TUBE THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTING MACHINE

摘要

A thermal transfer printing machine in which a long-sized soft tube (5) and an ink ribbon (4) are passed between a platen roller (2) rotatably installed in a printing machine main body (1) and a printing head (3) opposed to the platen roller (2), printing being effected by thermal transfer onto the tube (5) from a printing head (3), wherein rotatably installed upstream of the printing head (3) is a hard wrapping roller (8) disposed in opposed relation to the platen roller (2) and printing is effected in that the portion of the tube (5) abutting against the wrapping roller (8) is planarily collapsed between the platen roller (2) and the wrapping roller (8).