Patent ID: 6214149
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: B41M,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An image forming method in which an image is formed on a receptor layer of an intermediate transfer recording medium and the image is transferred to a transfer receiving material together with the receptor layer, the method comprising the steps of:providing an intermediate transfer recording medium provided with a receptor layer;providing a thermal transfer sheet comprising a substrate film, a peelable layer disposed on the substrate film and having peelable property to the substrate film and adhesive property to the transfer receiving material and a heat fusible black ink layer disposed on the substrate film through the peelable layer;thermally transferring the heat fusible black ink layer of the thermal transfer sheet to the receptor layer of the intermediate transfer recording medium together with the peelable layer and printing an image of the heat fusible black ink having an outermost layer having the adhesive property to the transfer receiving material; andtransferring the image of the heat fusible black ink to the transfer receiving material together with the receptor layer and fixing the image to the transfer receiving material through the outermost layer having the adhesive property.