JPH09160279A - Image receiving sheet and production of image display product using that - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a sharp image and to produce an image display product such as a signboard, notice board, curtain and flag by forming a release layer and an image receiving layer in this order on a base body and forming an image on the image receiving layer by a copying machine or printer. SOLUTION: This image receiving sheet consists of a base body 1, a release layer 2 and an image receiving layer 3, and an image is formed on the image receiving layer 3 by a copying machine or a printer. The image receiving layer 3 used for the image receiving sheet receive an image formed by a copying machine or printer. As for the image receiving layer 3, a material prepared by compounding a filter or pigment into a binder is preferably used. Thereby, by incorporating a pigment and a filter into a binder, absorption property for a toner or ink as an image forming material for a copying machine or printer can be increased and an image can be made shaper.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention can be used as a sheet of paper for a copying machine or a computer printer, and can form an image of characters, symbols, pictures, etc., and an image-receiving sheet using the same. The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a display article.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art
Items such as signboards, bulletin boards, banners, and flags are manufactured using screen printing, photographs, handwriting, marking sheets, and the like. On the other hand, in the field of copiers and printers, image forming technologies such as electrophotography, laser beam, heat-sensitive fusion transfer printing, and inkjet have made rapid progress. Images such as pictures are also becoming able to be formed as high-quality images that are the same as printed matter. Therefore, use such a copying machine or printer to form an image of monochrome or color characters, symbols, pictures, etc., and use this to manufacture image display articles such as signboards, bulletin boards, banners, and flags. Can be considered.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 63-58447 discloses a method for transferring an image of characters, symbols, designs, etc. by using a dry heat electrostatic transfer copying machine. Here, a heat-resistant release agent is applied to one side of a heat-resistant plastic film, and then a dry heat electrostatic transfer copying machine is used to turn the letters, symbols, designs, etc. inside out. Are copied and attached to the mount with an adhesive or the like. However, in such a method, since copying is performed on the release agent, absorption of ink or the like on the copying surface is not sufficient,
There is a problem that a high quality image cannot be formed. There is also a problem that uneven hue and ink stains are likely to occur. Further, since the release agent is applied to the surface, there is a problem that not only the recording property but also the running property, the handling property, and the storage property are deteriorated. Further, there is also a problem that the image to be formed must be copied on the release agent in the state of being turned upside down.

Further, there is also a method in which an image is formed on the surface of a transparent polyester film base material used for OHP or the like by a copying machine or a printer, and the image is attached onto the base material by an adhesive or the like. Conceivable. However, in many cases, the polyester film used for OHP has a thickness of 60 μm or more, and film properties such as film thickness, hardness, and repulsion are integrated with characters, symbols, designs, etc. There were many usage ranges and restrictions such as improper transfer and unsuitability for sticking or sticking to a woven fabric that requires flexibility.

An object of the present invention is to form a clear image by a copying machine or a printer, and by transferring this, an image display article such as a signboard, a bulletin board, a banner or a flag can be manufactured. A sheet for use and an image display article manufacturing method using the sheet.

[0006]

The image-receiving sheet of the present invention has an image-receiving layer provided on a substrate via a release layer,
An image receiving sheet for forming an image on an image receiving layer by a copying machine or a printer.

The base material used in the image-receiving sheet of the present invention is not particularly limited, but paper-based materials are preferably coated paper and glassine paper, and plastic-based materials such as polyester film and acetate film. Material is preferable. The thickness is preferably 30 to 200 μm. If the thickness is too thin, the image-receiving sheet will have a weak waist and wrinkles, folds and curls are likely to occur during running and handling. Further, the heat generated by a copying machine or printer causes curling and expansion / contraction, which causes problems such as paper jams during traveling.
Moreover, if the thickness is too thick, it is economically wasteful and
When handling and storing the image-receiving sheet, it is bulky, heavy, difficult to handle, and the waist is hard and difficult to bend. Occurs.

In the present invention, the base material may be a single layer, but in order to improve running property, heat resistance, surface smoothness, etc., these base materials may be formed into a multi-layered structure,
It may be impregnated with resin or pigment, or may be coated.

