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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2001
Nobuyoshi Taguchi, Ikoma, JP;
Shigeru Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide an image receiving layer ( ) which alliveates or substantially dissolves at least one problem selected from a low quality of the image such as glossiness and sharpness, a low preservative property of the image such as heat resistance, and a high running cost. Moreover, an object of the present invention is to provide a thermal transfer recording image receiver ( ) having such image receiving layer ( ). To achieve the objects, the present invention provides a image receiving layer ( ) for a thermal transfer recording image receiver ( ) having a substrate ( ) and the image receiving layer ( ) characterized in that the image receiving layer ( ) is formed from a composition comprising an acrylic polyol resin and other thermoplastic resin. Further, the present invention provides such thermal transfer recording receiver ( ) having the image receiving layer as well as a thermal transfer recording method using the receiver.