Abstract: The present invention provides a heat sensitive recording material comprising a substrate and a recording layer thereon incorporating a colorless or light-colored basic dye and a color acceptor, the recording material being characterized in that, the basic dye comprises an indolyldiazaphthalide derivative of the formula (1), and the color acceptor comprises a diphenyl sulfone derivative of the formula (2) and/or a benzanilide derivative of the formula (3) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.8 are defined in the specification.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 25, 1996
Date of Patent:
May 19, 1998
Assignee:
New Oji Paper Company Limited
Inventors:
Takeshi Iida, Tatsuya Meguro, Tetsuo Tsuchida