Further, electrophotographic systems, laser beam systems, heat-sensitive fusion transfer printing systems, etc. are adopted in copying machines and printers, and the temperature is 100 to 200 ° C.
Since high heat is applied, it is preferable to consider the influence of running property such as curl and expansion / contraction of the base material.

The release layer used in the image-receiving sheet of the present invention is
It is a layer which plays a role of peeling the image receiving layer from the substrate after forming an image such as a picture on the image receiving layer by a copying machine or a printer. The release layer is not particularly limited as long as it can release the image-receiving layer, but for example, a long-chain alkyl group-containing polymer, a silicone-based polymer, shellac, wax, or the like is used. You can These can be formed, for example, by coating the base material with a gravure coater or the like.
Alternatively, it may be formed by laminating a separate release sheet on a substrate.

The thickness of the release layer is preferably 0.1 to 3.0 μm in order to reduce coating unevenness and release variation. The peeling layer used in the present invention preferably has a peeling force of 200 gf / 50 mm or less after forming an image on the image receiving layer.

The image-receiving layer used in the image-receiving sheet of the present invention is a layer for receiving an image formed by a copying machine or a printer. As such an image receiving layer, a layer in which a filler and a pigment are mixed in a binder is preferable. As the binder, a cellulose-based derivative, PVA, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyacrylamide, polyester, or SBR-based or NBR-based latex can be used. Examples of the fillers and pigments include calcium carbonate, fine powder silica, calcium silicate, barium sulfate, acid clay, zinc oxide, synthetic silicate, titanium oxide, colloidal silica, and organic resin powder.

By thus containing a pigment or a filler in the binder, it is possible to enhance the adsorptivity of toner or ink, which is an image forming material for copying machines or printers, and to make the image clearer. can do.
In addition, performance such as heat resistance and running property can be improved.

The content of the filler and pigment is preferably 70 to 200 parts by weight, more preferably 90 to 160 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the binder. Further, various additives can be added to the image-receiving layer, if necessary. For example, an additive can be added for the purpose of light resistance, color tone improvement, antistatic, etc.

The image-receiving layer is formed, for example, by coating a coating solution of the image-receiving agent prepared by compounding on a release layer of a base material formed by coating a release agent in advance with a roll coater or the like and drying. Can be formed. When the image receiving layer is formed on both sides of the base material via the release layer, similarly, the release layer is first formed on the opposite side surface of the base material, and the coating liquid to be the image receiving layer is formed on the release layer. Can be formed by coating and then drying.

When the image receiving layer is formed by coating as described above, additives such as a dispersant and a defoaming agent may be added to improve coatability. The image receiving layer of the present invention may be formed by laminating a film. When the film is laminated to form the image-receiving layer, the base material can be heated and melted through the release layer and laminated on the release layer on the base material.

The image receiving layer may be formed by laminating a plurality of layers. For example, it may be formed by forming a multilayer with a binder layer containing the above-mentioned filler or pigment and another resin film.

The color of the image receiving layer may be any color desired for an image display article, and may be white, transparent or pigmented. The image-receiving layer preferably has a certain degree of heat resistance, for example 180
It is preferable that the treatment at 10 ° C. for 10 to 60 seconds does not cause discoloration or fusion of the surface of the image receiving layer, peeling of the image receiving layer, curling of the image receiving layer, or the like.

The total thickness of the image receiving layer is preferably 60 μm or less. If the thickness of the image receiving layer becomes too thick, the handling property in a copying machine, a printer or the like will deteriorate. Therefore,
It is preferable that the paper has the same thickness as the paper conventionally used in copying machines, printers and the like.

The thickness of the image-receiving layer formed by coating is preferably about 5 to 35 μm in view of coatability, characteristics and economy. If the thickness of the image receiving layer is too thin, the function of protecting and reinforcing the received image from the back side becomes weak. For example,
When transferred onto a rough surface such as cloth, the image may be greatly deformed, resulting in poor definition. Further, the image may be damaged in the step of transferring it to the base material of the image display article.

