Abstract:
A multicolor image-forming material comprises: an image-receiving sheet having an image-receiving layer and a support; and at least four thermal transfer sheets each including a support, a light-to-heat converting layer and an image-forming layer, in which each of the thermal transfer sheets has a different color, wherein a multicolor image is formed by: superposing the image-forming layer in each of the at least four thermal transfer sheets on the image-receiving layer, such that the image-forming layer is opposed to the image-receiving layer; irradiating the image-forming layer with a laser beam; transferring the irradiated area of the image-forming layer onto the image-receiving layer to form an image; and transferring the image on the image-receiving layer onto an actual printing paper, and each of the at least four thermal transfer sheets has a recording area being defined by a product of a length of 515 mm or more and width of 728 mm or more, and each of the at least four thermal transfer sheets is larger in each of a length-wise and a width-wise direction than the image-receiving sheet by 20 mm to 80 mm, and the actual printing paper is larger in each of a length-wise and a width-wise direction than the image-receiving sheet by 5 mm to 100 mm.
Abstract:
A multicolor image-forming material comprises: an image-receiving sheet having an image-receiving layer and a support; and at least four thermal transfer sheets each including a support, a light-to-heat converting layer and an image-forming layer, in which each of the thermal transfer sheets has a different color, wherein a multicolor image is formed by: superposing the image-forming layer in each of the at least four thermal transfer sheets on the image-receiving layer, such that the image-forming layer is opposed to the image-receiving layer; irradiating the image-forming layer with a laser beam; transferring the irradiated area of the image-forming layer onto the image-receiving layer to form an image; and transferring the image on the image-receiving layer onto an actual printing paper, and each of the at least four thermal transfer sheets has a recording area being defined by a product of a length of 515 mm or more and width of 728 mm or more, and each of the at least four thermal transfer sheets is larger in each of a length-wise and a width-wise direction than the image-receiving sheet by 20 mm to 80 mm, and the actual printing paper is larger in each of a length-wise and a width-wise direction than the image-receiving sheet by 5 mm to 100 mm.
Abstract:
A laser thermal transfer recording method comprises: dispensing a thermal transfer sheet and an image-receiving sheet to an exposure recording device; cutting each of the sheets into pieces of a predetermined length; superposing each of the cut pieces of the image-receiving sheet on each of the cut pieces of the thermal transfer sheet; loading an exposure drum installed in the exposure recording device with the thus superposed pieces of sheets; and irradiating the sheets loaded on the exposure drum with a laser beam according to image information, in which the laser beam is absorbed in the thermal transfer sheet and converted into a heat, and an image is transferred onto the image-receiving sheet by the heat converted from the laser beam, wherein each surface of the thermal transfer sheet and the image-receiving sheet is cleaned by contacting with an adhesive roller that includes an adhesive material on its surface, in which the adhesive roller is disposed in any one of a feeding part and a conveying part of the thermal transfer sheet and the image-receiving sheet in the exposure recording device, and the image-receiving sheet has a thickness of 110 to 160 μm, and at least one of pieces of the thermal transfer sheet and pieces of the image-receiving sheet is stacked while be blown.
Abstract:
It is intended to provide a multicolor image forming material for laser heat transfer comprising an image receiving sheet having an image receiving layer and at least four heat transfer sheets having different colors each comprising a substrate and a light-heat conversion layer and an image forming layer provided thereon, characterized in that (a) Ra and Rz showing the surface roughness of the image receiving sheet satisfy the following relationships 3≦Rz/Ra≦20 and 0.5 μm≦Rz≦3 μm.
