Multiple Printing (i.e., Reusable) Patents (Class 428/32.61)
Porous layer containing transferable material (e.g., ink, etc.) (Class 428/32.62)
  • Intermediate transfer member, manufacturing apparatus of intermediate transfer member, manufacturing method of intermediate transfer member and image forming apparatus
    Patent number: 8236396
    Abstract: An intermediate transfer member which holds a toner image transferred from a first toner image carrier and secondarily transfers the toner image to a surface of an image forming material, wherein the intermediate transfer member comprises a substrate having thereon at least a hard carbon-containing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Atsushi Saito
  • Thermal transfer recording medium
    Publication number: 20040265517
    Abstract: A thermal transfer recording medium comprising a support and a colored layer provided on the support, the colored layer comprising 10 to 30% by weight of a terpene-phenol resin having a softening point of 130° to 160° C. and 10 to 30% by weight of a resin which is substantially incapable of being dissolved in an alcohol and has a softening point of 130° to 180° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Jun Sogabe, Kosaburo Goto
  • Thermal transfer medium and method of making thereof
    Patent number: 6749909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal transfer medium which transfers images to a receiving substrate. The thermal transfer medium includes a laminate, having a substrate and a coating having protrusions with a length/width ratio of not less than about 3 and at a density of not less than about 20 protrusions/100 micrometer squared, and a functional layer positioned substantially on the coating. This coating may include an oil. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a method of making the thermal transfer medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Edward Keeton, Thomas J. Obringer