The method for producing an image display article of the present invention is a method for producing an image display article by transferring an image receiving layer on which an image is formed, using the image receiving sheet of the present invention, which is a copying machine or a printer. The step of forming an image on the image-receiving layer of the image-receiving sheet by transferring the image-receiving layer having the image formed thereon onto a protective sheet having a parallel light transmittance of 10% or more through an adhesive layer, and then peeling The method includes a step of peeling the layer and the base material, and a step of adhering the protective sheet to which the image receiving layer is transferred onto the base material of the image display article.

The protective sheet used in the production method of the present invention is a sheet for transferring the image-receiving layer on which an image is formed through the adhesive layer. As the protective sheet, a plastic sheet or film having a transparency of 10 mm or less is preferable. The function of the protective sheet is to maintain the shape when the image-receiving layer is peeled off and transferred, the workability of attaching the image-receiving layer to the substrate of the image display article, or the function of protecting the image formed on the image-receiving layer. Therefore, it is preferable to select in consideration of such a function.

As described above, the protective sheet preferably has transparency, and it is necessary that the parallel light transmittance is 10% or more. When the parallel light transmittance is less than this, the transparency becomes insufficient, and it becomes difficult to observe the image formed on the image receiving layer through the protective sheet, and the image display property is impaired. Parallel light transmittance is JI
It can be measured by S-K7105. The adhesive force of the adhesive layer for adhering the image receiving layer to the protective sheet is
It is preferably 50 gf / 25 mm or more. If the adhesive strength is less than this, the image receiving layer may not be sufficiently effectively transferred to the protective sheet and may be easily peeled off.

The adhesive layer for transferring the protective sheet to the image receiving layer is not particularly limited, but a transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive that transmits light, a heat activated adhesive, a water activated adhesive or the like is used. Can be formed. As the adhesive layer, for example, an acrylic adhesive, a rubber adhesive, or a permanent adhesive type,
Alternatively, a removable type or the like can be used and is not particularly limited.

Examples of the material of the protective sheet include resins such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyurethane (PU), polycarbonate (PC). .

The shape of the protective sheet is not particularly limited, and may be any shape such as a roll shape, a sheet shape, and an adhesive surface protective release paper. In the above-mentioned production method of the present invention, the protective sheet having the image-receiving layer transferred is adhered to the base material of the image display article, but the protective sheet having the image-receiving layer transferred can be used as it is as the image display article. Is. Therefore, the step of adhering the image display article on the substrate may not be performed. In such a case, the protective sheet itself becomes the base material of the image display article.

The base material and the adhesive may be colored. Further, it may be one that has been subjected to light diffusion processing, antistatic treatment, ultraviolet ray deterioration prevention and the like. Therefore, it may contain additives and colorants for these.

In the manufacturing method of the present invention, the protective sheet having the image-receiving layer transferred thereto is adhered onto the substrate of the image display article,
An image display article is manufactured. Examples of the method of adhering the protective sheet to the base material of the image display article include a method of adhering the base material and the protective sheet via an adhesive sheet. The adhesive sheet is not particularly limited, for example,
Solution type adhesives, pressure-sensitive or heat-activatable double-sided adhesive films, sheets, tapes and the like can be used. When a transparent base material is used as the base material of the image display article, and when the image formed on the image receiving layer can be observed from the base material side,
The adhesive sheet is preferably transparent.

The thickness of the adhesive sheet and the base material thereof are not particularly limited, and the shape of the adhesive sheet can be appropriately selected and used such as a roll shape and a sheet shape. The base material of the image display article used in the production method of the present invention is appropriately selected depending on the finally produced image display article, and is not particularly limited. As the base material of the image display article, for example, woven fabric, nonwoven fabric, cardboard,
Examples include base materials used for various materials and applications such as wood boards, resin boards, steel sheets, films, sheets, foams, glasses, resin molded articles, assembled articles, and pottery articles.

