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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2006
Hiroyuki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigenobu Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikue Kawashima, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image display medium that includes a photoconductive layer containing a photochromic compound and an electron accepting compound; and a substrate, in which the photochromic compound contains a fulgide compound, and the electron accepting compound contains a compound selected at least from: a) a phosphonic acid compound having analiphatic group containing 12 or more carbon atoms; b) an aliphatic carboxylic acid compound having an aliphatic group containing 12 or more carbon atoms; and c) a phenolic compound having an aliphatic group containing 12 or more carbon atoms, a process for forming an image using the medium, and a multicolor image-forming apparatus using the medium and suitable for the process.