This invention relates to a process for making an image-recording element, for
example a dye-receiving element for thermal dye transfer, that includes a support
having on one side thereof a image-receiving layer and, between the image-receiving
layer and the support, a tie layer comprising a thermoplastic antistat polymer.
In one embodiment, the process comprises (a) forming a first melt of a polymer
for the surface layer and a second melt comprising a thermoplastic antistat polymer
in a polymeric binder; (b) coextruding the two melts onto a polyolefin support;
(c) stretching the coextruded layers to reduce the thickness; and (d) applying
the coextruded melts to a support while simultaneously reducing the temperature
below the Tg of the composition of the surface layer.
