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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2002
Shinichi Yoshinari, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinji Fujimoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinichi Yoshinari, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinji Fujimoto, Shizuoka, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a multi-color image-forming material for recording an image by using an image-receiving sheet having an image-receiving layer and at least 4 kinds of heat transfer sheets different from each other in color and comprising a support having provided thereon at least a light-to-heat conversion layer and an image-forming layer, superposing the image-forming layer of each of the thermal transfer sheet on the image-receiving layer of the image-receiving sheet, in which the image-forming layer is opposed to the image-receiving layer, and irradiating a laser light thereto to transfer the laser-irradiated area of the image-forming layer to the image-receiving layer of the image-receiving sheet, wherein the material contains a heat transfer sheet (X) having an image-forming layer containing one selected from among Pigment Red 48:1, Pigment Red 48:3, Pigment Green 7, Pigment Blue 15:6, Pigment Blue 60, Pigment Violet 23 and Pigment Orange 43, and a method for forming a multi-color image comprises using an image-receiving sheet having an image-receiving layer and at least 5 kinds of heat transfer sheets including thermal transfer sheets for a color of yellow, magenta, cyan or black and each comprising a support having provided thereon at least a light-to-heat conversion layer and an image-forming layer, superposing the image-forming layer of each of the thermal transfer sheet on the image-receiving layer of the image-receiving sheet, and irradiating a laser light thereto to transfer the laser-irradiated area of the image-forming layer to the image-receiving layer of the image-receiving sheet and effect image recording, thus providing a multi-color image having an enlarged scope of reproducible hues.