Patent ID: 6879336
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: B41J,B41M

Abstract:
1. A laser thermal transfer recording method, which comprises: dispensing a thermal transfer sheet and an image-receiving sheet from a roll of each sheet to an exposure recording device, in which the thermal transfer sheet includes an image-forming layer, and the image-receiving sheet includes an image-receiving layer, and the image-receiving layer surface of the image-receiving sheet in the roll is disposed outward; cutting each of the sheets into pieces of a predetermined length; superposing each of the cut pieces of the image-receiving sheet on each of the cut pieces of the thermal transfer sheet, so that the image-receiving layer of the image-receiving sheet is opposed to the image-forming layer of the thermal transfer sheet; loading an exposure drum installed in the exposure recording device with the thus superposed pieces of sheets; and irradiating the sheets loaded on the exposure drum with a laser beam according to image information, in which the laser beam is absorbed in the thermal transfer sheet and converted into a heat, and an image is transferred onto the image-receiving sheet by the heat converted from the laser beam, wherein each surface of the thermal transfer sheet and the image-receiving sheet is cleaned by contacting with an adhesive roller that includes an adhesive material on its surface, in which the adhesive roller is disposed in any one of a feeding part and a conveying part of the thermal transfer sheet and the image-receiving sheet in the exposure recording device, and the image-receiving sheet has a thickness of 110 to 160 μm and has a stiffness of 50 to 80 g, and at least one of pieces of the thermal transfer sheet and pieces of the image-receiving sheet is stacked while be beina blown with air.