An ink cassette capable of being mounted in a printer includes a supply bobbin, a winding bobbin, a plate member, and at least three engaging portions. The plate member is provided on an end part of the ink cassette on a near side of the ink cassette in a mounting direction of the ink cassette. The at least three engaging portions are provided in the plate member and engage with engaging portions of the printer when the ink cassette is mounted in the printer. In a case where the ink sheet, pulled out from the supply bobbin, and a print sheet are overlaid and pressed against a print head of the printer, ink is transferred from the ink sheet to the print sheet.

Disclosed is a tape supplying body including: a tape roll on which a tape to be fed to a tape printing apparatus is wound; a first member provided on a bottom surface of the tape roll; and a second member, wherein the second member has a running-onto prevention part that is provided at an upper surface of the tape roll and prevents the tape from running onto the tape roll, a tape receiving part that is provided at a bottom surface of the first member and receives the tape dropping from the first member, and a connection part that is provided on a radially outer side of the tape roll and connects the running-onto prevention part and the tape receiving part to each other.

The present invention relates generally to a printing system, and more specifically to an ordering of color-forming layers in a direct thermal printing medium. The present invention provides a direct thermal print medium with an ordering of the color layers that improves the perceived image sharpness and color uniformity of prints.

The present invention relates generally to a printing system, and more specifically to an ordering of color-forming layers in a direct thermal printing medium. The present invention provides a direct thermal print medium with an ordering of the color layers that improves the perceived image sharpness and color uniformity of prints.

An illustrative dye sublimation apparatus may include a heating surface that may have multiple zones. Each zone may include a single individually controlled heater. A controller may control the heater to generate a range of heat and not merely turn the heater ON and OFF. Therefore, one or more controllers may individually regulate heat from corresponding heaters in the zones thereby maintaining a constant and nearly constant temperature throughout the bed of the dye sublimation apparatus in the heating surface. Furthermore, one or more controllers may maintain a first range of temperature during a first state of a dye sublimation process and a second range of temperature during a second stage of the dye sublimation process.

An illustrative dye sublimation apparatus may include a heating surface that may have multiple zones. Each zone may include a single individually controlled heater. A controller may control the heater to generate a range of heat and not merely turn the heater ON and OFF. Therefore, one or more controllers may individually regulate heat from corresponding heaters in the zones thereby maintaining a constant and nearly constant temperature throughout the bed of the dye sublimation apparatus in the heating surface. Furthermore, one or more controllers may maintain a first range of temperature during a first state of a dye sublimation process and a second range of temperature during a second stage of the dye sublimation process.

A re-transfer film set includes: a winding spool including: a first outer diameter portion which supports the re-transfer film and has a first outer diameter, a width of the first outer diameter portion in a direction of the rotational axis being narrower than the width of the re-transfer film; a second outer diameter portion being disposed in the direction of the rotational axis in a position being different from a position of the first outer diameter portion, the second outer diameter portion having a second outer diameter being smaller than the first outer diameter; and a third outer diameter portion being disposed in the direction of the rotational axis on a side opposite to a side of the second outer diameter portion with respect to the first outer diameter portion, the third outer diameter portion having a third outer diameter being smaller than the first outer diameter.

A re-transfer film set includes: a winding spool including: a first outer diameter portion which supports the re-transfer film and has a first outer diameter, a width of the first outer diameter portion in a direction of the rotational axis being narrower than the width of the re-transfer film; a second outer diameter portion being disposed in the direction of the rotational axis in a position being different from a position of the first outer diameter portion, the second outer diameter portion having a second outer diameter being smaller than the first outer diameter; and a third outer diameter portion being disposed in the direction of the rotational axis on a side opposite to a side of the second outer diameter portion with respect to the first outer diameter portion, the third outer diameter portion having a third outer diameter being smaller than the first outer diameter.

A cartridge is attachable to and detachable from a housing main body of a foil transfer device that disposes a multilayer film including a plurality of layers on a sheet and transfers at least one layer of the multilayer film onto the sheet. The cartridge includes a feed reel around which the multilayer film is rolled and that is configured to rotate about a first axis extending in an axial direction of the feed reel, a reel gear that is located at an end portion of the feed reel in the axial direction and that is configured to rotate together with the feed reel, an output gear that transmits a rotational force applied to the feed reel to outside of the cartridge, and an intermediate gear that reduces rotation speed of the reel gear and transmits the rotation of the reel gear to the output gear.

An image processing apparatus that generates overcoat transfer data for transferring an overcoat onto an image formed on a recording sheet, generates a line image to be added to the overcoat, and converts the line image into a drawing part to be added to the overcoat. The drawing part includes an outline part and an area inside the outline part, the outline part is formed from pixels having a first glossiness, the area inside the outline part is formed as a mixed pattern part in which pixels having the first glossiness and pixels having a second glossiness higher than the first glossiness are mixed, and the area outside the outline part is formed from pixels having the second glossiness.