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摘要

A sheet-like image recording material capable of forming a three-dimensional image. The image recording material comprises a sheet-like base material, a thermoexpansive coating layer formed by applying thermoexpansive microspheres onto the base material surface together with a binder, the thermoexpansive spheres being each formed by encapsulating a low boiling, vaporizable substance into a microcapsule of an thermoplastic resin, and a film layer bonded releasably onto the surface of the coating layer or the base material surface on the side where the coating layer is not provided. A toner image of a desired original image is formed on the film layer according to a electrophotographic method and then irradiated with light, whereby the toner image portion is heated selectively, so that the thermoexpansive layer expands to raise the image, thus affording a three-dimensional image. The toner image can be removed by peeling the film layer from the sheet-like image recording material.