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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2002
Hideyuki Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuru Yamamoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhito Miyake, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinichi Yoshinari, Shizuoka, JP;
Akira Hatakeyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Hideyuki Nakamura, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuru Yamamoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Kazuhito Miyake, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinichi Yoshinari, Shizuoka, JP;
Akira Hatakeyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A multicolor image-forming material comprising: an image-receiving sheet comprising an image-receiving layer; and at least four thermal transfer sheets each comprising a support, a photothermal converting layer and an image-forming layer, and each having a different color, wherein an image is formed by the method comprising the steps of: superposing each one of the at least four thermal transfer sheets on the image-receiving sheet to be in a state of the image-forming layer being in contact with the image-receiving layer; and irradiating the thermal transfer sheet with a laser beam to transfer an image in an area of the image-forming layer subjected to irradiation onto the image-receiving layer, and a ratio of the reflection optical density (OD) of the image-forming layer to a thickness of the image-forming layer (μm unit) is 1.50 or more to 1, and a contact angle in relation to water of the image-forming layer and the image-receiving layer is from 7.0 to 120.0°.