Patent ID: 7267864

Claim:
An image supporting material for fixably supporting an image of a color toner including at least a thermoplastic resin and a colorant, the image supporting material comprising: a base material; a light scattering layer provided on the base material and containing a white pigment and a thermoplastic resin; and a color toner receptive layer provided on the light scattering layer and containing at least a thermoplastic resin; wherein the thermoplastic resin in the light scattering layer comprises a polyolefin or a polyolefinic copolymer having a temperature Tb, at which viscosity becomes 5×10 3 Pa·s, of 100° C. or higher; and the thermoplastic resin in the color toner receptive layer comprises a resin obtained by melt mixing of a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous resin and having a temperature T 1 , at which viscosity becomes 10 3 Pa·s, equal to or higher than 65° C. but lower than 80° C.