Method for forming print, method for peeling off transfer layer, and thermal transfer printer

A method for peeling off a transfer layer, using a transfer film comprising a transfer layer provided on one surface of a support, and a thermal transfer sheet comprising a peel-off layer provided on a substrate;

• comprising,
• removing a removal region of the transfer layer of the transfer film by means of the peel-off layer of the thermal transfer sheet;
• the method being characterized by
• preparing the transfer film in which the transfer layer is provided on one surface of the support:
• preparing as the thermal transfer sheet (i) a thermal transfer sheet comprising a fusible layer and the peel-off layer provided on the same surface of the substrate or (ii) a first thermal transfer sheet comprising a fusible layer provided on one surface of a first substrate and a second thermal transfer sheet comprising a peel-off layer provided on one surface of a second substrate;
• transferring the fusible layer onto at least a portion on the removal region of the transfer layer;
• and
• removing the removal region of the transfer layer by means of the peel-off layer after transferring the fusible-layer transfer.

A thermal transfer printer comprising:

• a first feeding unit for feeding a transfer film in which a transfer layer is provided on one surface of a support,
• a second feeding unit for feeding a thermal transfer sheet in which a peel-off layer and a fusible layer are provided on the same surface of a substrate,
• a printing unit for heating the thermal transfer sheet, transferring the fusible layer onto at least a portion of a removal region of the transfer layer, and after transfer of the fusible layer, removing the removal region of the transfer layer by means of the peel-off layer,
• a third feeding unit for feeding a transfer receiving article, and
• a transfer unit for transferring the transfer layer from which the removal region has been removed onto the transfer receiving article.