As described above, the surface of the base material of the image display article used in the present invention is not necessarily a flat surface,
Some fabrics have a rough surface such as woven fabric, felt, and wire mesh. Also, those having a bent portion or a curved surface portion by processing are included. Further, after the protective sheet is adhered onto the base material, press working such as vacuum forming, bending, wave bending, or punching may be performed.

[0031]

In the image-receiving sheet of the present invention, the image-receiving layer is provided on the base material via the release layer, so that it can be easily printed by a copying machine or a printer by adding an appropriate amount of the filler. The surface, that is, the surface is appropriately smooth and has good ink adsorption, and thus has excellent recording property. Further, it can be an image-receiving sheet excellent in running property, handleability, and storability.

Therefore, by using the image-receiving sheet of the present invention, an image can be formed on the image-receiving layer by a copying machine or a printer, and an image-receiving layer having a clear image can be obtained.

According to the method for producing an image display article of the present invention, the image-receiving layer thus obtained is transferred onto the protective sheet via the adhesive layer, and then the release layer and the base material are released to obtain the image-receiving layer. An image display article can be obtained by adhering the protective sheet to which is transferred onto the base material of the image display article. Therefore, according to the manufacturing method of the present invention, an image of an image display article can be easily formed by using a copying machine or a printer, and moreover, a three-dimensional curved surface portion, an uneven surface, or a rough surface such as a woven fabric. A desired image can be formed on the substrate having

[0034]

1 is a sectional view showing an image receiving sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, in the image-receiving sheet of this embodiment, a release layer 2 is provided on a substrate 1, and an image-receiving layer 3 is provided on the release layer 2. Therefore, in this embodiment, the release layer 2 and the image receiving layer 3 are provided only on one surface side of the base material 1.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing an image receiving sheet of another embodiment according to the present invention. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the image receiving layer 3 is provided on one side of the substrate 1 via the release layer 2 and the image receiving layer 5 is provided on the other side via the release layer 4. Therefore, the image-receiving sheet according to the present embodiment is the substrate 1
Since the release layers 2 and 4 and the image receiving layers 3 and 5 are provided on both sides of the above, they can be used twice in the production of the image display article.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a state in which an image 6 is formed on the image receiving layer 3 of the image receiving sheet of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 by a copying machine or a printer. As shown in FIG. 3, an image 6 is formed on the image receiving layer 3 by various recording methods such as an electrophotographic method, a laser beam method, a heat-sensitive fusion transfer printing method, and an inkjet method.

FIG. 4 shows an image 6 on the image receiving layer 3 shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the release layer 2 and the base material 1 are peeled off after the image-receiving sheet on which is formed is transferred onto the transparent protective sheet 8 via the adhesive layer 7. As shown in FIG. 4, the image 6 includes the image receiving layer 3, the adhesive layer 7, and the protective sheet 8.
It will be sandwiched between and.

FIG. 5 shows the base material 1 on the other surface of the image receiving layer 3 transferred onto the protective sheet 8 shown in FIG.
It is sectional drawing which shows the state which 0 was bonded. In one of the embodiments according to the manufacturing method of the present invention, the image display article is manufactured in this manner. The base material 10 may have transparency or may not have transparency. In this embodiment, since the protective sheet 8 has transparency, the image 6 can be observed from the protective sheet 8 side. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the image 6 does not need to be the image in the upside-down state, and the image can be formed as an image in the normal direction. Further, in the case of a pattern that cannot be distinguished from an inside-out image such as a pattern, a glass plate, a transparent resin plate or the like may be used as the base material 10 to provide an image display article that can be observed from both sides.

