Claims
- 1. A thermal transfer sheet comprising a white transfer layer and substrate, the white transfer layer transferable to an image-receiving sheet is provided on at least one region of the substrate, whereinthe white transfer layer has a multi-layer construction including at least a peeling layer and a white ink layer, the peeling layer being positioned in contact with the substrate, the white ink layer contains at least one component selected from a group of components consisting of a white pigment and a filler, and the peeling layer, in thermal transfer processing, capable of not only being torn at a center or approximate center in a range of thickness of the peeling layer but also causing a cohesive failure on a torn surface of the peeling layer so that irregularities are formed on the torn surface owing to the cohesive failure.
- 2. The thermal transfer sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thermal transfer sheet is a monolithic type of thermal transfer sheet in which the white transfer layer and a dye layer are provided sequentially and alternately on a same surface of the substrate.
- 3. The thermal transfer sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the white transfer layer has a multi-layer construction in which the peeling layer, the white ink layer, and an adhesive layer are laminated one on another in order of the peeling layer, the white ink layer, and the adhesive layer viewing from the substrate.
- 4. The thermal transfer sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the white transfer layer has a multi-layer construction in which the peeling layer, a protective layer, and the white ink layer laminated one on another in order of the peeling layer, the protective layer, and the white ink layer viewing from the substrate.
- 5. The thermal transfer sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the white transfer layer has a multi-layer construction in which the peeling layer, a protective layer, the white ink layer, and an adhesive layer are laminated one on another in order of the peeling layer, the protective layer, the white ink layer, and the adhesive layer viewing from the substrate.
- 6. The thermal transfer sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the white transfer layer has a total light transmittance of 30 to 95% and a haze of 30 to 95%.
- 7. The thermal transfer sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the peeling layer contains at least a binder resin having a glass transition temperature, or a softening point of not less than 100° C. and a releasing material having a content of not more than 200 wt % to the binder resin.
- 8. The thermal transfer sheet as claimed in claim 1, wherein the thermal transfer sheet is used for manufacturing an electric-decorating display member.
- 9. An image-printed material manufactured by performing thermal transfer processing to an image-receiving sheet, wherein the material comprising at leastan image-formed portion formed by migrating a dye from a dye layer of a thermal transfer sheet to a substrate or an image-receiving layer of the image-receiving sheet and a white layer having a multi-layer construction including at least a peeling layer and a white ink layer and being provided on the image-formed portion, wherein the white ink layer contains at least one component selected from a group of components consisting of a white pigment and a filler, and a surface of the peeling layer is provided with irregularities on the surface.
- 10. The image-printed material as claimed in claim 9, wherein the image-printed material is an electric-decorating display member.
- 11. A recording method of forming an image-printed material by performing thermal transfer processing to an image-receiving sheet, the method comprising the steps of:forming an image by migrating a dye from a dye layer of a thermal transfer sheet to a substrate or an image-receiving layer of the image-receiving sheet, and thermal-transferring a white transfer layer from the thermal transfer sheet or further thermal transfer sheet onto a portion of the formed image, the white transfer layer including at least a peeling layer capable of producing a cohesive failure and a white ink layer containing at least one component selected from a group of components consisting of a white-pigment and a filler, thereby the thermal transfer processing enabling the peeling layer to form irregularities on an exposed surface of the transferred peeling layer oweing to the cohesive failure.
- 12. The recording method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the recording method is used for manufacturing an electric-decorating display member.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a division of U.S. Ser. No. 09/282,084, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,071,596 filed Mar. 30, 1999, which is a division of U.S. Ser. No. 08/772,389, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,977,022 filed Dec. 23, 1996, which U.S. applications are all hereby incorporated herein by reference.
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