Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Yoshihiro Koseki

Masanaka Nagamoto

Norihiko Inaba

Takanori Motosugi

Hiroshi Sakamoto

Susumu Iwata

A thermosensitive recording sheet comprising a support material; a primer layer formed on support material, comprising a filler and a binder agent; a thermosensitive coloring layer formed on the primer layer, comprising a colorless or light-colored leuco dye, and an acidic material which colors the leuco dye upon application of heat thereto; and a protective layer formed on the thermosensitive coloring layer, comprising a water-soluble polymeric binder agent and a filler. This thermosensitive recording sheet has high dynamic thermal coloring sensitivity and is capable of yielding sharp images with high image density at low energy consumption with good thermal-head-matching properties such that materials are not generated which come out of the thermosensitive recording layer and adhere to the thermal pen or head during the recording process, thereby causing the thermal pen or head to stick to the thermosensitive recording sheet.

Thermosensitive recording sheet

A diazo type thermosensitive recording material comprising a support material and a thermosensitive recording layer formed thereon, wherein the thermosensitive recording layer comprises a diazo compound, a coupler, a thermo-fusible or thermo-softening binder agent and a thermo-fusible material. The weight ratio of the diazo compound and the thermo-fusible material is in the range of 1:2 to 1:30, and both the diazo compound and the coupler exist as separate particles in the thermosensitive recording layer.

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Numazu, Japan

Yoshihiro Koseki