The image display article having the structure shown in FIG. 5 includes, for example, a sign board, a guide board, an advertising board, a banner, a flag,
Illumination boards, decorative covers, name plates, posters, cards, etc.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view showing an image display article manufactured by another embodiment of the manufacturing method according to the present invention. In the present embodiment, in the image-receiving sheet to which the protective sheet shown in FIG. 4 is adhered, the base material 12 is adhered onto the protective sheet 8 via the adhesive sheet 11. When the image receiving layer 3 is opaque, a transparent base material is used as the base material 12, and the image display article is observable from the base material 12 side.
As such a base material 12, for example, a glass plate such as a window glass or a transparent resin plate can be used. As an image display article having a structure as shown in FIG.
In-store advertising posters, lighting boards, menus, etc. can be mentioned.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing still another embodiment of the image-receiving sheet according to the present invention. In this embodiment,
As the protective sheet 13, one that can be used as a base material of the image display article is used. Therefore, the image display article is manufactured by sticking the protective sheet 13 on the image 6 of the image receiving layer 3 on which the image 6 is formed via the adhesive layer 7. As the image display article as shown in FIG. 7, for example, a sign board, a guide board, an advertising board, a name board, an illumination board,
Examples thereof include cards and molded articles for sales promotion.

[0042]

EXAMPLES Example 1 (Production of Image Receiving Sheet) An image receiving sheet having a release layer and an image receiving layer only on one side was produced as shown in FIG. As the substrate 1, a commercially available transparent polyester film (thickness 100 μm) was used. This transparent polyester film is 200 ℃ x 60
It is a film with less shrinkage and curl due to heat treatment for seconds.

On the base material 1, a release agent of 0.5% toluene solution made of polyethyleneimine resin was applied by a gravure coater to form a release layer 2 having a thickness of 1.0 μm. As a coating liquid for forming the image receiving layer 3, a coating liquid having the following composition was prepared in consideration of ink adhesion and thermal deterioration.

Binder A: 334.0 parts by weight (Toyobo Co., Ltd., polyester resin, 50:50 mixture of trade names “Byron 20S” and “Byron 30S”) Binder B: 57.6 parts by weight (Denki Kagaku Kogyo Co., Ltd.) Made, vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer resin, trade name "Dencarac 21K") Filler: 100.0 parts by weight (Mizuzawa Chemical Co., Ltd., finely divided silicic acid, trade name "Mizukasil P527") Stabilizer: 0.4 weight Part (Katsuda Kako Co., Ltd., tin-based stabilizer, trade name "ADDOSBATT T-1000BJ") Solvent a: 700.0 parts by weight (ethyl acetate) Solvent b: 263.0 parts by weight (MEK) Solvent c: 50. 0 parts by weight (IPA)

First, the filler and a part of the solvents a, b and c were stirred with a homomixer to prepare a dispersion, and the binders A and B, the stabilizer and the rest of the solvents a, b and c were prepared. A solution was prepared by stirring, and these solutions were collectively mixed and stirred to prepare a coating solution of an image receiving agent having a nonvolatile content of 14.8% by weight. This was coated on the surface of the release layer on the transparent polyester film with a roll coater uniformly and without surface roughness to form an image receiving layer having a thickness of 15 μm, and the structure as shown in FIG. An image receiving sheet of was prepared.

The obtained image-receiving sheet was cut into A4 size, and composed of characters and patterns by a copying machine ("NP6060" electrophotographic system manufactured by Canon Inc.) and a computer printer ("XP9W" laser beam system manufactured by Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.). The image was recorded and a good image was obtained.

Example 2 (Preparation of Image-Receiving Sheet) As the substrate, the same commercially available transparent polyester film as in Example 1 was used except that the thickness was 75 μm. To form a release layer having a thickness of 1.0 μm, an image receiving layer is formed on the release layer in the same manner as in Example 1, and an image receiving sheet having a release layer and an image receiving layer on both sides as shown in FIG. Was produced. When an image was recorded on the image receiving layers on the front and back surfaces of this image receiving sheet in the same manner as in Example 1, a good image could be formed.

Comparative Example 1 Commercially available transparent polyester film (thickness 105
.mu.m) for OPC film for PPC ("OFH100" manufactured by Sakura Crepas Co., Ltd.) on one side of A4 size was recorded by a copying machine and a computer printer in the same manner as in Example 1 to form an image.

Comparative Example 2 A P4 paper (thickness 93 μm) commercially available PPC paper (“Copier Paper TKCL” manufactured by Canon Inc.) on the front and back of A4 size was used as a copying machine as in the second embodiment. Images were recorded using a computer printer.

