Method for image formation and intermediate transfer recording medium

a technology of image formation and recording medium, applied in the direction of instruments, transportation and packaging, thermography, etc., can solve the problems of image damage, lightfastness and weathering resistance, when exposed to service conditions severe in terms of various fastness properties, and achieve excellent various fastness properties
US20080312077A1Inactive Publication Date: 2008-12-18DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO LTD
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US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO LTD
Publication Date
2008-12-18
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Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

The present invention provides a method for image formation, that can yield thermally transferred images which are excellent in various fastness properties even under severe service conditions, and an intermediate transfer recording medium for use in the method for image formation. The method for image formation comprises the steps of: providing an intermediate transfer recording medium comprising a substrate film and a transfer portion provided separably on the substrate film; forming an image on the intermediate transfer recording medium in its transfer portion; transferring the transfer portion onto an object; and, thereafter, again transferring the intermediate transfer recording medium in its next transfer portion once or more onto the object with the image formed thereon. In this case, in the intermediate transfer recording medium, a hologram image is set every at least second image plane, and an image can be formed on the transfer portion having the hologram image. This can offer an advantage that the transfer portion, with a thermally transferable image formed thereon, can be transferred onto an object followed by the superimposition of a transfer portion, to be served as the outermost surface in the final form onto the transferred portion once or more to provide a strong film for protecting the thermally transferred image. Thus, the problems of the prior art could have been solved.
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[0001] This is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 11 / 236,741 filed Sep. 28, 2005, which in turn is a Division of application Ser. No. 10 / 765,070 filed Jan. 28, 2004, which in turn is a Division of application Ser. No. 10 / 086,638 filed Mar. 4, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,718,880 issued Apr. 13, 2004. The entire disclosure of the prior application is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD

[0002] The present invention relates to a method for image formation which can yield a thermally transferred image possessing excellent various fastness properties even under severe service conditions, and an intermediate transfer recording medium for use in the method for image formation.BACKGROUND ART

[0003] Thermal transfer has become extensively used as a simple printing method. The thermal transfer is a method which comprises the steps of: putting a thermal transfer sheet, comprising a colorant layer provided on one side of a substrate sheet, on top of a thermal transfer i...

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