Patent ID: 6703087
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B41M

Abstract:
A thermal transfer material comprising a support, and on the support, an image forming layer which contains a pigment, at least one thermally fusible substance, and at least one resin,wherein given that a weight ratio of one thermally fusible substance i to one resin j is bij (the weight of the thermally fusible substance i/the weight of the resin j), and an absolute value of the difference between solubility parameter (SP) values of the thermally fusible substance i and the resin j is aij (the absolute value of (SP value of the thermally fusible substance i)âˆ’(SP value of the resin j)), bijaij); wherein the content of the thermally fusible substance in the image forming layer is 0.5 to 50% by weight with respect to the total weight of said image forming layer.