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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 22, 1990
Masato Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Niro Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A coloring agent carrying medium comprises a heat-resistant flexible substrate having a front surface, a plurality of transfer ink films formed on the front surface of the heat-resistant substrate at spacings and containing a pigment transferred to a recording medium upon application of heat, and a plurality of sublimation ink films formed on the front surface of the heat-resistant substrate between the transfer ink films and containing dyestuffs and at least one binder mainly composed of a crosslinked product of polyvinyl alcohol, and the binder allows the dyestuffs to penetrate into the recording medium without leaving from the heat-resistant flexible substrate.