Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Hiroyuki Ina

Tadafumi Tatewaki

Nobuyoshi Sugiyama

Shinji Okada

Motoo Tasaka

Ryohichi Kitajima

Isao Washio

A reversible thermosensitive recording medium including an electronic information recording sheet having at least an electronic information recording element projecting from a surface thereof, a first sheet having a through hole into which the electronic information recording element can be inserted, and a second sheet having a cut-out portion capable of housing the entire electronic information recording sheet, wherein the second sheet houses in the cut-out portion the entire electronic information recording sheet, with being laid over the first sheet, and the electronic information recording element inserted into the through hole.

Reversible thermosensitive recording medium

A reversible thermosensitive recording medium including an electronic information recording sheet having at least an electronic information recording element projecting from a surface thereof, a first sheet having a through hole into which the electronic information recording element can be inserted, and a second sheet having a cut-out portion capable of housing the entire electronic information recording sheet, wherein the second sheet houses in the cut-out portion the entire electronic information recording sheet, with being laid over the first sheet, and the electronic information recording element is inserted into the through hole.

A thermosensitive recording medium capable of forming a visible image thereon when subjected to thermal printing, which has a transparent support, a thermosensitive recording layer provided on the transparent support, containing a dye and a color developer capable of inducing a color in the dye upon the application of heat thereto in the course of the thermal printing, and a mat layer, containing a granular thermosensitive recording layer, containing a granular filler and a binder resin, the mat layer having a surface smoothness of 100 to 2000 sec before subjected to the thermal printing, and a portion of the mat layer subjected to the thermal printing having a surface smoothness of 5,000 sec or less at most.

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Hiroyuki Ina