Patent ID: 7955775

Claim:
An image-forming method comprising the steps of: superposing a heat-sensitive transfer sheet on a heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet so that at least one receptor layer of the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet can be contacted with a thermal transfer layer of the heat-sensitive transfer sheet described below; and providing thermal energy in accordance with image signals given from a thermal head, thereby to form an image; (i) wherein the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet comprises, on a support, at least one receptor layer that contains at least one polymer latex selected from the group consisting of a polymer latex of a polyvinyl chloride and a polymer latex of a copolymer comprising a monomer unit of vinyl chloride; and (ii) wherein the heat-sensitive transfer sheet comprises, on a support, a thermal transfer layer that contains at least one dye selected from the group consisting of dyes represented by formula (1): wherein, X 141 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or NR 146 ; X 142 represents a hydroxyl group, a mercapto group, or NHR 147 ; and R 141 , R 142 , R 143 , R 144 , R 145 , R 146 and R 147 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent; and wherein the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet has an interlayer containing hollow particles between the support and the receptor layer.