Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Yuichi Taka

Tadafumi Tatewaki

Youji Ide

Tetsuji Kunitake

Shigeru Miyajima

Yoshihiko Hiyoshi

Kumi Surizaki

Nobuyuki Maeda

Moriyasu Nagai

Keishi Taniguchi

A thermal image transfer recording medium is composed of a support, a thermosensitive image transfer layer formed thereon, and a back layer containing a silicone rubber and a silicone oil with a thickness of 0.001 to 0.1 .mu.m formed on the back side of the support opposite to the thermosensitive image transfer layer.

Thermal image transfer recording medium

A thermal image transfer recording medium is composed of a support and a thermofusible ink layer formed on the support, with the water-content ratio of the recording medium excluding the support being in the range of 0.3 to 4.0 wt. % of the total weight of the recording medium excluding the support.

A thermal image transfer recording medium is composed of a support and a thermofusible ink layer formed thereon, and the thermofusible ink layer contains as the main components a coloring agent, a wax component and a rubber elastomer component which is discontinuously dispersed in the form of layers in the thermofusible ink layer, or is composed of a first ink layer containing a wax component and a rubber elastomer and a second ink layer containing a coloring agent, a wax component and a binder resin, which is overlaid on the first ink layer.

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