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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1996
Takeshi Nozaki, Tokyo-to, JP;
Abstract
A thermal transfer material and an image-forming method using the same are provided which can form a sublimation-transferred image, on a contemplated object, having neither dropouts nor unevenness, free from bleeding, and excellent in stabilities, that is, light fastness and fixability. The thermal transfer material comprises: a substrate; and a receptive layer separably provided on one surface of the substrate, the receptive layer containing a metal ion-containing compound. The image-forming method comprises the steps of: putting a thermal transfer material, comprising a substrate and a receptive layer separably provided on one surface of the substrate, on a dye layer so that the receptive layer comes into contact with the dye layer; heating the laminate to form an image on the receptive layer; and transferring the receptive layer with an image formed thereon onto an object, wherein the receptive layer contains a metal ion-containing compound and the dye layer contains a thermal diffusible dye capable of forming a chelate.