1. A heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet, comprising;
a support;
at least one receptor layer on a support, said at least one receptor layer containing at least one of a vinyl chloridevinyl acetate latex copolymer and a vinyl chlorideacrylate latex copolymer;
at least one heat insulation layer containing hollow latex polymer particles having an average diameter of from 0.3 to 1.5 \u03bcm, said at least one heat insulation layer being provided between the support and the at least one receptor layer; and
wherein the hollow polymer particles have a particle diameter distribution that a sum of the number of particles having diameters of 90% or less of an average diameter of the hollow polymer particles and the number of particles having diameters of 110% or more of the average diameter is at least 40% of the total number of the hollow polymer particles present in the heat insulation layer.
2. The heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet according to claim 1, wherein the hollow polymer particles are non-foaming hollow particles obtained in the following manner: a dispersion medium is contained inside of a capsule wall and, after a coating solution is applied and dried, the dispersion medium in the particles is vaporized out of the particles, so that the inside of each particle forms a hollow.
3. The heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet according to claim 1, wherein the heat insulation layer further contains a water-soluble polymer.
4. The heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet according to claim 3, wherein the water-soluble polymer is a gelatin andor a polyvinyl alcohol.
5. The heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet according to claim 1, in which the heat insulation layer has a hollow polymer content of 65 mass % or more.
6. The heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet according to claim 1, in which the average diameter of the hollow polymer particles is from 0.45 to 1.5 \u03bcm.
7. The heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet according to claim 1, wherein the receptor layer and the heat insulation layer are provided in a simultaneous multilayer coating.
8. The heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet according to claim 1, wherein the support comprises a base paper and a polyolefin resin layer that is provided on both side or at least on the side of the base paper to which the receptor layer is provided.
9. A method of forming an image, which method comprises the steps of:
superposing the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet according to claim 1 upon a transfer material comprising a solid-phase ink layer, and
applying a thermal energy from a thermal head of a thermal transfer printer, and
forming an image on the receptor layer in the heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet.
10. The heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet according to claim 1, wherein the at least one heat insulation layer contains at least two kinds of water-soluble polymers.
11. The heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet according to claim 1, wherein said at least one receptor layer contains at least two kinds of latex polymers.
12. The heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet according to claim 1, wherein said at least one receptor layer contains at least one kind of wax dispersion.
13. The heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet according to claim 1, wherein the receptor layer comprising the latex copolymer is a layer most apart from the support.
14. The heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the latex copolymers contained in the receptor layer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 0\xb0 C. to 80\xb0 C.
15. The heat-sensitive transfer image-receiving sheet according to claim 1, wherein the receptor layer containing the latex copolymer includes at least two kinds of latex copolymers each of which has repeating units derived from vinyl chloride.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A communication apparatus including an analogue terminal communication unit for effecting communication through an analogue circuit with an analogue communication terminal and a data communication network connecting unit for effecting connection to a data communication network, further comprising:
a requesting unit adapted to request call establishment to the data communication network via a first communication system, when a sending request is received from the analogue communication terminal through the analogue circuit;
a receiving unit adapted to receive a notice indicating that call establishment is possible from the data communication network corresponding to the call establishment request; and
a communication executing unit adapted to execute the communication with the data communication network via a second communication system by switching the first communication system to the second communication system different from said first communication system and adapted to continue the communication with the analogue communication terminal without disconnecting the communication of the analogue circuit, when the notice is not received by said receiving unit.
2. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said communication executing unit adapted to execute the communication via the second communication system, when a release completion notice is received from the data communication network.
3. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said analogue communication terminal is a facsimile apparatus and said communication apparatus is a gateway apparatus.
4. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said data communication network is an internet.
5. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first communication system is a communication system via ITU recommendation T.38 and said second communication system is a communication system via ITU recommendation T.37.
6. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an analogue signal received by said analogue terminal communication unit from said analogue communication terminal is converted into a data packet signal having a predetermined type and the converted signal is sent from said data communication network connecting unit to said data communication network.
7. A communication system switching method applied to a communication apparatus including an analogue terminal communication unit for effecting communication through an analogue circuit with an analogue communication terminal and a data communication network connecting unit for effecting connection to a data communication network, comprising:
a requesting step of requesting call establishment to the data communication network via a first communication system, when a sending request is received from the analogue communication terminal through the analogue circuit;
a receiving step of receiving a notice indicating that call establishment is possible from the data communication network corresponding to the call establishment request; and
a communication executing step of executing the communication with the data communication network via a second communication system by switching the first communication system to the second communication system different from the first communication system and continuing the communication with the analogue communication terminal without disconnecting the communication of the analogue circuit, when the notice is not received in said receiving step.
8. A communication system switching method according to claim 7, wherein said communication executing step executes communication via the second communication system, when a release completion notice is received from the data communication network.
9. A communication system switching method according to claim 7, wherein the analogue communication terminal is a facsimile apparatus and the communication apparatus is a gateway apparatus.
10. A communication system switching method according to claim 7, wherein the data communication network is an internet.
11. A communication system switching method according to claim 10, wherein the first communication system is a communication system via ITU recommendation T.38 and the second communication system is a communication system via ITU recommendation T.37.
12. A computer-readable memory medium for storing a program capable of executing a communication system switching method applied to a communication apparatus including an analogue terminal communication unit for effecting communication through an analogue circuit with an analogue communication terminal and a data communication network connecting unit for effecting connection to a data communication network, wherein said communication system switching method comprises:
a requesting step of requesting call establishment to the data communication network via a first communication system, when a sending request is received from the analogue communication terminal through the analogue circuit; and
a receiving step of receiving a notice indicating that call establishment is possible from the data communication network corresponding to the call establishment request; and
a communication executing step of executing the communication with the data communication network via a second communication system by switching the first communication system to the second communication system different from the first communication system and continuing the communication with the analogue communication terminal without disconnecting the communication of the analogue circuit, when the notice is not received in said receiving step.
