IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMBINATION OF THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET AND THERMAL TRANSFER IMAGE RECEIVING SHEET

摘要

To provide an image forming method and a combination of a thermal transfer sheet and a thermal transfer image receiving sheet, which are capable of forming images of high print quality. An image forming method wherein an image is formed by combining a thermal transfer sheet, which is obtained by forming a dye layer on one surface of a base and forming a back surface layer on the other surface of the base, and a thermal transfer image receiving sheet, which is obtained by forming a dye receiving layer on one surface of another base. The dye layer of the thermal transfer sheet contains a sublimable dye, a binder resin and one or both of (A) a polyether-modified silicone having a viscosity at 25°C of 1,000 mm2/S or more and (B) a polyester-modified polysiloxane. The dye receiving layer of the thermal transfer image receiving sheet is an aqueous dye receiving layer.