Patent ID: 8794149

Claim:
A method for activating a print pattern of a transfer film formed by applying said print pattern on a water-soluble film with an activating agent and thereafter carrying out a water pressure transfer of said print pattern on a surface of an article, said method comprising the steps of preparing said transfer film having said print pattern including a first area of an ink layer and a second area of no ink layer or an ink layer thinner than that of said first area and having no whole outer surface fixture layer; forming activating agent convex collection portions by collecting in a convex manner on a surface of said second area by a repelling function by said ink layer of said first area and a collection power of said activating agent a surplus portion of said activating agent which is applied onto said surface of said transfer film to activate an ink of said first area at the amount of the activating agent exceeding the amount necessary for activating said ink layer; thereafter carrying out concavo-convex reversal of said activating agent convex collection portion on said second area when said print pattern of said transfer film is transferred onto said surface of said article under water pressure; and shrinking said activating agent convex collection portion when said print pattern on said article is hardened whereby a portion corresponding to said second area projects beyond an ink print portion corresponding to said first area to thereby impart a three-dimensional unevenness shape to said surface of said article surface.