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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
Tatsuo Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yukio Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Nakama, Himeji, JP;
Shinichi Morisuna, Kawanishi, JP;
Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The transfer sheet comprises a support and a transfer layer capable of separating from the support and of fixing a toner image formed by an electrophotographic printer, wherein an average value of a surface roughness of the transfer layer is 0.5 to 3.5 &mgr;m. The transfer layer may comprise a thermoplastic resin and a fine particle. A weight ratio of the thermoplastic resin to the fine particle is about 50/50 to 99/1. The thermoplastic resin may be a thermoplastic polyurethane-series resin, and the fine particle may be a polyethylene fine particle having a mean particle size of about 1 to 100 &mgr;m.