Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited

Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Incorporated

Akinori Okada

Shigetoshi Hiraishi

Mikiya Sekine

Masakatsu Nakatsuka

Haruhiko Ikeda

Fumio Okumura

Naomasa Koike

Hirokazu Ohkura

The heat-sensitive recording material disclosed comprises a colorless or pale colored dyestuff precursor, one or more salicylic acid derivative of the formula (1) or metal salt of the derivative and an aliphatic amide compound having 18.about.60 carbon atoms in molecular structure, and is excellent in thermal response and preservation stability of white portions and images. ##STR1## wherein X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 are a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group, Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 are an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group, and R.sub.2 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group.

Recording material

The present invention provides a heat-sensitive recording material excellent in image stability and heat-responsiveness which contains an aromatic isocyanate compound, an imino compound and at least one compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 each represents an alkyl group.

Heat-sensitive recording material

A heat-sensitive recording material which comprises a support and a heat-sensitive recording layer provided on the support, the heat-sensitive recording layer comprising a colorless or pale-colored dye precursor, a developer which reacts with the dye precursor to form color upon heating, and two compounds represented by the following formulas (I) and (II): ##STR1## The heat-sensitive recording material causes little fogging and generates little thermal head scum while having almost the same sensitivity and image stability as conventional heat-sensitive recording materials.

A heat-sensitive recording material comprising a support and a heat-sensitive recording layer provided on the support, said heat-sensitive recording layer comprising an aromatic or heterocyclic isocyanate compound, an imino compound, a binder, a specific alcoholic compound, and preferably, a specific biphenyl derivative. The heat-sensitive recording material have an excellent image preservability and heat responsiveness.

A heat-sensitive recording material comprising a dye precursor which is colorless or light-colored in the usual state and a color developing agent capable of reacting with said dye precursor upon heating to develop a color which is a combination of compounds of the following chemical formulas (I) and (II). Said material may comprise further the compounds of the following formula (III): ##STR1##

A heat-sensitive recording material containing a special sensitizer in a heat-sensitive recording layer is excellent in thermal response properties and sensitivity.

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Akinori Okada