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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1992
Tetsuo Okuyama, Yokohama, JP;
Nanao Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Takayama, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriaki Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Tadayuki Nakamura, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A thermal transfer recording medium includes a sheet-like base member and a hot-melt ink layer containing a colorant and a hot-melt material. The hot-melt ink layer contains a hot-melt material having a melting point Tm of 70.degree. to 90.degree. C., a complex elastic modulus of 10.sup.6 Pa to 10.sup.7 Pa at 100.degree. C., and a pour point Tp of 150.degree. C. or more, the hot-melt ink layer is in an amorphous or microcrystalline state and satisfies condition I/I.sub.0 .ltoreq.0.9 where I is the diffraction peak intensity in a range of 21.3.degree. to 21.5.degree. originated from an ethylene-based crystal and measured by an x-ray diffraction method, and I0 is the halo intensity in a range of 16.degree. to 17.degree. originated from an amorphous part, or the hot-melt ink layer contains a low-melting point crystalline material having a specific acid value and a specific saponification value and 15 to 30 wt % of a specific copolymer resin whose ethylene content is 65 to 80 wt % and a melt index of 60 or less.