PURPOSE: To provide the titled transfer material for a thermal printer improved in an ink exuding property and imparting sharp recording, by dispersing a mixture consisting of a specific colorant medium and a colorant in a resin solution and applying said mixture to a support to volatilize and dry the same.
CONSTITUTION: A colorant comprising pigment (B) is mixed with a colorant medium (A) consisting of an oil-soluble metal sulfonate (i) and waxes (ii) and the resulting mixture is dispersed in a solution prepared by dissolving a resin (D) in a volatile solvent (C) while the obtained dispersion is applied to a support (E) and the component (C) is volatilized and dried to obtain an objective transfer material. For example, as the component (i), petroleum sulfonate represented by formula [wherein R is aromatic hydrocarbon having a paraffin side chain or a naphthene ring, (n) is 1, 2 and M is a metal] is pref. used and, as the component (ii), paraffin wax is pref. used. As the component (C), toluene is pref. used, as the component (D), vinyl chloride is pref. used and, as the component (E), polyethylene terephthalate is pref. used.
TANAKA TAKESHI
IIZUKA MIKIO
