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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1995
Koichi Shirai, Tokyo-To, JP;
Kazunobu Imoto, Tokyo-To, JP;
Abstract
A thermal transfer image-receiving sheet including a substrate, a receptive layer and a gloss control layer provided between the substrate and the receptive layer. The gloss control layer has a surface roughness of 0.07 to 2.00 .mu.m as measured according to ISO 4287/1. A method of controlling the gloss of a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet including a substrate and a receptive layer includes providing a gloss control layer between the substrate and the receptive layer and controlling the surface roughness of the gloss control layer, as measured according to ISO 4287/1, in the range of 0.07 to 2.00 .mu.m thereby to control the glossiness of the surface on the receptive layer side in the range of 10 to 95% as measured according to JIS Z8741 Method 4.