Thermal image transfer recording method and thermal transfer recording medium

摘要

A thermal image transfer recording method includes the steps of holding a thermal image transfer recording medium (30) including a support material and a thermal image transfer layer provided on the support material, and an image recording material (8) between a line edge thermal head (20) and a platen roller (50), with a contact pressure being applied therebetween; transferring the thermal image transfer recording layer imagewise from the thermal image transfer recording medium (30) to the image recording material (8) with imagewise application of heat by use of the line edge thermal head (20); and taking up the thermal image transfer recording medium (30) after the image transfer, with the take-up tension applied to the thermal image transfer recording medium (30) being set larger than both the shearing strength and peeling strength at 70 DEG C of the thermal image transfer layer. A thermal image transfer recording medium (30) including a thermal image transfer layer with a shearing strength of 200 g/cm or more at 25 DEG C provided on a support material is provided for use in this thermal image transfer recording method. $$