Thermal transfer image-receiving sheet

摘要

There is provided a method for forming an image on an object, comprising the steps of: thermally transferring a dye from a thermal transfer sheet to the dye-receptive layer of a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet thereby to form a dye image on the sheet; contacting the dye-receptive layer side of the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet with an object; thermally transferring the dye image on the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet to the object by heating of the sheet; and peeling the sheet from the object. There is further provided a thermal transfer sheet for use in the method of claim 1, comprising a support and, provided thereon, at least a yellow dye-holding layer, a magenta dye-holding layer, and a cyan dye-holding layer, the dye-holding layers each comprising a thermal transfer dye and a binder resin, the yellow dye-holding layer comprising as the thermal transfer dye a dye represented by the following formula 1 and/or a dye represented by the following formula 2, the magenta dye-holding layer comprising as the thermal transfer dye a dye represented by the following formula 3 and at least one dye selected from those represented by the following formulae 4 and 5, the cyan dye-holding layer comprising as the thermal transfer dye a dye represented by the following formula 6: There is yet further provided a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet for use in the method of claim 1, comprising a substrate sheet, a dye-receptive layer, and, provided between the substrate sheet and the dye-receptive layer, a dye release layer comprising a hydrophilic material.