Abstract: A thermal transfer donor element is provided which can include a support, light-to-heat conversion layer, interlayer, and transfer layer. When the donor element is brought into contact with a receptor and imagewise irradiated, an image is obtained which is free from contamination by the light-to-heat conversion layer. In order to enhance the lifetimes of the transferred material, thermal treatments such as annealing are applied to the receptor before transfer, to the transfer layer after transfer, or a combination of them. The construction and process of the donor element is useful in making colored images including applications such as color proofs, color filter elements, and organic light emitting diode displays and devices.

Abstract: Disclosed is a thermal transfer sheet that can meet demands for increased printing speed in thermal transfer, higher density of thermally transferred images, and higher quality. The thermal transfer sheet comprises a substrate and an adhesive layer and a dye layer provided in that order on one side of the substrate, wherein the adhesive layer comprises a polyvinylpyrrolidone resin and a composition for suppressing hygroscopic properties of the polyvinylpyrrolidone resin.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a donor element comprising a support layer, a transfer layer supported by the support layer, and a second layer disposed between the support layer and the transfer layer, wherein the second layer contains a binder and optionally an uncured crosslinking agent, but substantially no pigment. The binder in the second layer has a molecular weight Mn that causes the second layer to be substantially transferred with the transfer layer when the donor element is exposed to light.

Abstract: A thermal transfer recordable release sheet with a release agent layer of a release agent composition provided on at least one surface of a substrate. The release agent composition comprises at least one thermoplastic resin and/or thermoplastic elastomer selected from a group consisting of polyurethane resins, polyester resins, polyamide resins, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, long chain alkyl compounds produced by reacting a vinyl acetate (co)polymer and an alkyl isocyanate, polyisobutylenes, buyl rubbers, brominated butyl rubbers, chlorinated butyl rubbers, polyisoprenes and polybutadienes, as well as a polydimethylsiloxane. An adhesive layer is provided on such a release sheet, on the opposite surface to the release agent layer to form an adhesive tape.

Abstract: To provide a protective layer thermal transfer film which can form a protective layer that is superior in water-based ink fixing property, solvent-resistant property and, in particular, water-resistant property and also has a superior peeling property. A protective layer thermal transfer film, comprising: at least a release layer, and a protective layer, formed on one surface of a substrate film; the release layer being formed from at least a silicone-modified resin and silicone oil; and a printed article with the protective layer transferred onto an image on the printed article.

Abstract: Methods and products for forming a coated image on a substrate are generally disclosed. The methods can include forming an image on a printable surface of a transfer coating layer of a printable transfer sheet. In a separate step, the negative mirror image of that same image is printed with toners on a toner printable sheet. After registering the sheets together, a portion of the transfer coating layer of the printable transfer sheet is transferred to the toner printable sheet, such that the portion of the transfer coating layer transferred to the toner printable sheet corresponds to the imaged areas on the toner printable sheet. However, the image formed on the printable surface of the transfer coating layer and the underlying transfer coating substantially remain on the printable transfer sheet. Thereafter, the image and the transfer coating layer remaining on the printable transfer sheet are transferred to a substrate.

Abstract: An article including: a porous substrate that includes a fibrous material; and a release coating disposed on the fibrous material of the porous substrate; wherein the release coating includes a thermoplastic silicone-containing polymer. A method of making an article, which method includes: providing a porous backing having a first major surface and a second major surface; applying a pressure sensitive adhesive to the first major surface of the porous backing; and applying an aqueous dispersion including a thermoplastic silicone-containing polymer to the second major surface of the porous backing to form a low adhesion backsize.

Abstract: A donor substrate for a laser induced thermal imaging method and an organic electroluminescent display device fabricated using the same are provided. The donor substrate may be constructed with base film; a light-to-heat conversion layer formed on the base film; a buffer layer formed on the entire surface of the light-to-heat conversion layer; a metal layer formed on the buffer layer; and a transfer layer formed of an organic material and formed on the metal layer, thereby enhancing the characteristics of a transfer pattern by transferring a small molecular material using the laser induced thermal imaging method.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a sheet having a good transferring property, that is, a thermal transfer sheet which has high transfer sensitivity and good adhesion between a base material and a dye layer, and has high transfer sensitivity, and can be used for high speed printing and attain printed substance having a high density and sharpness, a protective layer transfer sheet which has a good transferring property and produces extremely low static electricity in transferring, and a printed substance which is superior in an antistatic property, plasticizer resistance and transparency.

