| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermal transfer medium and an image receiving sheet, both of which can simultaneously realize prevention of lowering of a resolusion due to bleeding of ink caused by a crystalline wax with a lower melting point, increase of a durability at the abrasion of a transferred image with a hand and favorable realization of an areal gradation, and an image forming method. SOLUTION: A thermal transfer recording layer, which is mainly made of at least a coloring pigment, an epoxy resin and fine colorless or light-colored particles and formed into a film having the thickness range of 0.5 to 1.0 μm, is provided on a support. Further, the softening point of the epoxy resin lies within the range of 70 to 150 deg.C, 20 to 30 mass parts of the colored pigment is included in the thermal transferring recording layer. Especially, the average particle diameter of the coloring pigment lies within the range of 50 to 500 nm. |
