Claims
- 1. A method of manufacturing a transfer sheet comprising a base sheet, a thermal transfer layer having a plurality of transfer region sets, each transfer region set having a plurality of transfer regions with functions different from each other, and identification marks formed in the transfer region sets, said method comprising the steps of:forming the thermal transfer layer having the plurality of transfer region sets on the base sheet by using a plurality of transfer region printing cylinders, each provided with a plurality of printing plates for printing the transfer regions of different functions; and forming the different identification marks in the transfer region sets.
- 2. The method according to claim 1, whereinthe identification marks of one transfer region set are printed by using printing plates on a printing cylinder different from those for the other transfer region sets on the printing cylinder, and have forms different from those for the other transfer region sets.
- 3. The method according to claim 1, whereinthe identification marks of one transfer region set, for each transfer region, are printed by using printing plates on a printing cylinder different from those for the other transfer region sets on the printing cylinder and have the same form, and the identification mark of one of the transfer regions of the transfer region set has a characteristic different from those for the identification marks of the other transfer regions of the same transfer region set.
- 4. The method according to claim 1, whereinthe identification marks of one transfer region set are printed by using printing plates on a printing cylinder different from those for the other transfer region sets on the printing cylinder, and the identification marks of the transfer region set have characteristics different from those for the other transfer region sets.
- 5. A transfer printing method using a transfer sheet comprising a base sheet, a thermal transfer layer having a plurality of transfer region sets, each transfer region set having a plurality of transfer regions with functions different from each other, and identification marks formed in the transfer region sets, said method comprising the steps of:recording information in the identification marks of the transfer region sets; reading the identification marks of the transfer region sets, and correcting transfer conditions on the basis of the information represented by the identification marks, and transferring the transfer regions.
- 6. A transfer sheet comprising:a base sheet; a thermal transfer layer having a plurality of transfer region sets, each transfer region set having a plurality of transfer regions with functions different from each other; and identification marks formed in the transfer region sets, respectively; wherein the identification marks formed in differing transfer region sets are different.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/310,581, filed May 12, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,333,295.
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