| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To make it possible to shorten a printing time, by a method wherein each color inks on a transfer ribbon are successively transferred to a transfer medium part having a peripheral length corresponding to the length of the printing area of paper to form a multicolor latent image which is, in turn, transferred to the paper in a batch. CONSTITUTION:When printing is started, a transfer roll 8 is upwardly moved to be contacted with a thermal head 1 under pressure through a transfer ribbon 2 and each heat generating element thereof is selectively heated by the supply of a current while a roll 8 is driven to successively transfer a magenta image due to magenta ink, a cyan image and an yellow image on the peripheral surface thereof in a superimposed state. In the next step, the transfer roll 8 is downwardly moved to be contacted with a heat generator 9 under pressure through paper 6 and the color latent image is transferred to the paper 6 in a batch by the heat generation over the entire surface thereof and the drivings of the paper and the roll 8. By this method, color printing can be performed without reversely returning the paper and a printing time can be shortened and inconvenience of color shift or the like can be removed. |