Abstract: A thermal transfer element is capable of improving transfer characteristics because transfer is performed at a low temperature. The thermal transfer element includes: a base substrate as a support substrate; a light-to-heat conversion layer formed on the base substrate to convert incident light to thermal energy; a transfer layer formed on the light-to-heat conversion layer to form an image; and a release layer formed between the base substrate and the light-to-heat conversion layer to facilitate delamination of the light-to-heat conversion layer from the base substrate. The release layer includes a silicon polymer having a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 25° C. or less, and low surface energy. In a further embodiment, the thermal transfer element includes an interlayer formed between the light-to-heat conversion layer and the transfer layer to protect the light-to-heat conversion layer.

Abstract: A donor element useful in an assemblage for imaging by exposure to light comprises a support layer, a light-to-heat conversion layer disposed adjacent the support layer containing a light absorber, and a transfer layer disposed adjacent the light-to-heat conversion layer opposite the support layer. The donor element also includes a release-modifier disposed between the support layer and the transfer layer.

Abstract: In an image-forming method, a ribbon-shaped thermal transfer sheet with a dye layer and a protective material layer arranged side-by-side in the longitudinal direction is moved, and thermal energy is applied from a thermal head while arranging a recording medium to face the dye layer to thermally transfer the dye layer onto the recording medium to form an image. Thermal energy is applied while arranging the image to face the protective material layer to thereby form a protective layer on the image by thermal transfer. A ribbon-shaped surface-property-modifying sheet including a surface-property-modifying region for modifying the surface of the protective layer is moved, and the protective layer is aligned with the surface-property-modifying region of the surface-property-modifying sheet. Heat and pressure are applied from the thermal head and the surface-property-modifying sheet is detached after cooling to modify the surface condition of the protective layer.

Abstract: Composite sheets for image transfer, having layers of rubber-based hot melt adhesive are positioned with the adhesive in contact with images. The support sheets are removed and the image paper backing washed away. The resultant decals may be ironed-on, pasted-on, and have the ability to adhere removeably to walls and windows, and adhere permanently to painted surfaces.

Abstract: To provide a protective layer thermal transfer film which can form a protective layer that is superior in the water based ink fixing property, solvent-resistant property and, in particular, water-resistant property and also has a superior peeling property. The present invention relates to: a protective layer thermal transfer film, comprising: a thermally transferable protective layer on or over at least one part of one surface of a substrate film, wherein the protective layer is formed on or over the substrate by laminating at least a peeling layer serving as an outermost surface layer after transfer; and the peeling layer containing at least polyvinyl pyrrolidone, and a printed article with the protective layer transferred onto an image on the printed article.

Abstract: In a method of making an organic electroluminescent device, a transfer layer is solution coated on a donor substrate. The transfer layer includes a polymerizable, amorphous matrix with a light emitting material disposed in the matrix. The transfer layer is then selectively patterned on a receptor. The polymerizable, amorphous matrix is then polymerized. Examples of patterning methods include laser thermal transfer or thermal head transfer. The method and associated materials can be used to form, for example, organic electroluminescent devices.

Abstract: A thermal transfer sheet that can meet demands for increased printing speed in thermal transfer, increased density of thermally transferred images, and higher quality and, at the same time, particularly can suppress fusing to image receiving sheets and abnormal transfer. The thermal transfer sheet includes a base material, a heat resistant slip layer provided on one side of the base material, and an adhesive layer and a dye layer provided in that order on the other side of the base material, wherein the adhesive layer includes a specific polyvinylpyrrolidone resin.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive composition comprising a copolymer (a) of a methylmethacrylate (MMA) and/or a butylmethacrylate (BMA) and a styrene (St), also provides an adhesive composition comprising a mixture of an acrylic polymer (b) and a ketone resin, wherein the acrylic polymer (b) is at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of a poly MMA, a poly BMA, a MMA/BMA copolymer or a MMA/BMA/St copolymer, and also provides a thermal transfer sheet having a layer comprising the adhesive composition. The adhesive composition has excellent heat sealing characteristics and resistance to blocking when it is used for the formation of an adhesive layer, is also superior in miscibility with various organic or inorganic additives and allows these additives to exhibit their functions sufficiently when these additives are added and has high transparency.

