Image receiving medium for use in sublimation-type thermal image transfer recording system
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsNaoya Morohoshi, Hiroyuki Uemura, Hidehiro Mochizuki, Masaru Shimada
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Abstract
An image receiving medium for use in a sublimation-type thermal image transfer recording system, comprising a substrate, and a dye receiving layer formed thereon, comprising (a) a resin which can be dyed with a heat-sublimable dye, such as a copolymer of vinyl chloride and vinyl acetate, (b) a first silicone oil which is compatible with the resin, such as polyether-modified silicone oil, and (c) a second silicone oil which is not compatible with the resin, such as amino-modified silicone oil.
Claims10
An image receiving medium for use in a sublimation thermal image transfer recording system, comprising a substrate, and a dye receiving layer formed thereon, comprising:
- (a) a resin which can be dyed with a heat-sublimable dye,
- (b) a first silicone oil which is compatible with said resin, and
- (c) a second silicone oil which is not compatible with said resin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.