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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 23, 1996
Hideo Suzaki, Numazu, JP;
Hideo Aihara, Fuji, JP;
Ricoh Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermosensitive recording material having high transmittance density, excellent reproducibility of fine dot images and half tone images under printing conditions ranging from low to high applied printing energy. The thermosensitive recording material, including a substrate and a thermosensitive coloring layer, formed on the substrate, the thermosensitive coloring layer including a leuco dye, a coloring developer for inducing color formation in the leuco dye upon application of heat thereto and binder resins, and an optional protective layer, formed on the thermosensitive coloring layer, wherein the binder resins include at least two resins having different glass transition temperature Tg and are present in total amount of more than about 0.25 parts by weight per 1 part of total weight of the thermosensitive coloring layer.