Patent ID: 8545949

Claim:
A resin composition used to form a dye-receiving layer of a thermal transfer-receiving sheet in which the dye-receiving layer is formed on at least one surface of a substrate, the resin composition comprising: a core/shell-type latex including a core containing an acrylic resin, the acrylic resin at least comprising as one of its monomers a substituted or unsubstituted phenoxyalkyl (meth)acrylate and/or a substituted or unsubstituted phenoxy polyalkylene glycol (meth)acrylate and a shell containing a urethane resin containing a carboxyl group; and a cross-linking agent that reacts with a carboxyl group contained in the shell, wherein, the mass ratio of the core to shell is from 8:2 to 4:6, inclusive.