| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To enable gradations to be recorded with low impressed energy in a thermal recording system, by providing a dye layer comprising a dye which is sublimed or transferred at the time of thermal transfer, and a thermal transfer layer in which a metallic compound capable of forming a complex with the dye is dispersed in a binder consisting of a heat-fusible or thermosoftening wax or resin. CONSTITUTION:The thermal transfer recording material comprises at least a base, the dye layer and the thermal transfer layer. The dye layer comprises at least a dye capable of forming a complex with an atom of a metal or a metallic compound, and is ordinarily provided by using a binder such as a resin. The method for forming the dye layer is generally a coating method or a printing method, but it is not particularly limited, and may be any of those methods which ensure that the dye present at a part heated at the time of thermal transfer can be transferred to a transfer recording material together with the thermal transfer layer. As the binder for the dye layer, a resin or the like which is not thermally transferred is preferably used. A heat-fusible or thermosoftening thermal transfer layer comprising a metallic compound capable of forming a complex with the dye is provided on the dye layer. The thermal transfer layer comprises at least the metallic compound and a binder. |
