Fujicopian Co., Ltd.

Seigo Kato

Hideki Suematsu

Yoshihide Kaneshiro

Yukihiro Uejima

A heat-sensitive transfer recording medium comprising a substrate and a heat-sensitive transfer ink layer provided on the substrate, the heat-sensitive transfer ink layer being a coating of a hot-melt ink containing no solvent therein, the heat-sensitive transfer ink layer containing carbon black having a DBP oil absorption of 100 to 200 ml/100 g and a BET specific surface area of 100 m /g or less, and the heat-sensitive transfer ink layer having a surface resistivity of not more than 10 &OHgr;/&square;.

Heat-sensitive transfer recording medium

A thermal transfer recording medium is disclosed which comprises a foundation, and an ink layer and an adhesive layer provided on one side of the foundation in this order, the adhesive layer comprising a binder comprising a thermoplastic resin (A) and particles comprising a thermoplastic resin (B) dispersed in the binder, the adhesive layer having an uneven surface resulting from the particles, the thermoplastic resin (A) and the thermoplastic resin (B) being different from each other and the same at least in their main constitutional units.

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Osaka-fu, Japan

Seigo Kato