In an example of the disclosure, a priming lane and a non-priming lane are identified within an image frame to be printed by a printer. A line of molten wax is applied to the roller. The molten wax when cooled is to form a wax ridge upon the roller. The roller having the formed wax ridge is wetted with the primer. The wetted roller is rotated against the substrate to apply the primer. A first width of the wetted roller that does not include the wax ridge forms the priming lane upon the substrate. A second width of the roller that includes the wax ridge causes the primer to not transfer and thereby forms the non-priming lane upon the substrate.

The transfer material has a laminated structure in which a base material sheet, a transparent sheet, and a coloring material-receiving layer are laminated in the stated order, in which: the coloring material-receiving layer contains inorganic fine particles and a water-soluble resin; the transparent sheet contains at least two kinds of emulsions including an emulsion E1 and an emulsion E2; and the emulsion E1 has a glass transition temperature Tg1 of more than 50 C. and less than 90 C., the emulsion E2 has a glass transition temperature Tg2 of 90 C. or more and 120 C. or less, and at least the emulsion E2 remains in a particle state in the transparent sheet.

A laminated film is provided which has excellent shape appearance at winding and also excellent processability and is capable of achieving higher glossiness of printed objects, the laminated film containing a substrate layer (layer A) composed of a biaxially oriented polyester film and a coating layer (layer B) on at least one side of the layer A, wherein the crystal size of the (100) plane of the layer A obtained by an X-ray diffraction measurement is 4.5 nm or more and less than 6.0 nm, a higher heat shrinkage ratio of the laminated film at 150 C. for 30 minutes between a heat shrinkage ratio in the longitudinal direction and a heat shrinkage ratio in the width direction at 150 C. for 30 minutes is 0.5 to 2.5%, the layer B is located on at least one outermost surface layer, and a surface opposite to the surface having the layer B has a center line average roughness (SRa) of 5 to 15 nm.

A thermosensitive recording medium includes a base material; a thermosensitive recording layer; and an under layer disposed between the base material and the thermosensitive recording layer and containing a non-thermally-expandable hollow filler. The thermosensitive recording medium includes a hydrocarbon, where an amount of the hydrocarbon having from 3 through 16 carbon atoms is 0.2 mg/m.sup.2 or more, relative to an area of the thermosensitive recording medium.

The present invention relates to thermal recording materials comprising (in order): a support (base) layer; one or more undercoat layers; a thermal layer (thermosensitive coloring layer); and one or more protective layers, wherein the thermal recording material contains an aminocarboxylic and/or phosphorus-based chelating agent.

The thermal (thermosensitive) recording materials of the invention show enhanced plasticizer resistance and/or preprint uniformity.

The present invention relates to heat-sensitive recording materials comprising a web-like support material, a colour layer on one side of the web-like support material and a heat-sensitive layer on the colour layer so that the colour layer is at least partially covered, the heat-sensitive layer being designed so that it becomes translucent due to local action of heat, so that the underlying colour layer becomes visible.

Provided is a thermal transfer sheet which has satisfactory printability and provides a printed matter having excellent boiling resistance. Disclosed is a thermal transfer sheet which is provided with a substrate, at least a transferable protective layer and a transferable color layer in this order on one side of the substrate, and is provided with a back face layer on the other side of the substrate, characterized in that the transferable protective layer contains a cyclic olefin-based polymer having a glass transition temperature of 100 C. or more as a main component and further contains an incompatible resin with the cyclic olefin-based polymer, and the transferable color layer contains a colorant and a phenolic resin having a softening point of 100 C. or more.

The transfer material has a laminated structure in which a base material sheet, a transparent sheet, and a coloring material-receiving layer are laminated in the stated order, in which: the coloring material-receiving layer contains inorganic fine particles and a water-soluble resin; the transparent sheet contains at least two kinds of emulsions including an emulsion E1 and an emulsion E2; and the emulsion E1 has a glass transition temperature Tg1 of more than 50 C. and less than 90 C., the emulsion E2 has a glass transition temperature Tg2 of 90 C. or more and 120 C. or less, and at least the emulsion E2 remains in a particle state in the transparent sheet.

The present invention relates to thermal recording materials comprising (in order): a support (base) layer; one or more undercoat layers; a thermal layer (thermosensitive coloring layer); and one or more protective layers, wherein the thermal recording material contains an aminocarboxylic and/or phosphorus-based chelating agent. The thermal (thermosensitive) recording materials of the invention show enhanced plasticizer resistance and/or preprint uniformity.

The transfer material has a laminated structure in which a base material sheet, a transparent sheet, and a coloring material-receiving layer are laminated in the stated order, in which: the coloring material-receiving layer contains inorganic fine particles and a water-soluble resin; the transparent sheet contains at least two kinds of emulsions including an emulsion E1 and an emulsion E2; and the emulsion E1 has a glass transition temperature Tg1 of more than 50 C. and less than 90 C., the emulsion E2 has a glass transition temperature Tg2 of 90 C. or more and 120 C. or less, and at least the emulsion E2 remains in a particle state in the transparent sheet.