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Thermal transfer sheet and image formation method

US8425709B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 2010
Grant dateApr 23, 2013
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Expiry dateDec 17, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41M2205/02
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A thermal transfer sheet having a subbing layer and a dye layer in this order on a substrate film, wherein the subbing layer contains colloidal silica or colloidal alumina, and the dye layer contains a polyvinyl acetal resin having an acetacetal group in an amount of from 3.0 to 30.0 molar times the butyral group therein, and a dye of the following formula (1):wherein A represents a phenylene group; R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group; R3 represents an amino group, an alkoxy group, or an aryloxy group; and R4 represents an alkyl group, or an aryl group.

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