| 摘要 |
<p>A thermal transfer recording medium including even a durable plastic film permitting an image to be thermally transferred thereto excellently, capable of obtaining a transferred image of a high mechanical abrasion resistance, and having a high color expressivity even when the printing is done with a plurality of thermal transfer color ink layers superposed one upon another; and a thermal transfer recording method applied to the same. At least a thermal transfer ink layer having visco-elastic characteristics including tanδ of not less than 1 and a complex dynamic viscosity coefficient of 100-40000 Pa.s, which are determined in the measurement of visco-elasticity of the ink layer at a frequency of 1 Hz in a linear visco-elastic region within a temperature range of 100°-150 °C, is provided on a support member. In another embodiment, a thermal transfer ink layer containing a coloring agent and a thermally meltable resin is provided on a support member, which thermally meltable resin has visco-elastic characteristics including tanδ of not less than 1.7 and a complex dynamic viscosity coefficient of 10-20000 Pa.s, which are determined in the measurement of visco-elasticity of the ink layer at a frequency of 1 Hz in a linear visco-elastic region within a temperature range of 100°-150 °C.</p> |
