Black thermal transfer sheet

Claim 1

A black thermal transfer sheet comprising a substrate film and a black dye layer formed on one surface of said substrate film, which dye layer comprises dye and a binder, wherein: said dye comprises a first dye and a second dye respectively expressed by the following formulae (1) and (2): ##STR13## (where, "R 1 " and "R 2 " represent a substitutional or non-substitutional alkyl group, a substitutional or non-substitutional cycloalkyl group, a substitutional or non-substitutional aralkyl group, or a substitutional or non-substitutional aryl group, "R 3 " represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group, a substitutional or non-substitutional alkyl group, a substitutional or non-substitutional alkoxy group, a substitutional or non-substitutional cycloalkyl group, a substitutional or non-substitutional aralkyl group, a substitutional or non-substitutional aryl group, a substitutional or non-substitutional acyl group, a substitutional or non-substitutional acylamino group or a substitutional or non-substitutional sulfonylamino group, "R 4 " represents a substitutional or non-substitutional alkyl group, a substitutional or non-substitutional cycloalkyl group, a substitutional or non-substitutional aralkyl group, and "R 5 " represents a substitutional or non-substitutional aminocarbonyl group, a substitutional or non-substitutional alkoxycarbonyl group or a substitutional or non-substitutional aryloxycarbonyl group; and "n" represents an integer of 1 or 2); and ##STR14## (where, "R 1 ", "R 2 ", "R 3 " and "n" represent the same definitions as those in the formula (1), and "R 6 " and "R 7 " represent a substitutional or non-substitutional alkyl group, a substitutional or non-substitutional cycloalkyl group, a substitutional or non-substitutional aralkyl group, or a substitutional or non-substitutional aryl group).