Patent ID: 6311620
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: B05D,B41F,B41M,B44C

Abstract:
A printing method for performing printing by transferring a pattern formed on a base sheet, onto an object, comprising steps of:floating a water-soluble base sheet having a surface on which a print layer of the pattern is provided, onto a surface of water in a water tank, with the print layer facing upward;dissolving the base sheet, while conveying the base sheet kept floated on the surface of the water by making a water flow in a constant direction in the water tank;applying an adhesion onto the print layer after or while the base sheet is dissolved; andtransferring the print layer onto the object by pressing the object against the print layer,wherein the step of dissolving the base sheet is carried out in a water tank having a bottom shallower than a water tank in which the step of transferring the print layer is carried out.