Abstract:
It is intended to provide a multicolor image forming material for laser heat transfer comprising an image receiving sheet having an image receiving layer and at least four heat transfer sheets having different colors each comprising a substrate and a light-heat conversion layer and an image forming layer provided thereon, characterized in that (a) Ra and Rz showing the surface roughness of the image receiving sheet satisfy the following relationships 3≦Rz/Ra≦20 and 0.5 μm≦Rz≦3 μm; a multicolor image forming material characterized in that: (b) the image forming layer of each of the heat transfer sheets has an optical density (OD) to film thickness ratio (OD/film thickness) of 1.50 or more, each of the heat transfer sheets has a multicolor image recording area size of from 515 mm×728 mm or more, the resolution of the image transferred onto the image receiving layer of the image receiving sheet is 2400 dpi or more, the elastic modulus of the image receiving layer of the image receiving sheet is from 2 to 1200 MPa, and the elastic modulus of the cushion layer of the image receiving sheet is from 10 to 300 MPa; a multicolor image forming material characterized in that: (c) the image forming layer of each of the heat transfer sheets has an optical density to film thickness ratio of 1.50 or more, each of the heat transfer sheets has a multicolor image recording area size of from 515 mm×728 mm or more, the resolution of the image transferred onto the image receiving layer of the image receiving sheet is 2400 dpi or more, the elastic modulus of the cushion layer of the image receiving sheet is from 10 to 1000 MPa, and the interlayer adhesion force between the image receiving layer and the cushion layer of the image receiving sheet is from 1 to 10 g/cm (0.0098 to 0.098 N/cm); and a multicolor image forming material characterized in that: (d) the image forming layer of each heat transfer sheet has a film thickness of 0.01 to 1.5 μm; the yield stress in the machine direction (M) and the yield stress in the transverse direction (T) of the image receiving sheet are both from 30 to 100 MPa, the ratio of the yield stress in the machine direction (M) to the yield stress in the transverse direction (T) of the image receiving sheet (M/T) is from 0.9 to 1.20; and the elongation in the machine direction and the elongation in the transverse direction of the image receiving sheet are both from 1 to 5%; and a multicolor image formation method using these multicolor image forming materials.
Abstract:
A multicolor image-forming material comprises: an image-receiving sheet having an image-receiving layer; and at least four thermal transfer sheets each including a support, a light-to-heat converting layer and an image-forming layer, in which each of the thermal transfer sheets has a different color, wherein an image is formed by: superposing the image-forming layer in each of the at least four thermal transfer sheets on the image-receiving layer in the image-receiving sheet, in which the image-forming layer is opposed to the image-receiving layer; irradiating the image-forming layer in the thermal transfer sheet with a laser beam; and transferring the irradiated area of the image-forming layer onto the image-receiving layer in the image-receiving sheet, and each of the light-to-heat converting layers in the at least four thermal transfer sheets has a ratio of an optical density (OD) to a layer thickness: OD/layer thickness (&mgr;m unit) of 0.57 or more.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a heat sensitive ink sheet having a support sheet and a heat sensitive ink layer having a thickness of 0.2 to 1.0 .mu.m which is formed of a heat sensitive ink material comprising 30 to 70 weight % of colored pigment, 25 to 65 weight % of amorphous organic polymer having a softening point of 40.degree. to 150.degree. C. and 0.1 to 20 weight % of nitrogen-containing compound. Further, thermal transfer recording methods by area gradation using the heat sensitive ink sheet and an image receiving sheet are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A heat-sensitive recording material obtained by coating on a support a composition comprising a microcapsulated colorless or light colored color-forming substance which can develop its color by reaction with an organic base, and an emulsified dispersion prepared by emulsifying an organic base dissolved in an organic solvent insoluble or slightly soluble in water, then drying the coat.
Abstract:
A negative type heatsensitive recording material which can realize high contrast image suitable to overhead projector, comprising on a support a heatsensitive layer prepared by coating a composition containing an emulsified dispersion, which is obtained by dissolving a colorless or light colored electron donating dye precursor and a color developer in an organic solvent slightly soluble or insoluble in water then subjecting the resulting solution to an emulsifying dispersion treatment, and decolorizercontaining microcapsules.
Abstract:
A novel heat-sensitive recording material is provided comprising a support, a heat-sensitive coloring layer containing an electron donating dye precursor which is normally colorless or light-colored and an electron accepting compound which exhibits a color upon reaction with said dye precursor, a first protective layer containing a polyvinyl alcohol resin and a second protective layer containing a silicon-containing denaturated polyvinyl alcohol, a colloidal silica and/or amorphous silica, wherein either of the first or second protective layer may be coated directly on said coloring layer.