A thermal transfer image receiving sheet is provided which, when used with various printers, can be carried with improved accuracy, can form an image without misregistration, can prevent a trace of a spike of a metallic roller in the printer from reaching the image receiving surface and hence can form an image having quality not significantly influenced by the trace of the spike.
The thermal transfer image receiving sheet 1 comprises a substrate 3, a receptive layer 4 provided on at least one side of the substrate 3, and a grip layer 2 provided on the other side of the substrate 3. In this case, the grip layer 2 is constituted by an unstretched synthetic resin layer having a softening point of 110°C or above. This constitution permits a spike of a metallic roller in a printer to satisfactorily bite the unstretched synthetic resin layer having a softening point of 110°C or above as the grip layer 2. This prevents slippage between the metallic roller and the thermal transfer image receiving sheet 1 at the time of a reciprocation for image formation and hence can prevent misregistration. Therefore, the thermal transfer image receiving sheet can be carried with improved accuracy, and a thermally transferred image can be formed without misregistration.