Patent ID: 7101825

Claim:
A thermal transfer printing receiver sheet for use in association with a compatible donor sheet, the receiver sheet having a first and a second surface, the receiver sheet comprising: a receiving layer to receive a dye thermally transferred from the associated compatible donor sheet, and further comprising a release medium, an adhesion-promoting medium and an antistatic medium, wherein said release medium, said adhesion-promoting medium and said anti-static medium are, independently, present as a coating on at least part of at least one surface of the receiving layer or present in the receiving layer, wherein said receiving layer has an ABA multilayer structure comprising a substrate layer comprising polyethylene terephthalate, wherein said substrate layer is disposed between first and second dye-receptive layers, said dye receptive layers comprising a copolyester of from 65 to 85 mole % ethylene terephthalate and from 35 to 15 mol % ethylene isophthalate and wherein the adhesion-promoting medium on the second surface of the receiver sheet comprises a phthalate ester.