Claims
- 1. A method of manufacturing strips of thermal transfer-type recording sheets, comprising the steps of:
- supplying continuously a web of base film having a hot-melt ink layer on one surface thereof;
- continuously feeding said web with a leading end thereof ahead along a path;
- printing end marks by gravure printing process on either side of said web being fed along said path, at intervals in a direction transverse to the direction of feed of said web and only within regions of the web which are adjacent to said leading end and have a length in the direction of feed of the web; and
- slitting said web in said direction of feed to separate the web into a plurality of narrow strips of recording sheet having said end marks printed respectively on the narrow strips of recording sheet having said end marks printed respectively on the narrow strips.
- 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:
- drying only said regions of the web after the step of printing the end marks.
- 3. The method of claim 2, wherein said drying step is carried out by applying streams of heated air to said regions.
- 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:
- rolling up said narrow strips of recording sheet on roll shafts to form rolls of the strip, respectively, with the leading ends having the end marks at innermost positions of the respective rolls thus formed.
- 5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
- detecting a length of feed of the web from said leading end; and
- initiating said step of printing, responsive to the detection of the length.
- 6. The method of claim 3, further comprising the steps of:
- detecting a length of feed of the web from said leading end; and
- initiating said drying step of applying streams of heated air to regions including the end marks with respect to said direction of feed, responsive to the detection of the length.
Priority Claims (2)
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62-25204 |
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62-239939 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a Rule 60 continuation application of Ser. No. 07/614,212, filed Nov. 15, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,109,795, which in turn is a Rule 60 divisional application of Ser. No. 07/265,679, filed as PCT/JP88/00189 Feb. 23, 1988, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,985,292.
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Divisions (1)
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Continuations (1)
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