Patent ID: 6936395

Claim:
An electrophotographic image receiving sheet for use in an electrophotography in which a fixing belt is used to fix a toner image, said electrophotographic image receiving sheet comprising: a support sheet; a toner image receiving layer formed on said support sheet for accepting toner, said toner image receiving layer containing a release agent and satisfying the following condition: γ sp 0 −γsp 1 ≧2.5[mJ/m 2 ] where γsp 0 is the value of a polar component of surface free energy of said toner image receiving layer before heating the photoelectric image receiving sheet in the unit of mJ/m 2 ; and γsp 1 is the value of a polar component of surface free energy of said toner image receiving layer after having heated the photoelectric image receiving sheet to 120° C. and then cooled it to 25° C. in the unit of mJ/m 2 .