US Patent 6881704 Thermal transfer image-receiving sheet

There is provided a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet which can yield, on its receptive layer, a thermally transferred sublimation dye image possessing excellent resistance to hand cream, resistance to sebum, resistance to plasticizers, and resistance to fats and oil. The thermal transfer image-receiving sheet comprises: a substrate sheet; and, provided on at least one side of the substrate sheet in the following order, an intermediate layer and a dye-receptive layer, the intermediate layer comprising a resin layer comprising an inorganic pigment having an acicular crystal structure.