Patent ID: 6989350

Claim:
A protective layer thermal transfer sheet, comprising: a substrate sheet; a release layer provided on at least a part of one side of the substrate sheet; a protective layer provided on the release layer; and an optional adhesive layer provided on the protective layer; wherein: the release layer contains a resin and a filler; the release layer has a roughened surface; the filler is present in the release layer at a PV ratio of from 0.05 to 0.5% by weight so as to provide an image with a gloss of from 0 to 50.0 when the protective layer is transferred from the protective layer thermal transfer sheet onto the image; the PV ratio is a ratio of a solid content of the filler in the release layer to a solid content of a binder in the release layer; and the gloss is measured at an angle of incidence of 45 degrees with a glossmeter.