Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Hiroaki Inoue

Kanjirou Kawasaki

Koji Yamamoto

Norihiko Inaba

Yasutomo Mori

Hiroshi Sakamoto

Tomohisa Kakuda

Hiroaki Okuda

A thermosensitive recording material comprising a leuco dye, a color developer and a water-soluble lubricant such as an alkylphosphate compound having formula (I) or (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each independently are an alkyl group, an alkynyl group or a monovalent metallic element, but they cannot be the metallic element at the same time; or ##STR2## wherein R.sub.4 is an alkyl group or an alkynyl group, and R.sub.5 is a monovalent metallic element.

Thermosensitive recording material

A thermosensitive recording material is disclosed, which comprises (a) a heat insulating support having a foamed portion with minute voids therein, (b) an undercoat layer formed on the heat insulating support, comprising as the main component a film-forming polymeric material in an amount ranging from more than 50 wt. % to 100 wt. % of the entire weight of the undercoat layer, and (c) a thermosensitive coloring layer formed on the undercoat layer, comprising a leuco dye and a color developer for inducing color formation in the leuco dye upon application of heat thereto.

A thermosensitive recording material is disclosed, which comprises a support, an intermediate layer having a voidage ranging from 50% to 95% and a thickness of 3 .mu.m to 100 .mu.m, and a thermosensitive coloring layer, which layers are successively formed on the intermediate layer.

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Hiroaki Inoue