Transparent thermal recording medium
US5741752A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 7, 1995 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41M5/3372
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
This invention provides a transparent thermal recording medium, in which the transparent thermal recording medium comprises: a thermal recording layer, which is provided on a transparent layer, consisting essentially of an electron-donating chromophoric compound, an electron-accepting compound and binder resin; and a further-provided protective layer having an approximately equal refractive index to the refractive index of the thermal recording layer, wherein the binder resin is a compound having a group selected from a hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group. The transparent thermal recording medium can be effectively used for a block copy film, on which an image is formed, for plate-making, particularly, in photogravure, offset printing and screen process printing, because the transparent thermal recording medium has a contrast of light transmission factors between a color-imaging portion and a non-imaging portion, in which the contrast is not less than 50% at a wavelength ranging from 370 nm to 450 nm.
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