Patent ID: 7534546
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
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 at least one receptor layer of the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet described below can be contacted with a thermal transfer layer of the heat-sensitive transfer sheet described below; and providing thermal energy in accordance with image signals given from a thermal head, thereby to form an image; (i) wherein the heat-sensitive transfer sheet comprises said thermal transfer layer that contains a thermally transferable color material and at least one polyester as a binder component of the thermal transfer layer, in which at least one-second by molar ratio of the acid component of said polyester is terephtharic acid; and (ii) wherein the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet comprises, on a support, said at least one receptor layer that contains at least one of polyester and/or polycarbonate polymers.