Image formation on objective bodies

A process for forming images on an objective body, which comprises forming by sublimation image transfer, on the basis of image data, images on an image-transferable sheet for image transfer and, by the use of said sheet with said images thus formed thereon, transferring said images onto said body, wherein the images are formed in accordance with image data and by the use of a dyestuff that is capable of depositing in or on an image-reception layer of said image-transferable sheet comprising the image-reception layer provided separately on one surface of a sheet-like substrate constituting said image-transferable sheet, and then after formation of the images, said image-reception layer of said sheet is caused to adhere to said objective body, wherein the step of causing the image-reception layer to adhere to said body is carried out with the use of a heat bond sheet.

A process for forming images on an objective body, which comprises forming by sublimation image transfer, on the basis of image data, images on an image-transferable sheet for image transfer and, by the use of said sheet with said images thus formed thereon, transferring said images onto said body, wherein the images are formed in accordance with image data and by the use of a dyestuff that is capable of depositing in or on an image-reception layer of said image-transferable sheet comprising the image-reception layer provided separately on one surface of a sheet-like substrate constituting said image-transferable sheet, and then after formation of the images, said image-reception layer of said sheet is caused to adhere to said objective body, wherein the image-reception layer of the image-transfer sheet is formed with the images in positive or regular mode when viewed from an image-forming surface of the image-reception layer.

A process for forming images on an objective body, which comprises forming by sublimation image transfer, on the basis of image data, images on an image-transferable sheet for image transfer and, by the use of said sheet with said images thus formed thereon, transferring said images onto said body, wherein the images are formed in accordance with image data and by the use of a dyestuff that is capable of depositing in or on an image-reception layer of said image-transferable sheet comprising the image-reception layer provided separately on one surface of a sheet-like substrate constituting said image-transferable sheet, and then after formation of the images, said image-reception layer of said sheet is caused to adhere to said objective body, wherein the image-reception layer that has already been formed with the images is subjected provisionally to an image-transfer procedure on an intermediate transfer substrate and then, the once transferred image-reception layer is retransferred onto the objective body.

An image-transferable sheet for image-transfer onto the surface of an objective body, comprising a sheet-like substrate, an image-reception layer separably provided on one surface of said substrate, and, at least one of a parting agent layer, an intermediate layer and a protecting layer, provided between said image-reception layer and said sheet-like substrate, wherein said image-reception layer is composed of a material on or in which at least a thermally transferable dye-stuff can be deposited.

An image-transferable sheet for image-transfer onto the surface of an objective body, comprising a sheet-like substrate, an image-reception layer separably provided on one surface of said substrate, and an adhesively sticking layer provided between said image-reception layer and said sheet-like substrate, wherein said image-reception layer is composed of a material on or in which at least a thermally transferable dye-stuff can be deposited.

An image-transferable sheet for image-transfer onto the surface of an objective body, comprising a sheet-like substrate, an image-reception layer separably provided on one surface of said substrate, a parting agent layer provided between said image-reception layer and said sheet-like substrate and an adhesively sticking layer provided on said parting agent layer which is in contact with said image-reception layer, wherein said image-reception layer is composed of a material on or in which at least a thermally transferable dye-stuff can be deposited.

An image-transferable sheet for image-transfer onto the surface of an objective body, comprising a sheet-like substrate and an image-reception layer separably provided on one surface of said substrate, wherein said image-reception layer is composed of a material on or in which at least a thermally transferable dye-stuff can be deposited, and said image-reception layer is provided in a separable manner, through the intermediary of a weak-sticking adhesive layer, on one surface of said sheet-like substrate.

A sublimatingly image-transferred product, comprising an article per se and an image reception layer provided thereon and having an image pattern formed on said layer, wherein (1) said image pattern formed on said image-reception layer is formed at a bottom portion thereof and is positioned to face towards the article or on an outer surface of said image-reception layer and (2) a protecting layer is formed on the surface of said image-reception layer.

A process for forming images on an objective body, which comprises forming by sublimation image transfer, on the basis of image data, images on an image-transferable sheet for image transfer and, by the use of said sheet with said images thus formed thereon, transferring said images onto said body, wherein the images are formed in accordance with image data and by the use of a dyestuff that is capable of depositing in or on an image-reception layer of said image-transferable sheet comprising the image-reception layer provided separately on one surface of a sheet-like substrate constituting said image-transferable sheet, and then after formation of the images, said image-reception layer of said sheet is caused to adhere to said objective body, wherein the image-transferable sheet comprises a sheet-like substrate, on one surface of which, a protecting layer and an image-reception layer are so provided that said image-reception layer is separable between said protecting layer and said substrate, and said image-reception layer is subjected, together with said protecting layer to an image-transfer step upon completion of the image-formation.