Intermediate transfer recording medium and printed product

An intermediate transfer recording medium comprising at least a substrate and a transferable portion which is peelably provided on the substrate, the transferable portion having a multilayered structure comprising at least a receptor layer and a peelable layer which is interposed between the receptor layer and the substrate and which facilitates the release of the transferable portion from the substrate,

• wherein at the time of peeling the transferable portion from the substrate after forming an image onto the receptor layer of the intermediate transfer recording medium by thermal transfer, the peeling strength of the transferable portion, measured by the peeling test at 180° angles in accordance with JIS Z0237, satisfies a relationship defined by the following inequality (1):
• |a−b|≦b/2 (1)
• wherein the peeling strength “a” is defined as the peeling strength of an image formed region in the transferable portion and the peeling strength “b” is defined as the peeling strength of an image non-formed region in the transferable portion.