Abstract: A dye-receiving element for thermal dye transfer comprising a support having on one side thereof a dye image-receiving layer comprising a water-dispersible polyester having the following structure: ##STR1## wherein: A is the residue of one or more diol components which together comprise 100 mole % of recurring unitsB is the residue of a diacid component which comprises about 8 to 50 mole % of recurring units; andD is the residue of a diacid component which comprises 50 to 92 mole % of recurring units;the dye image-receiving layer also containing a carnauba wax emulsion or dispersion in a wax:polyester ratio of about 1:200 to about 2:3.

Abstract: A thermal dye transfer assemblage comprising:(I) a dye-donor element comprising a support having thereon a dye layer comprising a dye dispersed in a polymeric binder, the dye being a deprotonated cationic dye which is capable of being reprotonated to a cationic dye having a N-H group which is part of a conjugated system, and(II) a dye-receiving element comprising a support having thereon a polymeric dye image-receiving layer, the dye-receiving element being in a superposed relationship with the dye-donor element so that the dye layer is in contact with the polymeric dye image-receiving layer, the polymeric dye image-receiving layer comprising a mixture ofa) a polymer having a Tg of less than about 19.degree. C. and having no or only slight acidity; andb) sub-micron, non film-forming, organic, acidic particles which are capable of reprotonating the cationic dye transferred to the dye image-receiving layer from the dye layer.