Sony Corporation

New Oji Paper Co, Ltd.

New Ojl Paper Co., Ltd.

Toshikazu Nagura

Huy Sam

Yoshinori Nakamura

Yukio Kusaka

Shigeo Hayashi

Yoshio Fujiwara

Shigeo Hayasi

Hiroyuki Nemoto

Rumiko Kamimura

A printing sheet of the type which is used in a thermal transfer system, the printing sheet comprising a support and a dye receiving layer formed thereon, the dye receiving layer including a polymer containing isocyanate group, the polymer having polysiloxane unit and urea unit. The isocyanate group-containing polymer is selected from a reaction product between a multifunctional polyisocyanate compound and amino-modified silicone, or a reaction product between a multifunctional polyisocyanate compound and alcohol-modified silicone or carboxyl-modified silicone and an amine compound or water. According to the present invention, both the writing characteristic and anti-sebaceous characteristic on an image surface are improved simultaneously while basic characteristics such as printing sheet sensitivity, image preservative stability, and so on, are satisfied.

Printing sheet and manufacturing method therefor

A thermal transfer dye image-receiving sheet having a high resistance to curling and capable of smoothly travelling through a printer, and recording thereon dye images, includes a substrate sheet formed from a polyolefin resin and inorganic particles and a dye receiving resin layer formed on the substrate sheet, the substrate sheet having a longitudinal thermal shrinkage of 1.5% or less and a transversal thermal shrinkage of 0.5% upon heating from 20.degree. C. to 120.degree. C., and a longitudinal tensile elastic modulus of 50 MPa or less and a transversal tensile elastic modulus of 100 MPa or less at 120.degree. C.

Thermal transfer dye image-receiving sheet

An image receiving sheet for thermal transfer printing according to the present invention comprises a dye receiving layer, a foam film, an adhesive layer, a release layer, a support layer and a lubricant layer which are successively laminated. The image receiving sheet for thermal transfer printing has a seal portion consisting of the dye receiving layer, the foam film and the adhesion layer, also having a support portion consisting of the release layer, the support layer and the lubricant layer. The image receiving sheet for thermal transfer printing according to the present invention is formed such that:

Image receiving sheet for thermal transfer printing

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Kanagawa, Japan

Toshikazu Nagura