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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2004
Mitsuru Yamamoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Susumu Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Akihiro Shimomura, Shizuoka, JP;
Akira Hatakeyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Mitsuru Yamamoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Susumu Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Akihiro Shimomura, Shizuoka, JP;
Akira Hatakeyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A multicolor image-forming material comprises: an image-receiving sheet having an image-receiving layer and a support; and at least four thermal transfer sheets each including a support, a light-to-heat converting layer and an image-forming layer, in which each of the thermal transfer sheets has a different color, wherein a multicolor image is formed by: superposing the image-forming layer in each of the at least four thermal transfer sheets on the image-receiving layer, such that the image-forming layer is opposed to the image-receiving layer; irradiating the image-forming layer with a laser beam; transferring the irradiated area of the image-forming layer onto the image-receiving layer to form an image; and transferring the image on the image-receiving layer onto an actual printing paper, and each of the at least four thermal transfer sheets has a recording area being defined by a product of a length of 515 mm or more and width of 728 mm or more, and each of the at least four thermal transfer sheets is larger in each of a length-wise and a width-wise direction than the image-receiving sheet by 20 mm to 80 mm, and the actual printing paper is larger in each of a length-wise and a width-wise direction than the image-receiving sheet by 5 mm to 100 mm.