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: Provided is a thermal transfer sheet capable of forming an image having excellent glossiness, and having no printing wrinkle or having a lesser possibility of generating wrinkles. A thermal transfer sheet in which a dyestuff layer or a transcriptive protective layer is formed on one surface of a substrate and a back face layer is formed on another surface of the substrate, wherein the back face layer contains (A) a resin of which weight-average molecular weight (Mw) is more than 15,000; (B) a resin of which weight-average molecular weight (Mw) is not more than 15,000; and (C) a lubricant ingredient; and wherein the (B) resin is contained at an amount range of 3% by weight to 40% by weight on the basis of the total solid content weight of the back face layer.

Abstract: Provided is a thermal transfer sheet capable of forming an image having excellent glossiness, and having no printing wrinkle or having a lesser possibility of generating wrinkles. A thermal transfer sheet in which a dyestuff layer or a transcriptive protective layer is formed on one surface of a substrate and a back face layer is formed on another surface of the substrate, wherein the back face layer contains (A) a resin of which weight-average molecular weight (Mw) is more than 15,000; (B) a resin of which weight-average molecular weight (Mw) is not more than 15,000; and (C) a lubricant ingredient; and wherein the (B) resin is contained at an amount range of 3% by weight to 40% by weight on the basis of the total solid content weight of the back face layer.

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: There is provided a thermal transfer sheet including a thermal transfer dye layer formed on one surface of a base sheet and containing a dye and a heat resistant smooth layer formed on the other surface of the base sheet and containing a binder, a lubricant containing phosphoric acid ester having a melting point of 50° C. or more, and a filler. The phosphoric acid ester is contained in the heat resistant smooth layer at a ratio of 5 mass % or more and 25 mass % or less and contains straight chain phosphoric acid monoalkyl ester at a ratio of 16 mass % or more and 75 mass % or less of a total amount thereof.

Abstract: There is provided a thermal transfer sheet including a thermal transfer dye layer formed on one surface of a base sheet and containing a dye and a heat resistant smooth layer formed on the other surface of the base sheet and containing a binder, a lubricant, and a filler. The binder contained in the heat resistant smooth layer is obtainable by mixing a polyvinyl acetoacetal resin with an acryl silicone resin which has a mass average molecular weight of 100,000 or more and is in the form of a powdery solid at an ordinary temperature at a ratio of 10 parts by mass or less of the acryl silicone resin relative to 100 parts by mass of the polyvinyl acetoacetal resin, and the heat resistant smooth layer further contains 10 parts by mass or more and 30 parts by mass or less of isocyanate relative to 100 parts by mass of the polyvinyl acetoacetal resin and phosphoric acid ester having a melting point of 50° C. or more as the lubricant.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer sheet, containing a substrate, at least one thermal transfer layer containing a thermally transferable dye and a resin, disposed on one surface of the substrate, and a heat-resistant slipping layer disposed on another surface of the substrate, wherein said at least one thermal transfer layer contains at least one kind of polymer type releasing agent having a mass-average molecular weight of 5,000 to 100,000 and also having a fluorine-substituted aliphatic group at a side chain of the polymer, and at least one kind of non-polymer type fluorine-system surfactant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal transfer ribbon containing exfoliated layered inorganic nanoparticles or exfoliated layered double hydroxides and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly to a sublimation thermal transfer ribbon wherein a second adhesive layer, a transfer ink layer and a transfer protective layer are formed on one surface of a base film having a lubricating heat-resistant layer and a first adhesive layer formed on the other surface thereof, in which the lubricating heat-resistant layer, the transfer ink layer and the transfer protective layer contain exfoliated layered inorganic nanoparticles or exfoliated layered double hydroxide nanoparticles to improve the heat resistance, image uniformity and abrasion resistance of the thermal transfer ribbon.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet includes a base material sheet, a thermal transfer dye layer, which is disposed on one surface of the base material sheet and which contains a dye, and a heat-resistant lubricating layer disposed on the other surface of the base material sheet, wherein the heat-resistant lubricating layer is formed from a binder, in which a specific amount of at least one of a polyvinyl acetal having a softening point of 262° C. or higher and a glass transition temperature of 106° C. or higher and cellulose acetate propionate and a specific amount of polyamide imide silicone are mixed.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet includes a thermal transfer dye layer containing a dye on one surface of a base material sheet and a heat-resistant lubricating layer on the other surface, wherein the heat-resistant lubricating layer contains a binder, spherical particles protruding from a surface of the heat-resistant lubricating layer, and tabular particles having an average particle diameter larger than or equal to the average particle diameter of the spherical particles, and the tabular particles have a specific surface area of 5 m2/g or more and an average particle diameter of 10 ?m or less.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet includes a thermal transfer dye layer containing a dye on one surface of a base material sheet and a heat-resistant lubricating layer on the other surface, wherein the heat-resistant lubricating layer contains a compound represented by Chemical formula 1 described below, (in the formula, n represents an integer of 15 or more).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a thermal transfer sheet provided with a black dye layer which can form a black image having jet-black color tone, small gradation difference of black and high resistance to light, and which has little offset of dyes to a back side layer during storage in a wound state. The above object is achieved by a thermal transfer sheet comprising a substrate, a heat resistant slip layer provided on one side of the substrate, and a black dye layer containing a dye and binder provided on the other side of the substrate, wherein the black dye layer contains 2 or 3 kinds of specific magenta dyes and 2 or 3 kinds of cyan dyes in the specific weight ratios with respect to a specific yellow dye.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer sheet, having: a base film; a dye layer; and a heat-resistant lubricating layer; wherein the heat-resistant lubricating layer contains a specific compound, and wherein, when a characteristic X-ray intensity originated from K-line of phosphorus element in the heat-resistant lubricating layer is measured with respect to each points within a 200 ?m square region, the largest value of the characteristic X-ray intensity is at least 2.5 times or more relative to the smallest value of the characteristic X-ray intensity within the 200 ?m square region, and a plurality of maximum regions having a maximum value of the characteristic X-ray intensity exist in the 200 ?m square region, and a variation coefficient that is obtained by dividing a standard deviation of the maximum values of the characteristic X-ray intensity among these maximum regions with an average value of the characteristic X-ray intensities is 0.25 or less.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive transfer sheet, containing: a base film; a dye layer; and a heat-resistant lubricating layer containing talc particles; wherein, when a projected area corresponding to each of the talc particles in the heat-resistant lubricating layer is obtained from an electron beam image that is obtained by irradiating electron beams accelerated at 20 kV from a side of the heat-resistant lubricating layer of the heat-sensitive transfer sheet using a scanning electronic microscope, an average projected area of talc particles each having the projected area of 10 square ?m or more is 80 square ?m or less, and a variation coefficient that is obtained by dividing a standard deviation of the projected areas of talc particles each having the projected area of 10 square ?m or more by the average projected area is 0.8 or less.

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 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 at least two waxes, a branched alpha-olefin polymer and another wax.

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 dye-donor element including a dye-donor layer is described, wherein the dye-donor element includes a stick preventative agent. The dye-donor element is capable of printing an image on a receiver element at a line speed of 2 ms/line or less while maintaining a print density of at least two, and a print to fail value of at least four. A print assembly including the dye-donor element and a receiver element is also described, as well as a method of printing using the dye-donor element.