A method of printing a fluorescent image on a surface of a receiver medium
comprises forming on the surface by a thermal dye transfer printing
process a first image of a first fluorescent dye; and forming on the
first image by a thermal dye transfer printing process a superimposed
second image of a second fluorescent dye, the first and second dyes
having different emission maxima. The method thus enables production of a
non-monochrome fluorescent image (that can be substantially invisible in
daylight but that is revealed on irradiation with ultraviolet (UV) light)
that can be of substantially better quality than those produced by mass
transfer printing processes. The method preferably involves the use of
three different fluorescent dyes, for improved colour image quality. The
invention also provides thermal transfer media suitable for use in the
method and the resulting printed material bearing a fluorescent image.