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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1999
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an image recording sheet and a covering-layer-forming material of the image recording sheet for recording a predetermined image by an image recording apparatus of the ink jet method or the like, and provides the image recording sheet and the covering-layer-forming material of the image recording sheet that permit a covering layer to be formed on an ink receiving layer easily and at low cost, that permit the covering layer to cover the ink receiving layer firmly, that are free of occurrence of the damage such as peeling of the covering layer off the ink receiving layer or the like, and that permit recording to a high-quality and analog-look image, i.e., an images like a silver-salt photograph. For realizing it, the present invention provides the image recording sheet used for recording the image in the ink receiving layer formed on a surface of a base material by the image recording device of the ink jet method or the like and covering surfaces of the ink receiving layer and image by a covering layer to record the predetermined image, wherein the covering layer is formed by transferring a covering layer formed in a separable state on a release sheet, directly onto the ink receiving layer, or with a transfer auxiliary layer in between, or with a preformed covering layer of the same material as the covering layer in between.