THERMAL TRANSFER RECORDING MEDIUM

摘要

PURPOSE:To inexpensively produce a thermal transfer recording medium free from sticking, by providing a thermally transferrable coloring material layer on a base comprising a wax. CONSTITUTION:A dye or a pigment is dissolved or dispersed in a binder such as a wax, a low molecular weight polyethylene and polyvinyl stearate in the molten state of the latter, the resultant solution of dispersion is dissolved in a solvent to prepare a coating liquid for forming a thermally transferrable coloring material layer. The coating liquid is applied to the base such as a polyester film containing 0.01-5wt% of a wax such as a paraffin wax and a low molecular weight polyethylene and having a thickness of not more than 15mum by a solvent coating method or the like to obtain a thermal transferrable recording medium provided with the coloring material layer having a thickness of 2-5mum.