Thermal transfer recording medium
AssigneeFujicopian Co., Ltd.
InventorHideki Suematsu
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Abstract
A thermal transfer recording medium comprising a foundation, and a filling ink layer provided on the foundation, the filling ink layer being thermally transferred onto a receptor in advance of formation of a print image thereon, the filling ink layer comprising a release layer, a transfer layer having a high melt viscosity and an adhesive layer which three layers are stacked in this order on the foundation, with use of the recording medium, the surface of a receptor paper that is significantly uneven can be changed to a flat one by a single thermal transfer operation, and print images of high quality can be formed by transferring a colored ink layer onto the flat surface.
Claims7
A thermal transfer recording medium comprising a foundation, and a filling transfer layer provided on the foundation, the filling transfer layer being thermally transferred onto a receptor in advance of formation of a print image thereon, the filling transfer layer being colorlessly transparent and comprising a release layer containing a wax as the major component on a weight basis, a transfer layer comprising a tackifier resin as a main ingredient and having a high melt viscosity and an adhesive layer containing a wax as the major component on a weight basis, the three layers being stacked in this order on the foundation.
A thermal transfer recording medium comprising a foundation, a filling transfer layer provided on the foundation, a colored ink layer provided directly on the foundation in addition to the filling transfer layer, the colored ink layer comprising a heat-meltable vehicle and a coloring agent, the filling transfer layer being thermally transferred onto a receptor in advance of formation of a print image thereon,
- the filling transfer layer comprising a release layer containing a wax as the major component on a weight basis, a transfer layer comprising a tackifier resin as a main ingredient and having a high melt viscosity and an adhesive layer containing a wax as the major component on a weight basis, the three layers being stacked in this order on the foundation.
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