Claims
- 1. An image-transfer medium for ink-jet printing comprising a base material, and a releasing layer on the base material and at least two transfer layers provided on the releasing layer, said transfer layers in combination comprise fine particles of a thermoplastic resin, a thermoplastic resin binder, inorganic fine particles and a coupling agent, at least one of said transfer layers containing the coupling agent and a second of said transfer layers containing a thermoplastic resin reactive to the coupling agent, wherein the coupling agent chemically bonds the inorganic fine particles to the fine particles of the thermoplastic resin or the thermoplastic resin binder when said transfer layers are heated to conduct transfer printing.
- 2. The image-transfer medium according to claim 1, wherein the transfer layer closest to the base material side is a uniform film transfer layer free of fine particles of the thermoplastic resin.
- 3. The image-transfer medium according to claim 2, wherein the uniform film transfer layer and the other transfer layer(s) comprise the same thermoplastic resin.
- 4. The image transfer medium according to claim 1, wherein the coupling agent and the inorganic fine particles are present in the same transfer layer.
Priority Claims (1)
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10-016222 |
Jan 1998 |
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a divisional application of Application No. 09/235,335, filed Jan. 22, 1999, now abandoned.
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