Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Naoshi Yamamoto

Youji Ide

Tetsuji Kunitake

Keiichi Shiokawa

Yasumitsu Kuga

A thermal image transfer recording medium includes a heat resistant substrate; an intermediate layer with a voidage of 20% or less, which includes a granular thermofusible material and a thermoplastic resin, formed on the heat resistant substrate; and a thermal image transfer ink layer containing a coloring agent, formed on the intermediate layer.

Thermal image transfer recording medium

A thermal image transfer recording medium is disclosed, which comprises a substrate and an ink layer formed thereon comprising as the main components (i) a coloring agent and (ii) a copolymer consisting of at least a monomer selected from Group A consisting of acrylonitrile and methacrylonitrile and at least a monomer selected from Group B consisting of monomers represented by the following formula (I); ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen or a methyl group; and R.sup.2 represents hydrogen, a straight-chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a glycidyl group, or a hydroxyalkyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms.

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Fuji, Japan

Naoshi Yamamoto