Bowen Zhou, Bing Xiang, et al.
SSST 2008
Knowledge of ink temperatures is important in thermal transfer printing technologies. This paper reports on an experimental technique which uses an infrared radiometric microscope to measure the temperature of ink deposited by the resistive ribbon process on transparent substrates. An examination has been made of the spatial and temporal profiles of ink temperatures as a function of input current, printing speed, substrate materials, and number of active electrodes. The results on a Kapton substrate permit estimation of the ink temperatures reached during printing on paper. The peak ink temperatures are observed to depend linearly on input current and inversely on an approximately linear function of writing speed from 2 to 8 in/sec. The model permits projections to be made of the current required over a wide range of printing speeds.
Bowen Zhou, Bing Xiang, et al.
SSST 2008
Zohar Feldman, Avishai Mandelbaum
WSC 2010
S.F. Fan, W.B. Yun, et al.
Proceedings of SPIE 1989
Michael Ray, Yves C. Martin
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering