Patent ID: 7951750
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: B41M

Abstract:
1. An image-forming method, comprising the steps of: superposing a heat-sensitive transfer sheet on a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet so that at least one receptor layer of the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet described below can be contacted with a thermal transfer layer of the heat-sensitive transfer sheet described below; and providing thermal energy in accordance with image signals given from a thermal head, thereby to form an image; wherein the heat-sensitive transfer sheet comprises: said thermal transfer layer having a yellow colorant layer, a magenta colorant layer and a cyan colorant layer on one surface of a substrate film, and the magenta colorant layer comprises dyes represented by formulae (9), (10) and (11), and the cyan colorant layer comprises dyes represented by formulae (12) and (13); and a heat-resistant sliding layer containing a polymer obtained by reacting a compound having two or more isocyanate groups with a polymer on the other surface of the substrate film; and wherein the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet comprises: on a support, said at least one receptor layer that is formed by providing at least one kind of latex copolymer of vinyl chloride and an alkyl acrylate; and at least one heat insulation layer that contains non-foaming hollow polymeric particles formed of a polystyrene resin, acryl resin, or styrene/acryl resin in a size of 0.1 to 2 μm, and a water-soluble type resin as a binder: wherein, in formula (9), R wherein, in formula (10), R wherein, in formula (11), R wherein, in formula (12), R wherein, in formula (13), R