A roll of direct-thermal material may have a length of direct-thermal material including a facestock. An adhesive layer is on a first side of the facestock. A direct thermal coating is on a second side of the facestock, the direct thermal coating configured to selectively darken by heat activation when direct thermal printed. a cured ultraviolet LED coating is on the direct thermal coating, the cured ultraviolet LED coating having photoinitiators with substantial activation at an exposure limited to LED radiation at a 365 nm-450 nm wavelength range, and configured to allow direct thermal printing of the direct thermal coating therethrough, the cured ultraviolet LED coating curable without heat activating the direct thermal coating. The length of direct-thermal material being rolled on itself.

A visual security feature is provided that is disposed on a target. The visual security feature includes two substantially transparent layers. At least one of the two substantially transparent layers is present in an image-wise pattern.

Provided are a combination of a thermal transfer sheet and an intermediate transfer medium which is capable of accurately transferring only a transfer layer of the intermediate transfer medium desired to be transferred onto a transfer receiving article in the production of a print, and a thermal transfer sheet which is used in combination with an intermediate transfer medium. Also provided are a method for producing a print, comprising accurately transferring only a transfer layer of an intermediate transfer medium desired to be transferred onto a transfer receiving article, and a thermal transfer printer which is used in this method for producing a print. In the thermal transfer sheet which is used in combination with an intermediate transfer medium, inhibit layer 2 is disposed on substrate 1, and the inhibit layer 2 contains a carnauba wax.

A thermal adhesive paper including a base stock with a thermal ink layer covering at least a portion of the base stock top surface and an activatable adhesive layer covering at least a portion of the base stock bottom surface is described. The thermal adhesive layer can be used in a thermal printer for printing a transaction receipt, with the adhesive being selectively activated during printing. The activatable adhesive may be thermally activated, with a higher temperature needed to activate the adhesive than to activate the thermal ink.

A thermal adhesive paper including a base stock with a thermal ink layer covering at least a portion of the base stock top surface and an activatable adhesive layer covering at least a portion of the base stock bottom surface is described. The thermal adhesive layer can be used in a thermal printer for printing a transaction receipt, with the adhesive being selectively activated during printing. The activatable adhesive may be thermally activated, with a higher temperature needed to activate the adhesive than to activate the thermal ink.

A system for performing substrateless and/or local donor Laser Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT), comprising a reservoir comprising at least one opening and an energy source configured to deliver energy to a donor material within said reservoir, characterized by at least one of: said reservoir is embedded into a medical device; said reservoir is in fluid connection with a medical device; said reservoir is incorporated into a medical device; said reservoir contains at least one biologically active substance; and, said reservoir is in fluid connection with at least one source of at least one biologically active substance. This system enables deposition of material by LIFT without any need for a donor substrate. Methods of substrateless and local donor LIFT, in particular for medical and biological applications, are also disclosed.

A system for performing substrateless and/or local donor Laser Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT), comprising a reservoir comprising at least one opening and an energy source configured to deliver energy to a donor material within said reservoir, characterized by at least one of: said reservoir is embedded into a medical device; said reservoir is in fluid connection with a medical device; said reservoir is incorporated into a medical device; said reservoir contains at least one biologically active substance; and, said reservoir is in fluid connection with at least one source of at least one biologically active substance. This system enables deposition of material by LIFT without any need for a donor substrate. Methods of substrateless and local donor LIFT, in particular for medical and biological applications, are also disclosed.

A thermal transfer printing apparatus includes a first supply unit (70) supplying an intermediate transfer medium (10) including a receiving layer disposed on one surface of a support member, a second supply unit (51) supplying a thermal transfer sheet (20) including a colorant layer disposed on one surface of a substrate, a printing unit (50) heating the thermal transfer sheet (20) based on image data and printing an image by transferring ink from the colorant layer to the receiving layer, and a transfer unit (60) transferring, onto a transfer-receiving body (40), at least part of the intermediate transfer medium (19) including the receiving layer having the image printed thereon. The printing unit (50) prints an image in each corresponding one of a plurality of sub-regions into which the intermediate transfer medium (10) is divided in a transverse direction.

A release member-integrated image forming sheet that can form a high quality image and has good manufacturing suitability, a release member-integrated image sheet, an image sheet, a method for manufacturing an image sheet, a decorative product having a high quality image, and a method for manufacturing a decorative product that can form a high quality image and has good manufacturing suitability. An image forming sheet is integrated with a release member, the image forming sheet can be separated from the release member, the image forming sheet includes an image layer before image formation, a stable peeling force when the image forming sheet is separated from the release member under conditions of a temperature of 25° C. and an angle of 30° is 1,000 mN/cm or less, and the dynamic coefficient of friction between the front and back surfaces of the release member is 0.3 or more and 0.9 or less.

A linerless thermal sheet arranged as a roll, includes a substrate having a first face and a second face, whereby the first face opposes the second face; an adhesive layer on at least part of the first face of the substrate; a thermosensitive layer on at least part of the second face of the substrate, the thermosensitive layer including a first portion and a second portion whereby the first portion and the second portion do not overlap; a release coating applied onto the thermosensitive layer, the release coating has a low adherence to the adhesive layer; at least one colour image is deposited on the first portion of the thermosensitive layer such that the at least one colour image is between the thermosensitive layer and the release coating, whereby the second portion of the thermosensitive paper is blank for thermally-printed information.