Abstract: An electrosensitive recording member comprising, in combination, (1) a base support; (2) a conductive polyester layer disposed on the base support; and (3) a contrasting surface recording layer with respect to said polyester layer and combustible at the temperature developed during passage of marking current through said medium to selectively reveal the underlying contrasting polyester layer. The polyester layer is stable and not subject to depolymerization when subjected to the marking temperatures of an electronic recording member, e.g., stylus.

Abstract: In an electrosensitive recording member having a surface recording layer wherein the surface recording layer comprises a resin binder, a pigment dispersed through said binder and an effective amount of at least one particulate smudge inhibitor to inhibit the formation of smudge produced by the action of an electronic recording means on the surface of the recording member. The smudge inhibitor is a divalent metal palmitate or stearate, or N,N'-ethylene-bis stearamide, or mixtures thereof. The particulate smudge inhibitor is either incorporated into and dispersed throughout the surface recording layer or applied to the surface recording layer as a separate coating thereon.