Thermal transfer material and image-forming method using the same

• Main Author: NOZAKI; TAKESHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.11.1998
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: COLOUR PRINTING; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; STAMPS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

A thermal transfer material and an image-forming method using the same are provided which can form a sublimation-transferred image, on a contemplated object, having neither dropouts nor unevenness, free from bleeding, and excellent in stabilities, that is, light fastness and fixability. The thermal transfer material comprises: a substrate; and a receptive layer separably provided on one surface of the substrate, the receptive layer containing a metal ion-containing compound. The image-forming method comprises the steps of: putting a thermal transfer material, comprising a substrate and a receptive layer separably provided on one surface of the substrate, on a dye layer so that the receptive layer comes into contact with the dye layer; heating the laminate to form an image on the receptive layer; and transferring the receptive layer with an image formed thereon onto an object, wherein the receptive layer contains a metal ion-containing compound and the dye layer contains a thermal diffusible dye capable of forming a chelate.