THERMAL DYE DIFFUSION TRANSFER METHOD AND DYE DONOR ELEMENT USED FOR IT

摘要

PURPOSE: To provide a dye donor element containing a dye layer having high dye/binder ratio. CONSTITUTION: A method for making an image comprises a step for bringing a dye layer comprised on the support of a dye donor element in face-to-face relationship with an image receiving layer comprised on a support of an image receiving element, said dye layer consisting of a repeating sequence of at least two dye frames each containing a dye dispersed or dissolved in a binder, and image-wise heating by means of thermal head each of the dye frames of repeating sequence so as to cause image-wise transfer of dye from the dye layer to the image receiving layer. The dye frames contain one or more particle protruding from the dye layer, or the last dye frame substantially contains no particle protruding from the dye layer.