Abstract: In a heat-sensitive record material having a heat-sensitive recording layer on a base sheet, a middle layer is formed between the heat-sensitive recording layer and the base sheet by blade-coating on the base sheet a coating composition which mainly comprises at least one pigment having an oil absorption of at least 80 cc/100 g measured by JIS K 5101 and a binder and in which the binder ratio is 5% to 16% by weight of the total solid and the solid amount is 35 to 55% by weight of the coating composition.

Abstract: A record material utilizing the color forming reaction between a substantially colorless chromogenic material and an electron accepting reactant material is disclosed. The colorless chromogenic material used comprises a mixture of the first component consisting of at least one specified phthalide compound having two vinyl linkages and the second component of another kind of chromogenic material which is different from said first component. The first component of the chromogenic material is used in an amount of 5 to 80%, preferably 7 to 50%, by weight with respect to the amount of the second component and in such an amount that the reflectance at any wavelength within the range of 580 nm to 880 nm, preferably within the range of 500 to 880 nm of color images developed by said color forming reaction is less by at least 55% than that of said record material before color developing.

Abstract: In a heat-sensitive recording material in which a resin layer is formed on a recording layer containing at least a color forming material and a color developing material which forms a color when reacted with the color forming material by contact, a heat-sensitive recording material which is characterized in that the resin is essentially composed of an acetoacetylated polyvinyl alcohol and/or a copolymer of vinyl alcohol, acrylonitrile and optionally an other copolymerizable monomer.