Abstract: Light emitting polymers can include a plurality of arylene monomeric units and a plurality of soft segment units independently selected from soft segment end caps; soft segment side chains coupled to a portion, but not all, of the arylene monomeric units; internal soft segment monomeric units; and combinations thereof. These light emitting polymers can be used in forming electroluminescent devices or other articles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a release sheet and an adhesive tape which display excellent releasability from an adhesive layer, excellent printing and print recordability for thermal transfer systems using an ink ribbon or the like, little susceptibility to slipping when release agent layers are placed together, little susceptibility to blocking, and no ink soiling.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescence display device made by a laser induced thermal imaging process has a substrate having first and second electrode layers, and an organic layer having red, green, and blue light-emitting layers between the electrode layers. Thermosetting light-emitting materials are used to form the red, green, and blue light-emitting layers, and a laser is then selectively irradiated onto a light-to-heat conversion layer formed on the substrate to deliver heat energy converted from light energy through the light-to-heat conversion layer to the thermosetting light-emitting materials so that curing is progressed to form patterned light-emitting layers. In accordance with the fabrication method of the present invention, the light-emitting materials may be patterned using a laser, thereby fabricating a large scaled organic electroluminescence display device and simplifying the process by not using a mask when the light-emitting layers are formed.

Abstract: A transfer member includes a substrate sheet, a mold release layer of a belt-shaped pattern laminated on the substrate sheet, an ionizing radiation curing layer laminated all over a surface on mold release layer, a patterned layer laminated all over a surface or partially on the ionizing radiation curing layer, and an adhesive layer laminated on the patterned layer only partially in a portion where the adhesive layer overlaps with the mold release layer.

Abstract: A heat-transfer label assembly and method of using the same. In one embodiment, the assembly is particularly well-suited for decorating flexible plastic articles and comprises a paper substrate overcoated with a layer of polyethylene, a skim coat of wax overcoated onto the polyethylene layer, and one or more spaced apart, heat-transfer labels printed onto the skim coat. Each label is bondable to the article when activated by heat and consists of one or more ink design layers, each ink design layer comprising a mixture of polyester resins, a pigment, a cross-linking resin and a catalyst. When initiated by label transfer, the catalyst causes the cross-linking resin to partially cross-link the polyester resin to an extent that the label is endowed with protective properties while still retaining sufficient flexibility to avoid cracking when the article is flexed.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a donor element comprising a support layer, a transfer layer supported by the support layer, and a second layer disposed between the support layer and the transfer layer, wherein the second layer contains a binder and optionally an uncured crosslinking agent, but substantially no pigment. The binder in the second layer has a molecular weight Mn that causes the second layer to be substantially transferred with the transfer layer when the donor element is exposed to light.

Abstract: A donor substrate for laser induced thermal imaging (LITI) and a method of fabricating an organic light emitting display (OLED) using the donor substrate are provided. A conductive frame is disposed on and connected to an anti-static layer of the donor substrate and frames the periphery of the donor substrate. The conductive frame is connected to a grounded stage. An organic layer is formed using LITI, and the generation of static electricity is controlled.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal transfer medium which transfers images to a receiving substrate. The thermal transfer medium includes a laminate, having a substrate, a coating and a functional layer positioned substantially on the coating. This coating may include an oil. Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a method of making the thermal transfer medium.

Abstract: A release sheet for transferring a graphic onto an associated object includes a carrier film formed from a flexible polymeric material having melting point greater than about 150° C., a release layer disposed on the carrier film that is applied to the film in a solvent solution non-degradating to the carrier film, a transfer layer disposed on the release layer that is applied to the release layer in a solution non-degradating to the release layer and a graphic disposed on the transfer layer in a form that is non-degradating to the transfer layer. The release sheet containing the graphic is formulated for application to an associated object that is cured or vulcanized at an elevated temperature and humidity, such that the graphic transfers to the object during vulcanization or curing and the carrier film and release layer are removable from the object following vulcanization or curing.

