Patent ID: 6913866
Filing Date: 2005-07-05
Classification: B41M

Abstract:
1. A multicolor image-forming material comprising: an image-receiving sheet comprising a support, a cushion layer, and an image-receiving layer; and at least four thermal transfer sheets each comprising a support, a light-to-heat converting layer and an image-forming layer, and each having a different color, at least one layer of the image-receiving layer and the cushion layer, and each of the image-forming layers comprises a flourine-series surface active agent which is homopolymer prepared from a polymerizable monomer represented by the following formula (1) and having a weight average molecular weight Mw of 3000 or more: wherein n represents an integer of from 2 to 14, R represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and L represents a single bond or a divalent organic group comprising at least one of an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, a sulfur atom and a carbon atom, wherein an image is formed by the method comprising the steps of: superposing each one of the at least four thermal transfer sheets on the image-receiving sheet to be in a state of the image-forming layer being in contact with the image-receiving layer; and irradiating the thermal transfer sheet with a laser beam to transfer an image in an area of the image-forming layer subjected to irradiation onto the image-receiving layer.