Reversible thermal recording material and method of recording image on reversible thermal recording material
US6815679B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 11, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB41M5/305
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A reversible thermal recording material permits recording having a clear contrast at a high sensitivity and erasing such images a number of times, at least 1,000 times, repetitively, and comprises a leuco dye, a reversible developer and a light-heat-converting dye, the light-heat-converting dye having a deterioration ratio of 20% or less when a laser beam having an oscillation wavelength of 830 nm is applied thereto repeatedly 1000 times at a temperature of 25° C. at an energy of 2 J/cm2 or being a phthalocyanine compound having a vanadyl group, and a method of recording an image comprises applying a laser beam to the reversible thermal recording material, wherein the colored leuco dye is achromatized with energy that is 25 to 65% of the energy of the laser beam employed for causing the leuco dye to develop a color.
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