Fujicopian Co., Ltd.

Tadamichi Yamano

Jun Sogabe

Takao Arimura

Shinichi Ishikawa

A transfer medium for transferring a protective layer is provided which comprises at least one protective layer provided on a support, the protective layer comprising as a main component by weight an acryl-silica hybrid resin curable by irradiation with an ionizing radiation.

Transfer medium for transferring protective layer

An intermediate transfer sheet for use in an intermediate transfer type thermal transfer recording method is disclosed which comprises a support, and at least a protective layer and a receptive/adhesive layer laminated on the support in this order, the protective layer comprising as a main component by weight an acryl-silica hybrid resin curable by irradiation with an ionizing radiation.

Intermediate transfer sheet

A process for producing a thermal transfer recording medium having a near end mark, which comprises: applying a near end mark ink onto the uppermost het-meltable layer of a thermal transfer recording medium and drying the resultant to form a near end mark, the near end mark ink being a white ink comprising a white pigment, a resin, a wax and a solvent, the white pigment comprising 40 to 60% by weight of the total amount of solid matters of the ink, the resin comprising at least one resin selected from the group consisting of terpene.phenol copolymer resin, phenol resin and polyethylene glycol resin, the wax comprising a particulate wax having an ester group and a melting point of not lower than 75.degree. C., the solvent being capable of dissolving the resin and incapable of dissolving the particulate wax.

Process for producing thermal transfer recording medium having near end

A solvent-free heat meltable solid ink is provided which ensures printed images of good fastness without any deterioration of its coating properties and which comprises a rosin-type resin in an amount of not less than 10% by weight based on the total amount of the ink, and a coloring agent comprising carbon black and an oil-soluble dye. In one embodiment of the present invention, the oil-soluble dye is a metal complex dye.

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Osaka, Japan

Tadamichi Yamano