Image receiving sheet for thermal transfer printing

摘要

An image receiving sheet for thermal transfer printing according to the present invention comprises a dye receiving layer, a foam film, an adhesive layer, a release layer, a support layer and a lubricant layer which are successively laminated. The image receiving sheet for thermal transfer printing has a seal portion consisting of the dye receiving layer, the foam film and the adhesion layer, also having a support portion consisting of the release layer, the support layer and the lubricant layer. The image receiving sheet for thermal transfer printing according to the present invention is formed such that: (1) smoothness of the dye receiving layer is equal to or larger than 2000 seconds; (2) the foam film contains a white inorganic pigment of 5 to 30 weight % and a micro void formed by mixing resins that are not compatible with each other, having a cushion ratio of 5 to 30% and a density of 0.7 to 1.1 g/cm3 measured in accordance with a measuring method of JIS L1015; (3) each of the seal portion and the support has more than one antistatic layer; and (4) the stiffness of the whole image receiving sheet for the thermal transfer printing ranges from 400 to 1000 standard Gurley unit when it is measured in accordance with a measuring method of TAPPI (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry) T 543pm84.