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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2002
Atsushi Nakajima, Hino, JP;
Katsumi Maejima, Hino, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A laser thermal transfer recording method is disclosed. The method employs an ink sheet having a light-heat conversion layer an a laser thermal transfer image receiving sheet having an image receiving layer in which Vicat softening point of the resin composing the thermoplastic layer of the image receiving layer is less than 80° C., and one of the image receiving layer and the ink layer contains a matting agent having a particle diameter larger than the thickness of the layer containing matting agent, the projection height of the matting agent is less than 3.5 &mgr;m and the frequency of the projections is from 400/mm to 4,000/mm , and the peeling angle of the ink sheet and the image receiving sheet is controlled at an angle less than 30°.