With respect to the image-receiving sheets of Examples 1 and 2 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2, heat resistance, running property, recording property,
The handleability was evaluated. 180 ℃ for heat resistance
When there was no shrinkage or curl in the heat treatment for 10 seconds, "no abnormality" was given. Regarding the runnability, a sheet with no curl or clogging of the sheet during recording was defined as "no abnormality". Regarding the recording property, the one without ink adhesion was defined as “good”. Regarding the handleability, those which did not cause folds or wrinkles were rated as “good”. Table 1 shows the evaluation results.

[0051]

[Table 1]

As is clear from Table 1, the image-receiving sheets of Examples 1 and 2 according to the present invention have the same heat resistance and running property as those of OHP films and PPC papers conventionally used as papers for copying machines and printers. It was found that the material had good recording property, recordability, and handleability.

Next, an image display article was manufactured using the image receiving sheet formed as described above. Example 3 (Production of Image Display Article) As the transparent base material of the protective sheet, a transparent soft vinyl chloride film (thickness 60 μm) produced by a calendar method was used. This film considers the light resistance and light reflection of the image,
The film surface is matted by adding an ultraviolet deterioration inhibitor. The protective sheet of this soft vinyl chloride film had a total light transmittance of 93%, a diffuse transmittance of 63%, and a parallel light transmittance of 30%. The total light transmittance, the diffuse transmittance, and the parallel light transmittance are all JIS.
-The value was measured according to K7105.

As a coating liquid for forming the adhesive layer of the protective sheet, a pyrrolidone-based polymer composed of vinylpyrrolidone and a vinyl acetate copolymer as an adhesion-imparting resin was added to an acrylic copolymer mainly composed of butyl acrylate,
A 20 wt% solution of a heat activated adhesive solution was prepared. This adhesive coating solution was applied to a silicone-based 80 g / m ² release paper using a roll coater to give a dry film thickness of 20 μm.
m.

The adhesive layer with release paper thus obtained was laminated with the vinyl chloride film of the above-mentioned substrate to prepare a sheet having a structure in which the adhesive layer was sandwiched between the protective sheet and the release paper. The protective sheet having the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is a protective sheet which is transparent and has a room temperature slightly adhesive type and an adhesive layer having an adhesive activation temperature of 90 ° C.

The protective sheet having the adhesive layer obtained as described above was laminated on the image-receiving sheet on which the image recorded in Example 1 was recorded. For the bonding, the release paper of the protective sheet was peeled off, the adhesive layer of the protective sheet was overlaid on the image of the image-receiving sheet, the layers were bonded using a heating laminator, and then cooled. After the lamination, the release layer and the base material were released from the image receiving sheet. As described above, the protective sheet to which the image receiving layer having the structure shown in FIG. 4 was attached could be obtained.

Next, an aluminum plate was used as the base material of the image display article, and the image receiving layer to which the above-mentioned protective sheet was attached was adhered onto this aluminum plate. The adhesion to the aluminum plate was performed by using an acrylic double-sided adhesive tape. Such an aluminum plate is assumed to be an outdoor guide plate as an image display article. As described above, an image display article having a structure as shown in FIG. 5 was manufactured, and this was bent and completed as an image display article for a guide plate.

Example 4 (Production of Image Display Article) The protective sheet used in Example 3 was used, and the image-receiving sheet used in Example 2 was used. In the same manner as in Example 3, the image-receiving layer of the image-receiving sheet was adhered onto the protective sheet to prepare an image sheet having a structure similar to that shown in FIG.

Next, a broad cloth was used as a base material of the image display article, and the image sheet was adhered to the broad cloth. Broad cloth was used assuming a banner as an image display article. Adhesion between the image sheet and broad cloth is
An image having a structure as shown in FIG. 5 is obtained by thermocompression bonding using an EVA heat-activatable adhesive film, in consideration of the adhesiveness to the uneven surface of the broad cloth and the bending resistance as a curtain which is an image display article. A banner, which is a display article, was manufactured.

