Patent ID: 6824845
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: B41M,Y10T

Abstract:
A multicolor image-forming material which comprises an image-receiving sheet comprising a support having thereon a coating layer including at least an image-receiving layer, and a plurality of heat transfer sheets each comprising a support having coating layers including at least a light-to-heat converting layer and an image-forming layer, wherein the ratio of the optical density (OD) of the image-forming layer in each heat transfer sheet to the layer thickness, OD/layer thickness (&mgr;m unit), is 1.50 or more, the recording area of a multicolor image of the heat transfer sheet is a size of 515 mm or more multiplying 728 mm or more, the definition of a transferred image is 2,400 dpi or more, and the coating layer in the image-receiving sheet and/or the coating layers in each heat transfer sheet has at least one layer containing a dispersant and a matting agent having an average particle size of from 0.05 to 50 &mgr;m.