Patent ID: 8318634
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: B41M

Abstract:
1. A thermal transfer image-receiving sheet comprising a substrate and a dye receptor layer comprising a resin (A) obtained by a process comprising addition polymerizing and condensation polymerizing (a) raw monomers of a polyester, (b) a raw monomer of an addition polymer-based resin comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of styrene and styrene derivatives and (c) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and derivatives of these acids, wherein the raw monomers (a) of a polyester comprise a carboxylic acid component and an alcohol component, which alcohol component comprises 80 mol % or more of an alkyleneoxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane represented by formula (I): wherein R 1 O and R 2 O are respectively an oxyethylene group or an oxypropylene group; and x and y are respectively a positive number with the proviso that a sum of x and y is from 2 to 7 on the average, in which the R 1 O groups in the number of x may be the same or different and the R 2 O groups in the number of y may be the same or different.