フルカラー直接感熱記録技術(TA方式)とデジタルプリンター

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A new continuous tone, direct thermal full color hardcopy system called "TA"(Thermo-Autochrome) system has been developed. Its key technology mainly resides in the new thermal media "TA paper"which contains all the chemical components needed to develop three primary colors (cyan, magenta and yellow) in its multi-layer structure. A full color image is formed in the following steps. The thermally most sensitive, yellow color forming layer is first recorded by lower energy and then fixed by near UV light. The thermally midway sensitive, magenta color forming layer is then recorded by higher energy and fixed by UV light. and finally the lowest sensitive, cyan color forming layer is recorded by highest energy. The TA system has a big advantage over conventional hardcopy systems of accompanying no waste such as ink ribbons or ink cartridges. This paper describes the mechanism of image formation and the basic configuration of digital color printer. We will also compare TA with D2T2 and consider the future of this new system.
社団法人映像情報メディア学会の論文
1996-10-18