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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mansuke Matsumoto, Kawanishi, JP;
Nobuaki Sasaki, Souraku-gun, JP;
Bunji Sawano, Minamikawachi-gun, JP;
Kiyoharu Hasegawa, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuyoshi Kikkawa, Kamakura, JP;
Assignees:
Mitsui Toatsu Chemicals, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Yamamoto Chemicals, Inc., Yao, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
503217 ; 503201 ; 503216 ;
Abstract
A heat-sensitive recording material which has a support and a heat-sensitive recording layer containing at least one carboxylate represented by the following formula (1) or (2) ##STR1## wherein a ring X is an aromatic residue which may have a substitute; the other substituents are as defined herein. The heat-sensitive recording material exhibits excellent color image stability and can provide an optically character-readable sharp image.