Patent ID: 6040269
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: B41M,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A thermal transfer sheet for forming an image on an object, comprising a support and, provided thereon, at least a yellow dye-holding layer, a magenta dye-holding layer, and a cyan dye-holding layer, said dye-holding layers each comprising a thermal transfer dye and a binder resin, said yellow dye-holding layer comprising as the thermal transfer dye a dye represented by the following formula 1 and/or a dye represented by the following formula 2, said magenta dye-holding layer comprising as the thermal transfer dye a dye represented by the following formula 3 and at least one dye selected from those represented by the following formulae 4 and 5, said cyan dye-holding layer comprising as the thermal transfer dye a dye represented by the following formula 6: ##STR11##