Patent ID: 8329615

Claim:
A method of image formation comprising: putting a thermal transfer sheet and a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet one upon another in such a manner that a dye layer of the thermal transfer sheet is kept in contact with a receiving layer of the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, wherein the thermal transfer sheet has at least one subbing layer of a titanium oxide film on a substrate film, having the dye layer on a part of the subbing layer and having a transferable protective layer laminate on the other part of the subbing layer than the part for the dye layer thereon, and wherein the thermal transfer image-receiving sheet has, on a support, at least one receiving layer containing a polymer latex, in which vinyl chloride is polymerized in at least 95 mol % of all the polymerization monomers, and a polyether-modified silicone, and having at least one heat-insulating layer; recording an image on the receiving layer by a heating device; and transferring at least a part of the transferable protective layer laminate onto the receiving layer by the heating device.