Patent ID: 6872688

Claim:
An image-forming material comprising: an image-receiving sheet comprising an image-receiving layer and a support; and a thermal transfer sheet comprising a light-to-heat conversion layer, an image-forming layer and a support, which is used with laser light, wherein at least one layer in at least one of the image-receiving sheet and the thermal transfer sheet comprises a copolymer comprising monomers represented by the following formulae (a), (b) and (c): wherein R 01 to R 07 each independently represents a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from 1 to 5 carbons, R 1 represents a single bond or a liking group containing at least one of an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom and a sulfur atom, R 2 represents a single bond or a linking group containing at least one of a carbon atom, an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom and a sulfur atom, n represents an integer of 1 to 20, m represents an integer of 2 to 14, and 1 represents an integer of 0 to 10.