Comparative Example 3 (Production of Image Display Article) The image-receiving sheet obtained in Comparative Example 1 was laminated on the protective sheet used in Example 3 by the heating laminator method in the same manner as in Example 3 to form an image sheet. Was produced. This image sheet was bonded to an aluminum plate in the same manner as in Example 3 to manufacture an image display article as a guide plate.

Comparative Example 4 (Production of Image Display Article) The image sheet obtained in Comparative Example 3 was used and adhered to a broad cloth as a base material in the same manner as in Example 4 to produce a banner image display article. Was manufactured.

Comparative Example 5 (Production of Image Display Article) The image-receiving sheet obtained in Comparative Example 2 was laminated with the protective sheet used in Example 3 using a heating laminator in the same manner as in Example 3. An image sheet was prepared. The obtained image sheet was attached to an aluminum plate in the same manner as in Example 3 to produce a guide plate.

Comparative Example 6 (Production of Image Display Article) The image-receiving sheet obtained in Comparative Example 2 was laminated on the protective sheet used in Example 3 with a heating laminator in the same manner as in Example 3 to form an image. A sheet was prepared.

The obtained image sheet was attached to a broad cloth in the same manner as in Example 4 to manufacture a hanging curtain. The image display articles of Examples 3 and 4 and Comparative Examples 3 to 6 obtained as described above were evaluated for processability, flexibility, heat resistance, and water resistance as follows.

[0065] The adhesion ease of processability image sheet and the base material was evaluated by the following criteria. ◯: No wrinkles or deformation and easy bonding. ×: Wrinkles and deformation occur during the bonding process.

Flexibility of the fabric after transfer to the flexible fabric was evaluated. Specifically, the condition of the transferred image after being bent 300 times at an angle of 180 ° under the condition of 23 ° C. was evaluated according to the following criteria. ○: No peeling. ×: There is some peeling.

Heat resistance Each image display article was allowed to stand in a constant temperature bath at 60 ° C. for 7 days, and the state of the image was evaluated according to the following criteria. O: No image deformation such as tearing or peeling out of 10 samples. Δ: 1 to 3 of 10 samples had image deformation. X: There were 4 or more image deformations in 10 samples.

Water resistance After each image display article was left in hot water at 40 ° C. for 7 days,
The condition of the image was evaluated according to the following criteria. O: No image deformation such as tearing or peeling out of 10 samples. Δ: 1 to 3 of 10 samples had image deformation. X: There were 4 or more image deformations in 10 samples.

[0069]

[Table 2]

As is clear from the results of Table 2, the image display articles of Example 3 and Example 4 according to the present invention had processability,
Excellent flexibility, heat resistance and water resistance.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of an image receiving sheet of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the image-receiving sheet of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a state after an image is formed on the image receiving sheet of the embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the peeling layer and the base material are peeled off after the image receiving layer on which the image shown in FIG. 3 is formed is adhered to a protective sheet.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing an embodiment of the image display article of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the image display article of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing still another embodiment of the image display article of the present invention.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 ... Base material 2, 4 ... Release layer 3, 5 ... Image receiving layer 6 ... Image 7 ... Adhesive layer 8 ... Protective sheet 9, 11 ... Adhesive sheet 10, 12 ... Base material 13 of image display article ... Base material for image display articles used as protective sheet

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An image-receiving sheet for forming an image on the image-receiving layer by a copying machine or a printer, the image-receiving layer being provided on a base material via a release layer. 2. The image-receiving sheet according to claim 1, wherein the image-receiving layer is a binder containing a filler or a pigment. 3. The image-receiving sheet according to claim 1,
A method for producing an image display article by transferring the image-receiving layer on which the image is formed, comprising the steps of forming an image on the image-receiving layer of the image-receiving sheet by a copying machine or a printer, and forming the image. The transferred image-receiving layer is transferred onto a protective sheet having a parallel light transmittance of 10% or more via an adhesive layer, and then the protective sheet having the transferred image-receiving layer is bonded onto a base material of an image display article. A method of manufacturing an image display article, comprising: