Patent ID: 7435531

Claim:
An image forming transfer material comprising at least an alkali-soluble thermoplastic resin layer, an oxygen blocking layer, and a photosensitive resin layer, which are removably coated on a flexible temporary support having a superior separating property from the alkali-soluble thermoplastic resin layer in this order, wherein the image forming material includes, in at least the thermoplastic resin layer and in the photosensitive resin layer, a copolymer comprising a monomer represented by the following general formula (a) and a monomer represented by the following general formula (b), a content ratio by mass of the monomer represented by general formula (a) to the monomer represented by general formula (b) is from 20/80 to 60/40: in the formulae, each of R1, R2 and R3 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R4 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, n represents an integer of 1 to 18, m represents an integer of 2 to 14, each of p and q represents an integer of 0 to 18, however p and q cannot be 0 simultaneously, and wherein the thermoplastic resin layer is configured to separate from the flexible support upon transfer of the thermoplastic resin layer, the oxygen blocking layer and the photosensitive resin layer to a permanent substrate.