Abstract: A receiving paper for thermal transfer recording, having a paper substrate; an ink receiving layer located overlying one side of the paper substrate and configured to receive a heat-melted or heat-softened ink; and a tackifying layer located overlying another side of the substrate, wherein the ink receiving layer is formed by coating an ink receiving layer forming liquid including a resin emulsion overlying the paper substrate; and heating the coating of ink layer forming liquid to a temperature not less than a minimum filming temperature of the resin emulsion.

Abstract: The objects of the present invention are to provide a thermal transfer receiver adapted to form transferred images excellent in solvent resistance and superior in wear resistance, a method for producing the thermal transfer receiver, a method for recording an image, and a recorded image. The objects may be attained by the thermal transfer receiver which comprises a support and a receiving layer disposed on the support, and the receiving layer contains a polyethyleneimine derivative, a thermoplastic resin, and a crosslinker.

Abstract: A thermal transfer recording medium include a support; and a heat-sensitive transfer layer on the support, and wherein the heat-sensitive transfer layer includes: a resin made from monomer which includes a glycidyl ester of an unsaturated carboxylic acid; and sulfonamide. The present invention also provides a thermal transfer recording method including transferring an image from the thermal transfer recording medium to an image receiving member.

Abstract: A receiving cloth for thermal transfer recording, including at least a substrate formed of a woven or nonwoven fabric, having opposed sides; an ink receiving layer on one side of the substrate, which receives a heat-melted or softened ink; and a tackifying layer on the other side of the substrate, wherein the ink receiving layer includes at least a hollow particulate material including a gaseous body therein; and a thermoplastic material, and wherein the ink receiving layer has an island/sea structure in which the hollow particulate material is present as an island in a sea of the thermoplastic material. In addition, a thermal printing method using the receiving cloth is also provided.

Abstract: The objects of the present invention are to provide a thermal transfer receiver adapted to form transferred images excellent in solvent resistance and superior in wear resistance, a method for producing the thermal transfer receiver, a method for recording an image, and a recorded image. The objects may be attained by the thermal transfer receiver which comprises a support and a receiving layer disposed on the support, and the receiving layer contains a polyethyleneimine derivative, a thermoplastic resin, and a crosslinker.

Abstract: A thermal transfer recording medium include a support; and a heat-sensitive transfer layer on the support, and wherein the heat-sensitive transfer layer includes: a resin made from monomer which includes a glycidyl ester of an unsaturated carboxylic acid; and sulfonamide. The present invention also provides a thermal transfer recording method including transferring an image from the thermal transfer recording medium to an image receiving member.

Abstract: A receiving paper for thermal transfer recording, having a paper substrate; an ink receiving layer located overlying one side of the paper substrate and configured to receive a heat-melted or heat-softened ink; and a tackifying layer located overlying another side of the substrate, wherein the ink receiving layer is formed by coating an ink receiving layer forming liquid including a resin emulsion overlying the paper substrate; and heating the coating of ink layer forming liquid to a temperature not less than a minimum filming temperature of the resin emulsion.

Abstract: A receiving cloth for thermal transfer recording, including at least a substrate formed of a woven or nonwoven fabric, having opposed sides; an ink receiving layer on one side of the substrate, which receives a heat-melted or softened ink; and a tackifying layer on the other side of the substrate, wherein the ink receiving layer includes at least a hollow particulate material including a gaseous body therein; and a thermoplastic material, and wherein the ink receiving layer has an island/sea structure in which the hollow particulate material is present as an island in a sea of the thermoplastic material. In addition, a thermal printing method using the receiving cloth is also provided.

Abstract: A thermal image transfer recording sodium includes a support and a thermal image transfer ink layer formed on the support. The thermal image transfer ink layer contains a coloring agent, a resin with a melting point of 120.degree. C. or more and an SP value of 10.5 to 12.5, and a melt viscosity lowering material for lowering the melt viscosity of the resin, with the compatibility of the resin and the malt viscosity lowering material, measured by a transparency measurement method, being 0.20 or less, or with the melt viscosity at 150.degree. C. of the thermal image transfer ink layer being in the range of 1.times.10.sup.2 to 5.times.10.sup.6 poise.

Abstract: A thermal image transfer recording medium includes a support and a thermal image transfer ink layer formed on the support. The thermal image transfer ink layer contains a coloring agent, a resin with a melting point of 120.degree. C. or more and an SP value of 10.5 to 12.5, and a melt viscosity lowering material for lowering the melt viscosity of the resin, with the compatibility of the resin and the melt viscosity lowering material, measured by a transparency measurement method, being 0.20 or less, or with the melt viscosity at 150.degree. C. of the thermal image transfer ink layer being in the range of 1.times.10.sup.2 to 5.times.10.sup.6 poise.

Abstract: A thermal image transfer recording medium is composed of a support and a thermofusible ink layer formed on the support, with the water-content ratio of the recording medium excluding the support being in the range of 0.3 to 4.0 wt. % of the total weight of the recording medium excluding the support.

Abstract: A thermal image transfer recording medium is composed of a support and a thermofusible ink layer formed thereon, and the thermofusible ink layer contains as the main components a coloring agent, a wax component and a rubber elastomer component which is discontinuously dispersed in the form of layers in the thermofusible ink layer, or is composed of a first ink layer containing a wax component and a rubber elastomer and a second ink layer containing a coloring agent, a wax component and a binder resin, which is overlaid on the first ink layer.

Abstract: A subchannel memory access control system for use in a data processing system having multiplexor channels to which input/output control units of a first group are connected, and block multiplexor channels to which input/output control units of second and third groups are connected. A plurality of input/output devices of corresponding groups are connected to each control unit.