Abstract: There is provided a thermal transfer sheet that includes a heat-resistant slipping layer and a colorant layer, the heat-resistant slipping layer and the colorant layer being formable in an in-line process, has excellent heat resistance, and can suppress tailing. The thermal transfer sheet includes a substrate, a colorant layer provided on one surface of the substrate, and a heat-resistant slipping layer provided on the surface of the substrate opposite to the colorant layer, wherein the heat-resistant slipping layer contains at least a binder resin containing an amino group-containing acrylic resin and an epoxysilane, and a slipping agent.

Abstract: Disclosed are a polysiloxane-modified polyhydroxy polyurethane resin characterized by being derived from a reaction between a 5-membered cyclic carbonate polysiloxane compound represented by the below-described formula (1) and an amine compound, and its production process; and a resin composition, thermal recording medium, imitation leather, thermoplastic polyolefin resin skin material, weather strip material, and weather strip, all of which make use of the resin.

Abstract: Method of making a heat transfer materials are generally provided, along with the materials and the methods of using the materials. A splittable layer can be formed to overlie a base sheet, and an image-receptive coating can be formed to overlie the splittable layer. The image-receptive coating can include thermoplastic microparticles, a thermoplastic binder, and a humectant. The thermoplastic microparticles can be styrene particles having an average particle size of from about 5 microns to about 80 microns and melt at temperatures between about 90° C. and about 115° C. A second thermoplastic microparticle can also be included in the image-receptive coating. Alternatively, a combination of thermoplastic polyester microparticles and thermoplastic polyamide microparticles can be included in the image-receptive coating. The heat transfer material can then be dried. The humectant is configured to draw moisture back into the heat transfer sheet after drying.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermal transfer sheet that has good heat resistance and slip property, and prevents the occurrence of tailing upon printing to achieve good printing even in high-speed printing. A thermal transfer sheet including: a base material; a color material layer on one surface of the base material; and a heat resistant slipping layer on the other surface of the base material, wherein the heat resistant slipping layer includes a polyamide resin, a silicone-modified polyamide resin, and an ethoxylated alcohol-modified wax.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a thermal transfer sheet which has a conductive primer layer having adequate adhesion and heat resistance without using a binder resin, has an excellent antistatic property, and hardly causes troubles in printing. The present invention pertains to a thermal transfer sheet formed by providing a thermally-transferable color material layer on one side of a substrate sheet and providing a heat resistant slipping layer on the other side of the substrate sheet with a primer layer interposed between the slipping layer and the substrate sheet, wherein the primer layer is formed by using a conductive colloidal inorganic pigment ultrafine particle.

Abstract: Method of making a heat transfer materials are generally provided, along with the materials and the methods of using the materials. A splittable layer can be formed to overlie a base sheet, and an image-receptive coating can be formed to overlie the splittable layer. The image-receptive coating can include thermoplastic microparticles, a thermoplastic binder, and a humectant. The thermoplastic microparticles can be styrene particles having an average particle size of from about 5 microns to about 80 microns and melt at temperatures between about 90° C. and about 115° C. A second thermoplastic microparticle can also be included in the image-receptive coating. Alternatively, a combination of thermoplastic polyester microparticles and thermoplastic polyamide microparticles can be included in the image-receptive coating. The heat transfer material can then be dried. The humectant is configured to draw moisture back into the heat transfer sheet after drying.

Abstract: A heat transfer paper configured to reduce the amount of stray toner on a heat transfer material, especially when the image is formed via a laser printer or laser copier, is generally disclosed. The heat transfer material includes an image-receptive coating overlying a splittable layer and a base sheet. The image-receptive coating includes thermoplastic polyolefin wax microparticles, a thermoplastic binder, and a humectant. The thermoplastic polyolefin wax microparticles have an average particle size of from about 30 microns to about 50 microns and melt at temperatures between about 130° C. and about 200° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dye-donor element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having on one side a dye layer and on a second side a slipping layer, wherein the slipping layer comprises a first wax comprising a polymer derived from a polyolefin and an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester or anhydride thereof, and at least one other wax and wherein the dye layer comprises at least a magenta dye of the Structure I: wherein the dye donor element has reduced 2× retransfer.

Abstract: A method of forming a metallic material on a receptor that includes the steps of: placing a donor element proximate a receptor, wherein the donor element includes a donor substrate and a thermal transfer layer, wherein the thermal transfer layer includes a catalytic material, and wherein the thermal transfer layer of the donor element is placed proximate the surface of the receptor; thermally transferring at least a portion of the thermal transfer layer from the donor element to the receptor; and electrolessly depositing a metallic material on the receptor by growth of the metallic material on the catalytic material.

Abstract: Two-sided thermal media comprising thermal transfer receptive and/or direct thermal thermally sensitive coatings on one or both of a first and a second side thereof are provided. In one embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a first side and a second side, opposite the first side, and a first and a second thermal transfer receptive coating supported on the respective first and second substrate sides is provided. In another embodiment, two-sided thermal media comprising a substrate having a thermal transfer receptive coating on a first side thereof, and a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating on a second side thereof, is provided. In some embodiments, a direct thermal thermally sensitive coating provided on one or both sides of two-sided thermal media is adapted to image at a temperature different than a temperature at which thermal transfer printing has or can occur.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat-resistant sheet comprising: (A) a hydrolyzable functional group-containing silicone resin and (B) an inorganic compound containing water of crystallization and/or hydroxy group(s).

Abstract: There is provided a thermal transfer sheet which can surely prevent printing-derived cockling, fusing to a thermal head or the like caused by thermal head-derived thermal damage to a primer layer provided between a substrate sheet and a heat-resistant slip layer and, at the same time, can meet a demand for a reduction in thickness of the thermal transfer sheet and has a high level of suitability for high-speed printing. The thermal transfer sheet comprises: a substrate sheet; a colorant layer provided on one side of the substrate sheet; and a heat-resistant slip layer provided on the other side of the substrate sheet through a primer layer. The primer layer comprises a binder resin satisfying a G?a/G?b ratio value of not more than 100 wherein G?a represents the storage modulus of the binder resin at 80° C., Pa; and G?b represents the storage modulus of the binder resin at 140° C., Pa.

Abstract: A dye-donor element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having on one side thereof a dye layer and on the other side a slipping layer comprising a material comprising a maleic anhydride polyethylene graft copolymer and at least one other d hydrocarbon wax.

Abstract: A thermal sheet transfer having on a support, an image formation layer wherein the image formation layer includes as a colorant, an organic pigment having a melting point not less than 310° C.

Abstract: A heat-resistant film includes a film substrate and a heat-resistant slip layer. The heat-resistant slip layer is disposed on one surface of the film substrate and contains a binder and a slip additive, which is a higher fatty acid metal salt composition containing a free higher fatty acid in an amount of 3 to 30 wt % and a metal salt of a higher fatty acid. With this heat-resistant film, a good heat-resistivity and slipperiness are obtained even when the slip additive is contained in the heat-resistant slip layer in relatively small amounts. The slip additive improves the solution stability of the coating composition used to form the heat-resistant slip layer. Preferably, the free higher fatty acid is stearic acid and the metal salt of higher fatty acid is aluminum stearate.