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US 5,856,011 AGranted
Thermal transfer recording medium
AssigneeFujicopian Co., Ltd.
InventorJun Sogabe
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AssigneeFujicopian Co., Ltd.
InventorJun Sogabe
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A thermal transfer recording medium comprising a foundation, a heat-meltable ink layer comprising a coloring agent and a heat-meltable vehicle disposed on one side of the foundation, and a back layer comprising a heat-resistant resin disposed on the other side of the foundation, the ink layer containing a surface active agent, the back layer containing a surface active agent, the ink layer and the back layer satisfying the following relations: A.gtoreq.3, B.gtoreq.3, C.gtoreq.0, A>C, B>C, wherein A is the absolute value of the difference between the SP value of the heat-meltable vehicle of the ink layer and the SP value of the surface active agent contained in the ink layer; B is the absolute value of the difference between the SP value of the heat-resistant resin of the back layer and the SP value of the surface active agent contained in the back layer; and C is the absolute value of the difference between the SP value of the surface active agent contained in the ink layer and the SP value of the surface active agent contained in the back layer.
A thermal transfer recording medium comprising a foundation, a heat-meltable ink layer comprising a coloring agent and a heat-meltable vehicle disposed on one side of the foundation, and a back layer comprising a heat-resistant resin disposed on the other side of the foundation, the ink layer containing a surface active agent, the back layer containing a surface active agent, the ink layer and the back layer satisfying the following relations:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.