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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2003
Applicants:
Yoshifumi Noge, Numazu, JP;
Shigeru Miyajima, Fuji, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshifumi Noge, Numazu, JP;
Shigeru Miyajima, Fuji, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M 5/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A receiving paper for thermal transfer recording, having a paper substrate; an ink receiving layer located overlying one side of the paper substrate and configured to receive a heat-melted or heat-softened ink; and a tackifying layer located overlying another side of the substrate, wherein the ink receiving layer is formed by coating an ink receiving layer forming liquid including a resin emulsion overlying the paper substrate; and heating the coating of ink layer forming liquid to a temperature not less than a minimum filming temperature of the resin emulsion.