Patent ID: 7521102
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: B41M,B44C

Abstract:
1. An image displaying medium with a metallic image, which comprises a metallic image formed over a transfer receiving material having a color image thereon, wherein the 60°, 45°, 20° specular reflection of the surface of the transfer receiving material is 30% or greater; wherein the metallic image is formed by using a thermal transfer sheet in which at least a resinous peelable layer and a metal thin layer are provided on one surface of a substrate film in this order and wherein the metallic image comprises the metal thin layer and the resinous peelable layer on the transfer receiving material in this order; wherein the resinous peelable layer comprises a pigment and a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition temperature of 60° C. or higher, and the metal thin layer comprises a composition containing a binder of the thermoplastic resin and a scale-like aluminum pigment having a deposited thickness of 0.01 to 0.1 μm, an average particle short diameter of 0.01 to 0.2 μm and an average long diameter of 1 to 100 μm, prepared by forming an aluminum film by deposition on a carrier sheet with a releasing layer provided thereon and peeling the aluminum film from the carrier sheet to finely divide it, and wherein the binder of the thermoplastic resin of the metal thin layer has a glass transition temperature of 50 to 150° C.; and wherein the 60°, 45°, 20° specular reflection of the image surface with the metallic image is 100% or greater according to JIS Z8741, and a brightness (L* value) is 20 or greater.