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EP 0 992 364 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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02.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/01 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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12.04.2000 Bulletin 2000/15 |
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Date of filing: 08.10.1999 |
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International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B41M 5/40 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE |
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Designated Extension States: |
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AL LT LV MK RO SI |
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Priority: |
09.10.1998 JP 28757098
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Applicant: FUJI PHOTO FILM CO., LTD. |
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Kanagawa (JP) |
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Inventors: |
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- Iwasaki, Masayuki
Fujinomiya-shi, Shizuoka-ken (JP)
- Mitsuo, Hirofumi
Fujinomiya-shi, Shizuoka-ken (JP)
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Representative: Blake, John Henry Francis |
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Brookes Batchellor 1 Boyne Park
Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 8EL
Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 8EL (GB) |
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Heat-sensitive recording material |
(57) In a heat-sensitive recording material including on a support thereof a heat-sensitive
color developing layer containing an electron donative colorless dye and an electron
acceptive compound, a first intermediate layer, whose main components are an inorganic
pigment and a binder, and a second intermediate layer on the first intermediate layer,
which second intermediate layer having an inorganic pigment and a binder as main components,
are sequentially laminated between the support and the heat-sensitive color developing
layer, such that Oken type smoothness of the first intermediate layer is not less
than 700 seconds, and density of the second intermediate layer is not more than 1.0.