In thios paper the autho discusses in detail the historical background
to the technology of transfer printing, a non-impact process which do
es not require the use of chemically treated paper, but only a disposa
ble ribbon. The theory of this method of printing is explained as well
as, in a similar fashion, the starting point for the production of th
e ribbon with regard to the ink and the substrate. The author conludes
by giving an answer to his rhetorical question: Why thermal transfer
printing.