13. A communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the notice is received by said receiving unit, said communication executing unit is adapted to execute the communication via the first communication system for connecting the analogue communication terminal with the data communication network.
14. A communication system switching method according to claim 7, wherein, when the notice is received in said receiving step, said communication executing step executes the communication via the first communication system for connecting the analogue communication terminal with the data communication network.
15. A communication apparatus including a communication unit for effecting communication through an analogue circuit with another communication terminal and a communication network connecting unit for effecting connection to a communication network, said apparatus comprising:
a requesting unit adapted to request call establishment to the communication network via a first communication system, when a sending request is received from the other communication terminal through the analogue circuit;
a receiving unit adapted to receive a notice indicating that call establishment is possible from the communication network corresponding to the call establishment request; and
a communication executing unit adapted to execute the communication via the first communication system for connecting the other communication terminal with the communication network when the notice is received by said receiving unit,
wherein said communication executing unit is adapted to execute the communication with the communication network via a second communication system by switching the first communication system to the second communication system different from the first communication system and is adapted to continue the communication with the other communication terminal without disconnecting the communication of the analogue circuit, when the notice is not received by said receiving unit.
16. A communication system switching method applied to a communication apparatus including a communication unit for effecting communication through an analogue circuit with another communication terminal and a communication network connecting unit for effecting connection to a communication network, said method comprising:
a requesting step of requesting call establishment to the communication network via a first communication system, when a sending request is received from the other communication terminal through the analogue circuit; and
a receiving step of receiving a notice indicating that call establishment is possible from the communication network corresponding to the call establishment request; and
a communication executing step of executing the communication via the first communication system for connecting the other communication terminal with the communication network when the notice is received in said receiving step,
wherein said communication executing step executes the communication with the communication network via a second communication system by switching the first communication system to the second communication system different from the first communication system and continues the communication with the other communication terminal without disconnecting the communication of the analogue circuit, when the notice is not received in said receiving step.
17. A computer-readable memory medium for storing a program capable of executing a communication through an analogue circuit system switching method applied to a communication apparatus including a communication unit for effecting communication with another communication terminal and a communication network connecting unit for effecting connection to a communication network, wherein:
said communication system switching method comprises:
a requesting step of requesting call establishment to the communication network via a first communication system, when a sending request is received from the other communication terminal through the analogue circuit;
a receiving step of receiving a notice indicating that call establishment is possible from the communication network corresponding to the call establishment request; and
a communication executing step of executing the communication via the first communication system for connecting the other communication terminal with the communication network when the notice is received in said receiving step,
wherein said communication executing step executes the communication with the communication network via a second communication system by switching the first communication system to the second communication system different from the first communication system and continues the communication with the other communication terminal without disconnecting the communication of the analogue circuit, when the notice is not received in said receiving step.
18. A communication apparatus including a communication unit for effecting communication through an analogue circuit with another communication terminal and a communication network connecting unit for effecting connection to a data communication network, said apparatus comprising:
a requesting unit adapted to request call establishment to the data communication network via a first communication system, when a sending request is received from the other communication terminal through the analogue circuit;
a receiving unit adapted to receive a notice indicating that call establishment is possible from the data communication network corresponding to the call establishment request; and
a communication executing unit adapted to execute the communication via the first communication system for connecting the other communication terminal with the data communication network, when the notice is received by said receiving unit,
wherein said communication executing unit is adapted to execute the communication with the data communication network via a second communication system by switching the first communication system to the second communication system different from the first communication system and is adapted to continue the communication with the other communication terminal without disconnecting the communication of the analogue circuit to receive the data sent from the other communication terminal, to convert the sent data into an electronic mail, and to send the electronic mail to the data communication network, when the notice is not received by said receiving unit.
19. A communication system switching method applied to a communication apparatus including a communication unit for effecting communication through an analogue circuit with another communication terminal and a communication network connecting unit for effecting connection to a data communication network, said method comprising:
a requesting step of requesting call establishment to the data communication network via a first communication system, when a sending request is received from the other communication terminal through the analogue circuit;
a receiving step of receiving a notice indicating that call establishment is possible from the data communication network corresponding to the call establishment request; and
a communication executing step of executing the communication via the first communication system for connecting the other communication terminal with the data communication network, when the notice is received in said receiving step,
wherein said communication executing step executes the communication with the data communication network via a second communication system by switching the first communication system to the second communication system different from the first communication system and continues the communication with the other communication terminal without disconnecting the communication of the analogue circuit to receive the data sent from the other communication terminal, converts the sent data into an electronic mail, and sends the electronic mail to the data communication network, when the notice is not received in said receiving step.
20. A computer-readable memory medium for storing a program capable of executing a communication system switching method applied to a communication apparatus including a communication unit for effecting communication through an analogue circuit with another communication terminal and a communication network connecting unit for effecting connection to a data communication network, said method comprising:
a requesting step of requesting call establishment to the data communication network via a first communication system with, when a sending request is received from the other communication terminal through the analogue circuit;
a receiving step of receiving a notice indicating that call establishment is possible from the data communication network corresponding to the call establishment request; and
a communication executing step of executing the communication via the first communication system for connecting the other communication terminal with the data communication network, when the notice is received in said receiving step,
wherein said communication executing step executes the communication with the data communication network via a second communication system by switching the first communication system to the second communication system different from the first communication system and continues the communication with the other communication terminal without disconnecting the communication of the analogue circuit to receive the data sent from the other communication terminal, converts the sent data into an electronic mail, and sends the electronic mail to the data communication network, when the notice is not received in said receiving step.