US Patent Issued to Dai Nippon Printing on Jan. 28 for "Thermal transfer printer, method for producing printed product, printed product, combination of thermal transfer sheet and intermediate transfer medium, intermediate transfer medium, and thermal transfer sheet" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,626, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Thermal transfer printer, method for producing printed product, printed product, combination of thermal transfer sheet and intermediate transfer medium, intermediate transfer medium, and thermal transfer sheet" was invented by Takashi Ito (Tokyo) and Yuzu Imakura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal transfer printer includes a first supply unit configured to supply an intermediate transfer medium in which, on one surface of a first base, a transfer layer including a receiving layer is disposed, a second supply unit configured to supply a thermal...