(19)
(11) EP 0 963 858 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.01.2001 Bulletin 2001/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
15.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/50

(21) Application number: 99302786.1

(22) Date of filing: 09.04.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B41M 5/30, G03C 1/60, G03C 1/61, G03C 1/498
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 09.06.1998 JP 16053498

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Yamamoto, Hiroshi
    Fujinomiya-shi, Shizuoka-ken (JP)
  • Ikeda, Kensuke
    Fujinomiya-shi, Shizuoka-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Bubb, Antony John Allen et al
GEE & CO. Chancery House Chancery Lane
London WC2A 1QU
London WC2A 1QU (GB)

   


(54) Heat-sensitive recording material


(57) The present invention discloses a heat-sensitive recording material including a support and a heat-sensitive color generating layer provided on the support, the heat-sensitive color generating layer containing a substantially colorless color-generating component A, a substantially colorless color-generating component B which reacts with the color-generating component A to generate color, acetoacetyl-modified polyvinyl alcohol which serves as a binder, and at least one of the compounds represented by formulas (1) to (5) or an aldehyde which serves as a hardener.
The heat-sensitive recording materials of the present invention have excellent water resistance, coating strength (printability), and storability (both image and non-image areas) and capable of preventing both smudge on a recording head and sticking.






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