Claims
- 1. A thermal image transfer recording medium comprising a support, and a thermofusible ink layer formed thereon, said thermofusible ink layer comprising a resin matrix and a thermofusible ink, at least one of said resin matrix or said thermofusible ink containing a repelling-property-imparting material such that said reins matrix and said thermofusible ink repel each other.
- 2. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said resin matrix comprises a resin and a repelling-property-imparting material capable of repelling said thermofusible ink.
- 3. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 1, wherein said thermofusible ink layer further comprises a repelling-property-imparting material capable of repelling said resin matrix.
- 4. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 2, wherein said repelling-property-imparting material is chemically bonded to said resin matrix to form a repelling site thereon.
- 5. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 3, wherein said repelling-property-imparting imparting material is a low-surface-energy repelling vehicle which is contained in said thermofusible ink layer.
- 6. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 2, wherein said resin in said resin matrix comprises is a vinyl chloride - vinyl acetate copolymer, and said repelling-property-imparting material for said resin matrix is selected from the group consisting of an acrylic acid ester, a methacrylic acid ester and copolymers thereof, which are grafted with polyorgano-dimethylsiloxane units.
- 7. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an adhesive layer which is interposed between said support and said thermofusible ink layer.
- 8. A thermal image transfer recording medium comprising a support, and a thermofusible ink layer formed thereon, said thermofusible ink layer comprising a microporous resin matrix and a thermofusible ink, at least one of said microporous resin matrix or said thermofusible ink containing a repelling-property-imparting material such that said resin matrix and said thermofusible ink repel each other.
- 9. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 8, wherein said microporous resin matrix comprises a resin and a repelling-property-imparting material capable of repelling said thermofusible ink.
- 10. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 8, wherein said thermofusible ink layer further comprises a repelling-property-imparting material capable of repelling said microporous resin matrix.
- 11. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 9, wherein said repelling-property-imparting material is chemically bonded to said minute-porous resin matrix to form a repelling site thereon.
- 12. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 10, wherein said repelling-property-imparting material is a low-surface-energy repelling vehicle which is contained in said thermofusible ink layer.
- 13. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 9, wherein said resin in said microporous resin matrix comprises is a vinyl chloride - vinyl acetate copolymer, and said repelling-property-imparting material for said microporous resin matrix is selected from the group consisting of an acrylic acid ester, a methacrylic acid ester and copolymers thereof, which are grafter with polyorgano-dimethylsiloxane units.
- 14. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 8, further comprising an adhesive layer which is interposed between said support and said thermofusible ink layer.
- 15. A thermal image transfer recording medium comprising a support, and a thermofusible ink layer formed thereon, which comprises a resin matrix and a thermofusible ink, in which the amount of said resin matrix increases in the direction of the thickness of said thermofusible ink layer toward the outer surface thereof, and the amount of said thermofusible ink decreases in the direction of the thickness of said thermofusible ink layer toward the outer surface thereof, at least one of said resin matrix or said thermofusible ink containing a repelling-property-imparting material such that said resin matrix and said thermofusible ink repel each other.
- 16. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 15, wherein said resin matrix comprises a resin and a repelling-property-imparting material capable of repelling said thermofusible ink.
- 17. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 15, wherein said thermofusible ink layer further comprises a repelling-property-imparting material capable of repelling said resin matrix.
- 18. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 16, wherein said repelling-property-imparting material is chemically bonded to said resin matrix to form a repelling site thereon.
- 19. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 17, wherein said repelling-property-imparting material is a low-surface-energy repelling vehicle which is contained in said thermofusible ink layer.
- 20. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 16, wherein said resin in said resin matrix comprises is a vinyl chloride - vinyl acetate copolymer, and said repelling-property-imparting material for said resin matrix is selected from the group consisting of an acrylic acid ester, a methacrylic acid ester and copolymers thereof, which are grafted with polyorgano-dimethylsiloxane units.
- 21. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 15, further comprising an adhesive layer which is interposed between said support and said thermofusible ink layer.
- 22. A thermal image transfer recording medium comprising a support, and a thermofusible ink layer formed thereon, which comprises a first thermofusible ink layer and a second thermofusible ink layer which is overlaid on said first thermofusible ink layer, said first thermofusible ink layer comprising a resin matrix with a three-dimensionally extended, coarsely branched structure and a thermofusible ink, said second thermofusible ink layer comprising a microporous resin matrix and said thermofusible ink, at least one of said microporous resin matrix or said thermofusible ink containing a repelling-property-imparting material such that said resin matrix and said thermofusible ink repel each other.
- 23. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 22, wherein said microporous resin matrix comprises a resin and a repelling-property-imparting material capable of repelling said thermofusible ink.
- 24. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 22, wherein said thermofusible ink layer further comprises a repelling-property-imparting material capable of repelling said microporous resin matrix.
- 25. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 23, wherein said repelling-property-imparting material is chemically bonded at least to said microporous resin matrix to form a repelling site thereon.
- 26. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 24, wherein said repelling-property-imparting material is a low-surface-energy repelling vehicle which is contained in said thermofusible ink layer.
- 27. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 23, wherein said resin in said microporous resin matrix comprises is a vinyl chloride - vinyl acetate copolymer, and said repelling-property-imparting material for said microporous resin matrix is selected from the group consisting of an acrylic acid ester, a methacrylic acid ester and copolymers thereof, which are grafted with polyorgano-dimethylsiloxane units.
- 28. The thermal image transfer recording medium as claimed in claim 22, further comprising an adhesive layer which is interposed between said support and said thermofusible ink layer.
Priority Claims (3)
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2-87711 |
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2-244269 |
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/643,479, filed on Jan. 22, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,238,726, issued Aug. 24, 1993.
US Referenced Citations (6)
Continuations (1)
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