Image transfer material

Claim 1

A toner image receptor medium being structured to receive entirely embedded therein without formation of a relief pattern a dry electrostatically formed toner image from the surface of a carrier having said toner image formed thereon, said receptor medium comprising, a transparent substrate and a substantially thinner transparent coating permanently bonded to one outer surface of said substrate, said transparent coating formed of a resinous, nonadhesive polymer material compatible structurally with said substrate and having a softening range lower than the softening range of said substrate, the polymer coating being non-blocking under normal ambient conditions, said coating being preferentially softenable relative to the substrate and being structured to be engagable while softened with the toner image carrying surface of the carrier under simultaneously applied localized heat and pressure to form a peelable relationship with said surface for embedment of a toner image below the surface thereof during formation of said peelable relationship, said coated substrate being structured to be peelable as a unit from the toner image carrier subsequent to formation of said peelable relationship, with the coating carrying the embedded toner image completely therewith and below the coating surface without formation of a relief pattern and with substantially full retention of the optical clarity and resolution of said toner image in the absence of post-transfer further treatment of the receptor medium.