To provide an intermediate transfer recording medium capable of obtaining printed matter having a brimless entire surface image forming a thermal transfer image excellent in various durabilities even under a severe use condition of an image receiving sheet, and an image forming method.
In the intermediate transfer recording medium, a sheet substrate provided with a resin layer and a transparent sheet provided with a receiving layer are laminated and half-cut processing is applied to the transparent sheet inclusive of the receiving layer and the resin layer is peeled from the transparent sheet. This intermediate transfer recording medium is used to form a transfer image on the receiving layer and the part subjected to half-cut processing is set as a boundary to cut the transparent sheet and only the patch part surrounded by the half-cut processing is re-transferred to the receiving object to form an image. In this image forming method, the image is formed on the whole surface of the patch part of the transparent sheet provided with the receiving layer separated by half-cut processing or formed over an area more than the size of the patch part. There is no blank in the peripheral edge of the patch part and the patch part is re-transferred to the receiving object.
OSHIMA KATSUYUKI
IMAI TAKAYUKI
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