Abstract: A releasing composition and a thermal transfer recording medium capable of improving abrasion resistance are provided. The releasing composition of the invention includes a releasing composition containing releasing particles in a prescribed film forming material, and the releasing particle has a first releasing resin as a core material and a second releasing resin as a coating material. The first releasing resin has a relatively higher releasing property than the second releasing resin. The first releasing resin can include a surface tension of from about 0.01 N/m to about 0.025 N/m, and the second releasing resin may have a surface tension of from about 0.026 N/m to about 0.05 N/m.

Abstract: Processes for effecting thermal transfer of electroactive organic material are disclosed wherein unwanted portions of a layer of electroactive organic material supported by a donor element are removed or transferred from the layer by thermal transfer, particularly laser-induced thermal transfer, leaving a desired pattern of the electroactive organic material on the donor element. The electroactive organic material may be an organic material exhibiting electroluminescence, charge transport, charge injection, electrical conductivity, semiconductivity and/or exciton blocking. The layer of electroactive organic material may comprise more than one layer of different types of electroactive organic material. The exposure pattern is a negative image of the desired pattern. The electroactive organic material of the desired pattern is not, therefore, exposed to the heat which can cause decomposition.

Abstract: To provide a protective-layer thermal transferring film that can provide a protective layer having a superior sorting property. A protective-layer thermal transferring film which has a protective layer that comprises at least a peeling layer and a heat seal layer on at least one portion of one face of a substrate film, and can be thermally transferred, and when the protective layer is thermally transferred on an image-receiving member, the image-receiving member is allowed to have a surface coefficient of friction of 0.4 or less.

Abstract: A thermal transfer protective sheet, a print, and a print with a window member are provided. The thermal transfer protective sheet includes a release layer and a topcoat layer having adhesiveness to an object to be transferred, which are stacked in this order on a base material, wherein the release layer and the topcoat layer are cold-peeled and transferred to the surface of the object to be transferred by the fusion thermal transfer recording method. The release layer comprises a first resin consisting of a thermoplastic resin and a second resin incompatible with the first resin in a mixed state. The first resin is an acrylic resin, and the second resin is a thermoplastic resin having a glass transition point of 50° C. or less. The mixing ratio of the first resin to the second resin is 80:20 or more and 99:1 or less in a weight ratio.

Abstract: The present invention provides a receptor element for use in thermal transfer imaging. The receptor element includes a coating having a polymeric binder and a biguanide bleaching agent. The biguanide bleaching agent is capable of bleaching an infrared-absorbing dye when the biguanide bleaching agent and the infrared-absorbing dye are in contact. A particularly suitable biguanide bleaching agent is 1-(o-tolyl)biguanide. The invention also provides compositions and methods for manufacturing a receptor element. Also provided by the invention is an imaging system for thermal transfer imaging. The imaging system includes a color-bearing element and a bleaching element, wherein the bleaching element includes a coating having a polymeric binder and a biguanide bleaching agent. The invention further provides methods useful in the production of integral proofs.

Abstract: Disclosed are a thermally transferable image protective sheet and a method for protective layer formation that can provide a protective layer which can protect an image of a record produced by a nonsilver photographic color hard copy recording method, can impart lightfastness and other properties to the record, and can realize a record having a glossy impression comparable to silver salt photographs. The thermally transferable image protective sheet comprises a support and a thermally transferable resin layer having a single-layer or multilayer structure stacked on the support so as to be separable from the support.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a multi-layer thermal imaging receptor having superior transferability and image color stability for color proofing applications where the images are generated by a laser thermal process. The present invention includes a first support coated by at least, in order, a heat sensitive releasable transfer layer coated, an interfacial bonding layer and an image receiving layer of the present invention adapted to adhere to a second support when heated. The interfacial bonding layer is adapted to enhance adhesion between the heat sensitive releasable transfer layer and the image receiving layer. The present invention further provides a method of making a multi-layer thermal imaging receptor and a method of imaging using the receptor.

Abstract: A metal oxide coating and a method of forming the metal oxide coating are disclosed, wherein the metal oxide coating composition includes a metal oxide precursor of the metal oxide, the metal oxide, or a combination thereof, and a solvent of secondary or tertiary C4–C8 alcohol.

