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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1995
Hiromi Tuyuguchi, Osaka, JP;
Jun Sogabe, Osaka, JP;
Fujicopian Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A thermal transfer recording medium for forming a multi-color or full-color image including at least one region wherein different color ink dots are superimposed one on another to develop a color by virtue of subtractive color mixture, comprising a foundation, and a yellow heat-meltable ink layer, a magenta heat-meltable ink layer and a cyan heat-meltable ink layer disposed on the foundation in a side-by-side relation in a predetermined order, and respective release layers each comprising a wax interposed between the foundation and the respective color ink layers, the melt viscosities at a predetermined temperature of the respective release layers corresponding to the respective color ink layers being stepwise decreased in the order in which the respective color ink layers are transferred. A thermal transfer recording medium wherein the respective color ink layers are provided on separate foundations is included.