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(11) EP 0 629 511 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
10.01.1996 Bulletin 1996/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.12.1994 Bulletin 1994/51

(21) Application number: 94303938.8

(22) Date of filing: 01.06.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: B41M 5/165, B41M 5/145, B41M 5/30, B41M 5/28
(84) Designated Contracting States:
ES GB

(30) Priority: 01.06.1993 JP 156132/93

(71) Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD.
Kanagawa 250-01 (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Sano, Shojiro, c/o Fuji Film Co., Ltd.
    Fujinomya-shi, Shizouka (JP)

(74) Representative: Arthur, Bryan Edward 
Withers & Rogers 4 Dyers Buildings Holborn
London, EC1N 2JT
London, EC1N 2JT (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Recording material


    (57) A recording material contains both a microcapsule containing an electron-donating color former dissolved in a solvent and an electron-accepting developer. The solvent comprises a glyceride and the electron-donating color former comprises a fluoran compound of the formula :


    in which R1 represents an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 represents a branched alkyl group of 4 to 12 carbon atoms or a tetrahydrofurfuryl group, and each of R3 and R4 represents independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a methyl group, provided that R1 differs from R2.





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