Patent ID: 6986824

Claim:
A process for forming images comprising the steps of: conducting recording on a recording medium provided with an image-receiving layer, the image-receiving layer containing inorganic particles having a diameter of 0.1 to 10 μm for imparting a matted appearance to the surface of the image receiving layer, laminating a laminating film supplied from a roll, having a thickness of 2 to 40 μm and consisting of a thermoplastic resin film composed of two thermoplastic polymer layers onto the image-receiving layer, the glass transition point of one of the polymer layers on the side directly laminated onto the image-receiving layer being lower than that of the other of the polymer layers on the side opposite to the image-receiving layer; and plasticizing and smoothing the surface of the thermoplastic resin film that is opposite to the surface in contact with the image-receiving layer with heating and pressurizing means to bond a back side of the thermoplastic resin film onto the image-receiving layer.