Thermal Transfer Receiving Sheet, Production Method Thereof And Image Forming Method Using The Sheet

Patent Publication Number: US 7745374 B2

Title: Thermal transfer receiving sheet, production method thereof and image forming method using the sheet

Filing Date: August 4, 2004

Priority Date: August 5, 2003

Inventor(s): Yoshimasa Tanaka, Masato Kawamura, Chikara Tsukada, Kyoko Uchida, Toshikazu Onishi, Toru Nakai, Kazuyuki Tachibana, Hideaki Shinohara

Original Assignee / Applicant(s): Oji Paper Co., Ltd.

Link to Patent: US7745374B2

Summary:

The present invention discloses a thermal transfer receiving sheet, comprising a hollow particle-containing intermediate layer between a sheet-like support and an image receiving layer, suitable for use in a dye thermal transfer printer. In this publication, it is disclosed that various embodiments of the claimed thermal transfer receiving sheet were prepared and evaluated. One such evaluation included using the ‘receiving sheet’ of this invention in a commercially available thermal transfer video printer (M1, trade name, manufactured by Sony Corp.), a process wherein the ‘receiving sheet’ is fed through a set of rolls. In the said evaluation, it was observed that the nip pressure of the transporting roll was elevated. The said nip pressure was measured by using Fujifilm Prescale® and was observed to be 50 kg/cm2.