PURPOSE: To enable favorable light resistance to be easily imparted to a recorded image together with water resistance, abrasion resistance and solvent resistance, by incorporating a fluorescent whitening agent, a UV absorber and a light stabilizer in a transfer layer.
CONSTITUTION: A transfer layer 1 is constituted mainly of a thermoplastic resin such as ethyl cellulose and a vinyl acetate resin which can be laminated on the surface of a recorded image and can impart water resistance, abrasion resistance, solvent resistance or the like to an image. A UV absorber to be incorporated in the transfer layer is preferably one that absorbs mainly rays with a wavelength of 300W380nm which are a main cause of discoloration, fading or discoloration of images. A light stabilizer so functions that radicals harmful to dyes constituting the image which are generated in a transfer layer or a surface layer of a recording material by rays not absorbed by the UV absorber are deactivated in the transfer layer or in the surface layer into which the transfer layer penetrates upon lamination. A fluorescent whitening agent absorbs rays in the wavelength region of 340W400nm and emits rays in the wavelength region of 400W500nm, thereby producing a fluorescent whitening effect.
SUZUKI EIICHI
YANAGIBA RIEKO
TOGANO SHIGEO
KIMURA TOSHIAKI
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