Patent ID: 7932210
Filing Date: 2011-04-26
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 the following at least one receptor layer of the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet can be contacted with the following thermal transfer layer of the heat-sensitive transfer sheet; and providing thermal energy in accordance with image signals, thereby to form a thermal transfer image; wherein the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet comprises, on a support, at least one receptor layer containing a polymer latex, and at least one heat insulation layer containing hollow polymer particles and a water-soluble polymer as a binder resin, wherein at least one of the receptor layer and the heat insulation layer of the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet contains a compound that enables crosslinking to a water-soluble polymer, and wherein the heat-sensitive transfer sheet comprises, on a support, a thermal transfer layer containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by formula (Y), a compound represented by formula (M) and a compound represented by formula (C): wherein, in formula (Y), D wherein, in formula (M), D wherein, in formula (C), D