Patent ID: 8298988

Claim:
A thermal transfer sheet comprising: a base material sheet comprising a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface; a thermal transfer dye layer containing a dye, the thermal transfer dye layer is disposed on the top surface of the base material sheet and a heat-resistant lubricating layer is disposed on the bottom surface of the base material sheet, wherein, the heat-resistant lubricating layer contains at least one silicone compound represented by Chemical formula 1 or Chemical formula 2, Chemical formulae 1 and 2 being, where in each of Chemical formula 1 and Chemical formula 2, each of R 1 contains an alkyl group, an alkylene group, a phenyl group, an ether group or an ester group, each of R 2 represents an alkyl group or an alkylene group having the carbon number of 1 to 50, and n and m represent individually an integer of 1 to 200.