PURPOSE: To obtain a thermal transfer recording medium generating no transfer irregularity by a simple equipment, by superposing a medium base material to a raw medium whereina heat-meltable ink layer was provided on a substrate and subsequently melting the heat-meltable ink layer under heating to transfer the same to the medium base material.
CONSTITUTION: A raw material (Y)1 is superposed to a medium base material 2 and heated to a pressure stand 4 under pressure by a transfer heat source 3 to be adhered to said base material 2 through a heat-meltable ink layer. The raw medium (Y)1 wherein heat-meltable ink was trnasferred to the medium base material 2 is taken up by a take-up apparatus 6. Heat-meltable magenta ink is transferred from a raw medium (M)1 in adjacent relation to the heat- meltable yellow ink layer 7 transferred to the medium base material 2 and, hereinafter, heat-meltable ink of cyan and, if necessary, black are transferred. By repeating the above mentioned operation, a product having different colors in the longitudinal direction and free from transfer irregularity can be obtained. If the transfer heat source 3 and the pressure stand 4 are made of a roll having a narrow width, a thermal transfer recording medium having different colors in the width direction is obtained.
NAKAMURA HIROYASU
KUNITAKE TETSUJI
AOYAMA JUNKO
