Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
Thermal transfer recording method and thermal transfer recording device by use of said method
 A heat transfer recording device which performs recording by heating a heat transfer medium to transfer the ink possessed by the heat transfer medium onto an image-receiving medium, thereby effecting recording on the image-receiving medium. The device having: a platen; a recording head having a plurality of heat-generating elements capable of heat generating; and a pressing member for pressing the recording head against the platen under a pressing force of 800 gf/cm to 3500 gf/cm. 
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
B B B
B41M B41J B41J
inventional inventional inventional
Hitoshi Makoto Yasuyuki Kosuke Tadashi Haruhiko Nobuyuki
Kishino Takamiya Tamura Yamamoto Yamamoto Takahashi Kuwabara