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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1998
Abstract
A thermal transfer image receiving sheet is provided which causes none of offset of an antistatic agent, transfer of the antistatic agent onto a carrier roll of a thermal transfer printer, a lowering in whiteness of the thermal transfer image receiving sheet, and a remarkable lowering in coating strength under high humidity environment and possesses excellent and stable antistatic properties. The thermal transfer image receiving sheet comprises: a substrate sheet; a dye-receptive layer provided on at least one side of the substrate sheet; and a conductive layer as at least one layer provided between the substrate sheet and the receptive layer or as at least one layer provided on the substrate sheet in its side remote from the receptive layer. The conductive layer contains a conductive needle crystal. By virtue of the above constitution, the conductive layer possesses excellent adhesion to the substrate sheet and other layers and has high whiteness, and the thermal transfer image receiving sheet causes no change in properties, such as coating strength and the like, with environmental variations and possesses excellent antistatic properties.