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US 6,475,695 B2Granted
Intermediate image receiving sheet for a thermal transfer recording method
AssigneeKonica Corporation
InventorsTakaaki Kuroki, Tatsuichi Maehashi
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Abstract
Disclosed is provide an intermediate image receiving sheet for a laser thermal transfer recording method, which can easily transfer an image to even a rough surface paper with high quality and stable repeatablility, and can use a variety of papers to produce and image proof which yields results similar to a print made in a production run.
Claims12
An intermediate image receiving sheet, comprising:
- (i) a support
- (ii) a thermoplastic layer which is capable of being thermally softened;
- (iii) an image receiving layer which is capable of receiving an image from an image recording material;
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- (iv) a releasing layer which is provided between the thermoplastic layer and the image receiving layer, and is capable of reducing the force necessary to peel the image receiving layer from the releasing layer when the image receiving layer is transferred to a final image forming material;
- wherein the intermediate image receiving sheet is capable of transferring the image and the image receiving layer to the final image forming material by a process of applying heat or pressure to the intermediate image receiving sheet, and the force to peel the image receiving layer transferred to the final image recording material from the releasing layer is 1 to 100 g/cm, the force being measured with a material whose Bekk smoothness is 0 to 15 seconds at 25° C. and RH 50%, defined by JIS P8119.
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