SLIDE LAYER FOR COLORING MATTER DONOR ELEMENT FOR THERMAL DIE TRANSFER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To apply a copolymer layer excellent in lubricity to the rear surface of a dye donating material in order to hold the good transfer of a thermal printer over the entire range of printing temp. SOLUTION: A dye donating element for thermal dye transfer contains a support having a dye layer provided to the single surface thereof and a slip layer containing a polyvinyl block siloxane copolymer provided to the other surface thereof and a polysiloxane component contains 2-30wt.% of the copolymer and has a mol.wt. of at least 3,900.