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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Naotaka Wachi, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuru Yamamoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Akira Hatakeyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Susumu Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/035 ; B41M 5/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/035 ; B41M 5/38 ;
Abstract
An image-forming material comprising: an image-receiving sheet comprising a support and an image-receiving layer and; a thermal transfer sheet comprising a support, alight-to-heat conversion layer and an image-forming layer, wherein an outermost surface of the side of the thermal transfer sheet in which the image-forming layer is provided has a scratch resistance of from 50 g to 200 g at the time that the surface is scratched with a stylus having a radius of curvature of 0.25 mm at a velocity of 1 cm/sec and a method using the image-forming material.