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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norio Kurisu, Numazu, JP;
Keishi Kubo, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
346208 ; 346207 ; 346209 ; 427150 ; 427151 ;
Abstract
A thermosensitive image transfer medium consisting of (i) an image transfer sheet having an image transfer layer consisting essentially of a leuco dye, and (ii) an acceptor sheet having an acceptor layer consisting essentially of a coloring agent with a melting point of not higher than 200.degree. C., which induces color formation in the leuco dye, and, of the image transfer layer and the acceptor layer, at least one layer containing a particular image transfer auxiliary agent for facilitating image formation on the acceptor sheet.