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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1997
Satoshi Narita, Tokyo-to, JP;
Mitsuhiro Hamashima, Tokyo-to, JP;
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Tokyo-to, JP;
Abstract
An image receiving sheet comprises a paper substrate, a foamed layer formed on a paper substrate and a color receptor layer formed on the foamed layer. The image receiving sheet and an ink sheet are attached to each other in an overlapped fashion so that a printing energy from the thermal head is applied to all printing area at a time of image forming, the printing energy including an image-wise energy corresponding to image data and a background energy being applied to all printing area of the image receiving sheet and being defined in a look-up table, the image data is controlled by the look-up table. According to a thermal transfer recording method of the present invention, a good quality image can be formed on the image receiving sheet.