claims 1 or 2 wherein during image recording on said recording medium said ink sheet is moved a first distance and said recording medium is moved a second distance, said first distance being no greater than said second distance.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
132 words
A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; and control means for feeding, during image recording with said recording means, said ink sheet with a speed equal to 1/n (n>1) of that of said recording medium, and, in a forward feeding of said recording medium in a forward direction toward a discharge end with a speed V PF after image recording, feeding said ink sheet with a speed V IF =V PF /n IF , wherein n IF is equal to n during the image recording.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
132 words
A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; and control means for feeding, during image recording with said recording means, said ink sheet with a speed equal to 1/n (n>1) of that of said recording medium, and, in a forward feeding of said recording medium in a forward direction toward a discharge end with a speed V PF after image recording, feeding said ink sheet with a speed V IF =V PF /n IF , wherein n IF is equal to n during the image recording.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
68 words
An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said control means is adapted, in a backward feeding of said recording medium, to maintain a condition V IB =V PB /n IB wherein V IB is a speed of said ink sheet at the backward feeding, V PB is a speed of said recording medium in said backward feeding, and n IB is equal to n during the image recording.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said control means is adapted, in a backward feeding of said recording medium, to maintain a condition V IB ≧V PB .
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said control means is adapted, in a backward feeding of said recording medium, to feed said ink sheet k times each by a nip amount Δl of a platen roller, wherein k is a natural number and Δl is sufficiently smaller than a length of the recording medium, and to maintain said ink sheet in other times.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said control means is adapted, in a backward feeding of said recording medium, to maintain a condition V IB =V PB /n IB , wherein n IB is larger than n during the image recording.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
134 words
A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; and recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; wherein said ink sheet is fed during image recording with said recording means, with a speed equal to 1/n (n>1) of that of said recording medium, and is fed, at the feeding of said recording medium with a speed V PF toward a discharge end after the image recording, with a speed V IF =V PF /n IF (n IF being larger than n during the image recording), in a direction opposite to a direction toward the discharge end.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
134 words
A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; and recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; wherein said ink sheet is fed during image recording with said recording means, with a speed equal to 1/n (n>1) of that of said recording medium, and is fed, at the feeding of said recording medium with a speed V PF toward a discharge end after the image recording, with a speed V IF =V PF /n IF (n IF being larger than n during the image recording), in a direction opposite to a direction toward the discharge end.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, in a backward feeding of said recording medium, there is maintained a condition V IB =V PB /n IB in which V IB is a speed of said ink sheet in the backward feeding, V PB is a speed of said recording medium in the backward feeding, and n IB is equal to n during the image recording.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, at a backward feeding of said recording medium, there is maintained a condition V IB ≧V PB .
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, at a backward feeding of said recording medium, the ink sheet is fed k times each by a nip amount Δl of a platen roller, wherein k is a natural number and Δl is assumed to be sufficiently smaller than a length of the recording medium, and the ink sheet is stopped in other times.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 10, wherein, at a backward feeding of said recording medium, there is maintained a condition V IB =V PB /n IB wherein n IB is larger than n during the image recording.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
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A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; and control means for feeding said ink sheet, during image recording with said recording means, with a speed equal to 1/n (n>1) of that of said recording medium, and also feeding said ink sheet, when said recording medium is fed after image recording so as to bring a rear end of image area on said recording medium to a cutter position, in k times each by a nip amount Δl in a direction opposite to that of feeding of said recording medium, but stopping said ink sheet in other times.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
144 words
A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; and control means for feeding said ink sheet, during image recording with said recording means, with a speed equal to 1/n (n>1) of that of said recording medium, and also feeding said ink sheet, when said recording medium is fed after image recording so as to bring a rear end of image area on said recording medium to a cutter position, in k times each by a nip amount Δl in a direction opposite to that of feeding of said recording medium, but stopping said ink sheet in other times.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said control means is adapted, at a backward feeding of said recording medium, to maintain a condition V IB =V PB /n IB wherein V IB is a speed of said ink sheet in the backward feeding, V PB is a speed of said recording medium in the backward feeding, and n IB is equal to n during the image recording.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said control means is adapted, in a backward feeding of said recording medium, to maintain a condition V IB ≧V PB .
