Intermediate transfer medium and process for producing image-recorded article making use of the same

A process for producing an image-recorded article, comprising the steps of;

• forming on an image-receiving adhesive layer of an intermediate transfer medium a multi-level image pattern formed of a sublimation ink and a binary image pattern formed of a coloring heat-melting ink and feasible for optical machine reading, by means of a thermal head by the use of a transfer ribbon alternately repeatedly provided with heat-sublimation ink layers and coloring heat-melting ink layers;
• said intermediate transfer medium comprising a heat-resistant base sheet and provided thereon i) a release layer and ii) an image-receiving adhesive layer comprised of a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition point of from 50.degree. C. to 150.degree. C. and a filler added to the thermoplastic resin and selected from an inorganic filler having a melting point of 200.degree. C. or above and an organic filler having a softening point or decomposition point of 200.degree. C. or above;
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• thermally transferring to a transfer substrate the image-receiving adhesive layer on which each image pattern has been formed, together with said release layer.

A process for producing an image-recorded article, comprising the steps of;

• forming on an image-receiving adhesive layer of an intermediate transfer medium a multi-level image pattern formed of a sublimation ink and a binary image pattern formed of a coloring heat-melting ink and feasible for optical machine reading, by means of a thermal head by the use of a transfer ribbon alternately repeatedly provided with heat-sublimation ink layers and coloring heat-melting ink layers;
• said intermediate transfer medium comprising a heat-resistant base sheet and provided thereon i) a release layer, ii) a hologram forming layer, iii) a transparent thin-film layer and iv) an image-receiving adhesive layer comprised of a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition point of from 50.degree. C. to 150.degree. C. and a filler added to the thermoplastic resin and selected from an inorganic filler having a melting point of 200.degree. C. or above and an organic filler having a softening point or decomposition point of 200.degree. C. or above,;
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• thermally transferring to a transfer substrate the image-receiving adhesive layer on which each image pattern has been formed, together with said release layer, said hologram forming layer and said transparent thin-film layer.