Thermal transfer recording method

摘要

An image receiving sheet comprises a paper substrate, a foamed layer formed on the paper substrate and a colour receptor layer formed on the foamed layer. An image receiving sheet and an ink sheet are attached to each other in an overlapped fashion so that printing energy from the thermal head is applied to the whole printing area at the time of image forming, the printing energy including an image-wise energy corresponding to image data and a background energy small enough to avoid the colour material transfer or any serious effect on the printing density. According to a thermal transfer recording method of the present invention, a good quality image can be formed on the image receiving sheet.