Patent ID: 6043192
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: B41M,Y10S

Abstract:
A thermal transfer recording method comprising the steps of superposing a recording material comprising a first support having thereon an ink layer containing a thermally diffusible chelatable dye, and an image-receiving material comprising a second support having thereon an image-receiving layer containing a compound having metal ions, so that the ink layer of the recording material and the image-receiving layer of the image-receiving material are brought into contact with each other;heating the superposed recording material imagewise employing a thermal head, whereby the thermally diffusible chelatable dye is transferred to the image-receiving layer to form an image;contacting the image-receiving material having the image and a releasing agent-containing thin sheet material so that the image-receiving layer is brought into contact with the releasing agent-containing thin sheet material; andheating the image-receiving material through the thin sheet material.