Patent ID: 9636904
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B41C,B41M,G03G

Claim:
1. A method for forming a thermal transfer printing sheet, the method comprising: (a) feeding a release sheet having a release surface; (b) transferring an image, which is a mirror image to be thermally transferred and printed on a transfer medium to form a normal image on the transfer medium after thermal transfer and printing, onto the release surface of the release sheet; (c) forming a thermoplastic resin pattern, which corresponds to the transfer medium and the image as a transfer base material and which is to be colorless and transparent by heat and pressure, and transferring the thermoplastic resin pattern onto the release surface of the release sheet; and (d) fixing the image and the thermoplastic resin pattern onto the release surface of the release sheet in a film shape, through heat and pressure.