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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tomoyuki Idehara, Tokyo-To, JP;
Kenji Sakamoto, Tokyo-To, JP;
Kyoko Nishigaya, Tokyo-To, JP;
Kazushi Kimura, Tokyo-To, JP;
Hitoshi Saito, Tokyo-To, JP;
Ayako Mishina, Tokyo-To, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/035 ; B41M 5/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/035 ; B41M 5/38 ;
Abstract
A thermal transfer image-receiving sheet is provided which, when a protective layer is formed by thermal transfer on an image formed of a chelated dye, can provide excellent adhesion of the protective layer onto the image and can realize good image quality. The thermal transfer image-receiving sheet comprises: a substrate sheet; and a receptive layer provided on the substrate sheet, the receptive layer comprising a metal source, a protective layer bonding/holding agent, and a binder resin.