Thermal transfer sheet

Abstract

Abstract PURPOSE:To provide a thermal transfer sheet imparting a smooth running property to a thermal head, preventing the roughness of a printed part and excellent in storage stability, constituted by providing a specific heat resistant protective layer to the surface of a substrate sheet, which has a thermal transfer layer, in the side opposite to said thermal transfer layer. CONSTITUTION:To the surface of a substrate sheet (pref., a polyester film) having a thermal transfer layer (pref., a heat-sublimable transfer layer or a heat- meltable transfer layer) in the side opposite to said thermal transfer layer, a heat resistant protective layer containing a reaction product (A) of polyvinyl butyral and isocyanates (e.g., p-phenylene diisocyanate) and alkali (alkaline earth) metal phosphate (pref., sodium phosphate) (B) is provided to obtain an objective thermal transfer sheet. 5-60wt% of isocyanates and 5-40% of alkali (alkaline earth) metal phosphate are pref. used to polyvinyl butyral.

Inventors

• 👤 Mineo Yamauchi
• 👤 山内　峰雄
• 👤 Masanori Akata
• 👤 正典 赤田
• 👤 Masaki Kutsukake
• 👤 沓掛　正樹

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