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said control means is adapted, in a backward feeding of said recording medium, to feed said ink sheet k times each by a nip amount Δl of a platen roller, wherein k is a natural number and is sufficiently smaller than the length of the recording medium, and to stop said ink sheet in other times.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said control means is adapted, in a backward feeding of said recording medium, to maintain a condition V IB =V PB /n IB , wherein n IB is larger than n during the image recording.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
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A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; cutter means for cutting said recording medium; and control means for feeding said ink sheet, during image recording with said recording means, with a speed equal to 1/n (n>1) of that of said recording medium, then, in a feeding of said recording medium with a speed V PF toward said cutter after image recording, feeding said ink sheet by a length l with a speed V IF =V PF in the same direction as that of feeding of said recording medium, and, in a backward feeding of said recording medium after cutting thereof with said cutter, reversing said ink sheet with a speed V IB ≧V PB (=V IF ).
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
164 words
A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; cutter means for cutting said recording medium; and control means for feeding said ink sheet, during image recording with said recording means, with a speed equal to 1/n (n>1) of that of said recording medium, then, in a feeding of said recording medium with a speed V PF toward said cutter after image recording, feeding said ink sheet by a length l with a speed V IF =V PF in the same direction as that of feeding of said recording medium, and, in a backward feeding of said recording medium after cutting thereof with said cutter, reversing said ink sheet with a speed V IB ≧V PB (=V IF ).
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
137 words
A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: recording means for acting on said ink sheet for recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; and control means for feeding said ink sheet, during image recording with said recording means, with a speed equal to 1/n (n>1) of that of said ink sheet, and feeding said ink sheet, during feeding of said recording medium with a speed V PF toward a discharge end after the image recording, with a speed V IF =V PF /n IF (n IF being equal to n during the image recording) in a same direction as that of movement of said recording medium.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
137 words
A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: recording means for acting on said ink sheet for recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; and control means for feeding said ink sheet, during image recording with said recording means, with a speed equal to 1/n (n>1) of that of said ink sheet, and feeding said ink sheet, during feeding of said recording medium with a speed V PF toward a discharge end after the image recording, with a speed V IF =V PF /n IF (n IF being equal to n during the image recording) in a same direction as that of movement of said recording medium.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said control means is adapted, in a backward feeding of said recording medium, to maintain a condition V IB =V PB /n IB , wherein V IB is a speed of said ink sheet at the backward feeding, V PB is a speed of said recording medium at said backward feeding, and n IB is equal to n during the image recording.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said control means is adapted, in a backward feeding of said recording medium, to maintain a condition V IB ≧V PB .
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
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A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; and control means for feeding said ink sheet, during image recording with said recording means, with a speed equal to 1/n (n>1) of that of said recording medium, and, after the image recording, feeding said ink sheet k times each by a nip amount Δl of a platen roller in a same direction as that of feeding said recording medium, but stopping said ink sheet in other times.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
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A thermal transfer recording apparatus for image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; and control means for feeding said ink sheet, during image recording with said recording means, with a speed equal to 1/n (n>1) of that of said recording medium, and, after the image recording, feeding said ink sheet k times each by a nip amount Δl of a platen roller in a same direction as that of feeding said recording medium, but stopping said ink sheet in other times.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 24, wherein said control means is adapted, in a backward feeding of said recording medium, to maintain a condition V IB =V PB /n IB , wherein V IB is a speed of said ink sheet in the backward feeding, V PB is a speed of the recording medium in the backward feeding, and n IB is equal to n during the image recording.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 24, wherein said control means is adapted, in a backward feeding of said recording medium, to maintain a condition V IB ≧V PB .
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 24, wherein said control means is adapted, in a backward feeding of said recording medium, to feed said ink sheet k times each by a nip amount Δl of the platen roller, wherein k is a natural number and Δl is sufficiently smaller than a length of the recording medium, and stopping said ink sheet in other times.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
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An apparatus according to claim 24, wherein said control means is adapted, in a backward feeding of said recording medium, to maintain a condition V IB =V PB /n IB , wherein n IB is larger than n during the image recording.
