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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1988
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1984
Hideo Watanabe, Numazu, JP;
Keishi Kubo, Yokohama, JP;
Kanzirou Kawasaki, Numazu, JP;
Minoru Hakiri, Numazu, JP;
Nobuhiro Takigawa, Numazu, JP;
Ricoh Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method of recording an image, characterized by superposing a heat-sensitive transfer medium on a plain paper and heating the medium thereby transferring a leuco dye from a leuco dye-containing transfer layer and a developer from a developer-containing transfer layer respectively onto the plain paper to react the leuco dye and the developer, said heat-sensitive transfer medium being prepared by having a transfer layer containing a leuco dye as the main component and a transfer layer containing a developer as the main component respectively applied on a single substrate or two separate substrates.