| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To enable a multicolor recording of two or more colors with one type of ink by using a heat sublimating dye for at least one of colorants of three colors, i.e. Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta. CONSTITUTION:A fluid ink containing colorants of three colors, i.e. Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta, and using a heat sublimating dye for at least one of the colorants of three colors is held by an ink holding member, thereafter being heated in a pattern form by a thermal head etc. to obtain a tackiness; in this manner, the ink is transferred to a transfer medium to conduct an image recording. At this time, if the ink is heated to a temperature sufficient to obtain a tackiness but lower than the sublimating temperature of the sublimating dye, the dyes of three colors are transferred to the transfer medium as they are, and a black transfer recording image is formed by the mixture of the three colors. On the other hand, if the ink is heated to a temperature of not less than the sublimating temperature of the sublimating dye, the sublimating dye in the ink is sublimated and dissipated to change its color from Black to various colors such as Red, Blue, and Green, thus being transferred to the transfer medium to form a transfer recording image. |
