| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To obtain an image-receiving material for thermal transfer capable of exhibiting favorably a metallic image with a metallic luster by providing a metallic layer comprising a metallic powder dispersed therein, between a dyeable resin layer and a base. CONSTITUTION:An image receiving material for thermal transfer has a three- layer construction comprising a dyeable resin layer 1, a metallic layer 2 and a base 3. The image-receiving material is superposed on a thermal transfer recording medium which has a coloring material layer 5 comprising a sublimable dye on a base 4, and the image-receiving material and the medium are heated by a thermal head 6 while pressing them between the head 6 and a platen roller 7, whereby the sublimable dye in the coloring material layer 5 is transferred by sublimation onto the dyeable resin layer 1 of the image-receiving material, thereby forming an image. Since the image-receiving material is provided with the metallic layer 2, the image being printed will be a favorable metallic image having a metallic luster. The metallic layer 2 is provided by using a material comprising a metallic powder dispersed in a thermoplastic resin and/or a thermoplastic elastomer. |
