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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1997
Kenji Shinozaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Yukichi Murata, Yokohama, JP;
Mio Ishida, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thermal transfer recording material for use in a recording apparatus in which said thermal transfer recording material is introduced into a transfer section having a porous structure by an effect of capillarity, subjected to a state transformation by heating, and then transferred to a recording medium disposed opposed to said transfer section, comprising: a dye having a melting point of 160.degree. C. or lower, selected from the group consisting of a dye represented by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A.sup.1, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are as defined, and a dye represented by the general formula (II): ##STR2## wherein A.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are as defined.