Claim 37
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An apparatus according to claims 1, 2, 5, 10, 15, 20, 21 or 24, wherein the ink of said ink sheet is thermofusible.
Claim 38
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An apparatus according to claims 1, 2, 5 10, 15, 20, 21 or 24, wherein the ink of said ink sheet is thermosublimable.
Claim 39
Independent Claim
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An apparatus according to claims 1, 2, 5, 5, 21 or 24, further comprising cutter means for cutting said recording medium after image recording.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
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A thermal transfer recording method for image recording on a recording medium by transferring ink of an ink sheet to said recording medium; wherein said ink sheet is fed, after the image recording on said recording medium, with a speed lower than a speed of said recording medium.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
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A thermal transfer recording method for image recording on a recording medium by transferring ink of an ink sheet to said recording medium; wherein said ink sheet is fed, after the image recording on said recording medium, with a speed lower than a speed of said recording medium.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
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A thermal transfer recording method for image recording on a recording medium by transferring ink of an ink sheet to said recording medium; wherein said ink sheet is fed, after the image recording on said recording medium with a speed higher than a speed of said recording medium.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
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A thermal transfer recording method for image recording on a recording medium by transferring ink of an ink sheet to said recording medium; wherein said ink sheet is fed, after the image recording on said recording medium with a speed higher than a speed of said recording medium.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
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A facsimile apparatus capable of image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: reader means for reading an original image; means for transmitting or receiving information; recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; and controlling means for controlling which cause said ink sheet to be conveyed at a speed lower than that of said recording medium in a predetermined direction when said recording medium is conveyed following image recording by said recording means.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
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A facsimile apparatus capable of image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: reader means for reading an original image; means for transmitting or receiving information; recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; and controlling means for controlling which cause said ink sheet to be conveyed at a speed lower than that of said recording medium in a predetermined direction when said recording medium is conveyed following image recording by said recording means.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
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A facsimile apparatus capable of image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: reader means for reading an original image; means for transmitting or receiving information; recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; and controlling means for controlling which cause said ink sheet to be conveyed at a speed higher than that of said recording medium in a predetermined direction when said recording medium is conveyed following image recording by said recording means.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
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A facsimile apparatus capable of image recording by transferring ink of an ink sheet to a recording medium, comprising: reader means for reading an original image; means for transmitting or receiving information; recording means for acting on said ink sheet thereby recording an image on said recording medium; ink sheet feed means for feeding said ink sheet; recording medium feed means for feeding said recording medium; and controlling means for controlling which cause said ink sheet to be conveyed at a speed higher than that of said recording medium in a predetermined direction when said recording medium is conveyed following image recording by said recording means.
Claim 48
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A method or an apparatus according to claims 32, 33, 34 or 35, wherein the speed of said ink sheet does not exceed that of said recording medium.
Claim 49
Independent Claim
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An apparatus as in claims 1, 2, 34 or 35 wherein said controlling means conveys said ink sheet in a direction opposite to a conveyance direction of said recording medium when said recording medium is conveyed following image recording.
Claim 50
Independent Claim
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An apparatus as in claims 1, 2, 34 or 35 wherein said controlling means conveys said ink sheet in the same direction as a conveyance direction of said recording medium when said recording medium is conveyed following image recording.
Claim 51
Independent Claim
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An apparatus as in claims 1, 2, 34 or 35 wherein said apparatus is a front feeding apparatus which conveys said recording medium so that a rear end of the image on said recording medium passes through a cutter position when said recording medium is conveyed following image recording by said recording means, said rear end being the last part of said recording medium to pass through said cutter.
Claim 52
Independent Claim
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An apparatus as in claims 1, 2, 34 or 35 wherein said apparatus is a back feeding apparatus which conveys said recording medium so that a leading edge of the image on said recording medium returns to a recording position by said recording means after cutting by a cutter when said recording medium is conveyed following image recording by said controlling means, said leading edge being the first part of said recording medium to pass through said cutter upon commencement of a subsequent recording.
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