COLOR TRANSFER PAPER

PURPOSE:To provide a transfer paper capable of providing even a protective layer for an image formed on an image-receiving paper with a simple construction, wherein sublimable coloring matters and a transparent heat-fusible protective film (comprising a wax as a main constituent and comprising an ultraviolet light absorbent) are selectively applied on the surface of the same base paper. CONSTITUTION:The first color, cyan, of a color transfer paper 8 is positioned at a thermal head part, and when generation of heat at a thermal head 16 and driving of a drum 14 are started, a sublimable dye for cyan is sublimed, is transferred onto the image-receiving paper 15, and is solidified there, whereby a cyan- colored image is recorded. Subsequently, recording in yellow and recording in magenta are sequentially conducted. Thereafter, the heat-fusible protective film 11 is transferred onto the thus color-recorded paper 15 by a similar method. The wax in the protective film 11 is melted, and is infiltrated into the gaps between fibers of the surface of the paper 15 to be strongly bonded to the latter. On the other hand, since the surface of the base paper 9 is smooth and the base paper 9 is weaky bonded to the protective film 11, when the color transfer paper 8 is separated from the image-receiving paper 15, the once melted film 11 is transferred onto the surface of the image-receiving paper 15.