Abstract: A thermal transfer recording medium 1 according to the present invention is to obtain a reliable printed matter with no space between picture information and a protective film thereof and has a melting type transfer portion 161 including a melting type primer layer 181 whose main component is styrene vinyl acetate copolymer and a melting type ink layer 171. Since styrene vinyl acetate copolymer softens or melts by heating to lose mechanical strength thereof, the melting type transfer portion 161 is transferred with ease from a base sheet 11 by heating to form a printing layer 47. On the surface of the printing layer 47, a residual resin 49 formed of material of the melting type primer layer 181 is exposed; however, since styrene vinyl acetate copolymer sticks well to a thermoplastic resin existing on the surface portion of a protective portion 251, there is no space generated between the protective portion 251 and the printing layer 47.

Abstract: A donor substrate for a laser induced thermal imaging method and an organic light emitting display (OLED) fabricated using the donor substrate are provided. There is also provided a method of fabricating an OLED capable of controlling static electricity when an organic layer is formed using an laser induced thermal imaging method, since the donor substrate having a conductive layer is electrically connected to an earthed stage.

Abstract: A thermal transfer printing receiver sheet for use in association with a compatible donor sheet, the receiver sheet comprising a receiving layer to receive a dye thermally transferred from the associated compatible donor sheet, and further comprising a release medium and adhesion-promoting medium and an antistatic medium, wherein said release medium, said adhesion-promoting medium and said anti-static medium are, independently, present as a coating on at least part of at least one surface of the receiving layer or present in the receiving layer; use thereof as a clear printable overlaminate; and a laminated multilayer film comprising one or more of said receiver sheet(s) and a backing sheet comprising a film-forming material.

Abstract: A thermal transfer recording medium is provided wherein the thermal transfer recording medium has a substrate; a separation layer on the substrate, wherein the separation layer contains a resin and a wax; and an ink layer on the separation layer, wherein the ink layer contains a colorant and a metal salt of an ethylene-methacrylic acid copolymer, and, optionally, one or more diols or diol derivatives containing an acetylene group, a thermal transfer recording method using the medium, and a recorded medium and recorded label prepared therefrom.

Abstract: An image receiver material which, even when wound on a roll of a smaller diameter in a printer, an image receiver sheet is not peeled, such that the image receiver material is not susceptible to running troubles in a printer. To this end, there is provided a seal type image receiver material in which the image receiver material includes a separator including a release sheet base material and a release agent layer provided on its one surface and an image receiver sheet including a receiver sheet base material and an adhesive layer provided on its one surface. The separator and the image receiver sheet are layered together so that the separator and the image receiver sheet may be released from each other and so that the release agent layer of the separator faces the adhesive layer of the image receiver sheet. A half-cut is provided in the image receiver sheet.

Abstract: A thermal transfer image recording composite sheet has a lamination structure: (2) image receiving sheet section (including image receiving layer (D), image recording sheet substrate (C) and adhesive layer (E)) and (1) release sheet section (including release layer (B) and release sheet substrate (A)), and exhibits, as a whole, a compressive modulus of 50 MPa or less, wherein, the substrate (C) is constituted from (a) an upper oriented porous polyester film layer bonded to the image receiving layer (D) and (b) a lower oriented porous polymer film layer, the polymer of which is different from polyester of the layer (a), laminated on the upper film layer (a) and bonded to the adhesive layer (E), or the adhesive layer (E) comprises, together with an adhesive agent, a plurality of hollow particles each formed from a hollow core portion and a shell portion and has an average particle size of 0.

Abstract: A method for forming a glossy image comprising: using (A) a heat transfer sheet comprising a substrate, a light-heat conversion layer and an image forming layer in this order, wherein the light-heat conversion layer comprises a polyamide-imide resin, and the image forming layer comprises at least one of tabular inorganic compound particles and metal particles and a thixotropic agent, (B) a heat transfer sheet comprising a substrate, a light-heat conversion layer and an image forming layer in this order, wherein the light-heat conversion layer comprises a polyamide-imide resin, and the image forming layer comprises a transparent colorant, and (C) an image receiving sheet comprising an image receiving layer; and imagewise transferring the image forming layer of each of the heat transfer sheet (A) and the heat transfer sheet (B) to the image receiving layer by laser thermal transfer.

Abstract: An ultraviolet post cure heat transfer label for application to an item includes a carrier web, a release coat applied to the carrier web and a composition including a cationic ultraviolet curable ink applied to the release coat. The ink has a solvent in a concentration of at a least about 20 percent by weight of the ink. The ink is dried in a non-UV process to form a storable film on the carrier web. The composition is transferred to the item and the ink is cured, by application of ultraviolet energy, following transfer to the item. A method for making the label and a method for marking an item are also disclosed.

Abstract: A thermally imageable element having a thermally imageable layer, wherein the thermally imageable layer has a thermal amplification additive and a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of phenolic type compounds and amine type compounds. These stabilizers present in thermally imageable layers maintain NIR stability during manufacture, and when the thermally imageable elements containing them are used in thermal imaging processes.

Abstract: There is provided a protective layer thermal transfer sheet which can impart an excellent matte tone to an image, produced by a sublimation dye thermal transfer method, without the need to additionally provide any special step and without deteriorating high definition and high sharpness of images inherent in sublimation dye transferred images. There are also provided a protective layer thermal transfer sheet for controlling the gloss of an image, and a matted print produced using the protective layer thermal transfer sheet. The protective layer thermal transfer sheet comprises a substrate sheet and, stacked on at least a part of one side of the substrate sheet in the following order, a release layer, a protective layer and optionally an adhesive layer. The release layer contains a filler and has a roughened surface.

Abstract: Disclosed are a thermally transferable image protective sheet and a method for protective layer formation that can provide a protective layer which can protect an image of a record produced by a nonsilver photographic color hard copy recording method, can impart lightfastness and other properties to the record, and can realize a record having a glossy impression comparable to silver salt photographs. The thermally transferable image protective sheet comprises a support and a thermally transferable resin layer having a single-layer or multilayer structure stacked on the support so as to be separable from the support.

Abstract: A printing foil for foil printing a region of an image comprising: a substrate; a layer of foil bonded to the substrate; and a layer covering the foil which layer is formed from a material chosen from the group of materials consisting of methacrylic copolymer resin, polyester, polycarbonate and polyvinyl chloride.

Abstract: A roll stock of a graphic transfer strip for use in making a high visibility safety garment for wearing by an individual exposed to a higher than normal risk of injury from vehicular traffic. The safety garment complies with the visibility requirements of a published standard such as the American National Standards Institute for High Visibility Safety Apparel. The safety garment has one or more high visibility safety stripes that encircle the torso. The safety stripe is formed of a plurality of separate but closely spaced stripe segments in a generally repetitive pattern that is substantially continuous for the length of the stripe. The stripe segments are formed of a retroreflective material. The stripe segments occupy a portion of the total area of the stripe sufficient to impart to the stripe a coefficient of retroreflectivity that meets or exceeds that required by the standard being addressed for the safety garment.

Abstract: To provide an image-forming material, an image formation method and a method for manufacturing a color proof, where even when laser recording is performed with a higher energy by multi-beam laser light, a light-to-heat conversion substance or a decomposition product thereof is prevented from transferring to the image-forming layer and at the same time, a transfer image having sufficiently high image density, high resolution, and no layer fogging can be formed on an image-receiving sheet. An image-forming material comprising an image-receiving sheet having at least an image-receiving layer and a thermal transfer sheet comprising a support having thereon at least a light-to-heat conversion layer and an image-forming layer, wherein the light-to-heat conversion layer of the thermal transfer sheet comprises a homopolymer and/or a copolymer of vinylpyrrolidone.

Abstract: A transfer sheet for an ink jet printer comprises a support, and a transfer layer which is capable of separating from the support and contains a hot-melt adhesive particle, and the hot-melt adhesive particle comprises a first porous hot-melt adhesive fine particle having an oil absorption of not less than 50 ml/100 g. The transfer layer may further comprise a second hot-melt adhesive fine particle having an oil absorption of less than 50 ml/100 g, a film-forming resin component, and a dye fixing agent. The hot-melt adhesive fine particle may comprise a nylon fine particle, and the average particle size thereof may be 1 to 100 mm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat transfer cover film characterized in that a specific transparent resin layer (2) is releasably provided on a substrate film (1). This transparent resin layer (2) can be easily laminated on the surface of the resulting image (7Y, 7M and 7C) by heat transfer means, making it possible to provide expeditious provision of image representations which are improved in terms of such properties as durability, gloss and color development and is curl-free.