Laser thermal transfer recording method

Abstract

It is intended to provide a laser thermal transfer recording method which comprises the steps of feeding an image receptor sheet and a plural number of thermal transfer sheets from a recording medium cassette, superposing the image receptor layer of the image receptor sheet upon the image formation layer of the thermal transfer sheets and holding them on a recording medium support member, and then irradiating the thermal transfer sheets with laser beams appropriate for image data to transfer the laser-irradiated regions on the image formation layer onto the image receptor layer of the image receptor sheet thereby recording an image, characterized in that the image receptor sheet and the thermal transfer sheets are laminated in the order of feeding into the recording medium support member and contained in the recording medium cassette and the coefficient(s) of static friction of the back layer surface of the image receptor sheet and/or the above-described thermal transfer sheets are 0.7 or below. According to this laser thermal transfer recording method, each sheet can be transported and fed in a stable state without causing jamming or positioning error to thereby give an image free from any defect in the image caused by the adhesion of foreign materials or mistaken color recording order due to an error in manual operation.

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