| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To provide a thermal transfer recording medium having high transfer sensitivity and capable of printing with low energy, by a construction wherein a coloring agent in a coloring material layer is a dye, and a heat-fusible substance is a wax capable of dissolving the dye. CONSTITUTION:The thermal transfer recording medium comprises at least one coloring material layer on a base, which layer comprises at least one coloring agent and a heat-fusible substance. The coloring agent is a dye, e.g., one selected from direct dyes, acid dyes, basic dyes, dispersed dyes, oil-soluble dyes and the like. A wax capable of dissolving the dye used in the coloring material layer is selected as the heat-fusible substance. Accordingly, the covering power of the coloring material layer can be enhanced, the thickness of the layer required for obtaining a required density can be made to be relatively small, and since the sensitivity is high, it is also possible to record (print) at high speed. |
