Recording material

• US 6,077,642 A
• Filed: 04/21/1997
• Issued: 06/20/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ogata, Yasuhiro, Koike, Kazuyuki, Sano, Shojiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Nuzzolillo, Maria
• Assistant Examiner(s): WEINER, LAURA S
• Application Number:
  US08/844,657
• Time in Patent Office: 1,156 Days
• Field of Search: 430/171, 430/157, 430/162, 430/163
• US Class Current: 430/171
• CPC Class Codes: B41M 5/41 Base layers supports or substrates
• CPC Class Codes: G03C 1/79 Macromolecular coatings or impregnations therefor, e.g. varnishes

Abstract

The present invention provides a recording material comprising a substrate and a recording layer thereon characterized in that the oxygen transmission rate of the substrate, as measured in accordance with Method B of JIS K 7126, is not greater than 50 cc/m² /day. If necessary, a protective layer is formed on the recording layer. The substrate is composed of a sheet of base paper and a plastic film layer present at least on the side of the paper which faces a recording layer to be formed. The plastic film layer is appropriately selected from the group consisting of a polyester film, a polyvinylidene chloride film, a polycarbonate film, a polyvinylchloride film and a film of a random copolymer of ethylene and vinylalcohol. The recording material according to the present invention is excellent in the long-term preservation of images, fading resistance and light fastness.

Claims

1. A recording material comprising a substrate and a heat-sensitive recording layer thereon, wherein the heat-sensitive recording layer contains a diazonium salt and a coupler which develops a color by reacting with the diazonium salt, and wherein the heat-sensitive recording layer is produced by laminating recording layers capable of coloring to yellow, magenta and cyan, respectively, and a protective layer is formed on the heat-sensitive recording layer, and the substrate comprises a sheet of base paper and a plastic film layer present at least on the side of the base paper at which the heat-sensitive recording layer is to be formed, and the plastic film layer is produced by melt-coextrusion of an olefinic resin and a random copolymer formed by copolymerizing ethylene and vinyl alcohol, and said recording material is characterized in that the oxygen transmission rate of the substrate is not greater than 50 cm³ /m² ·

24 h·

atm, wherein the oxygen transmission rate is calculated by the following equation;

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">O.sup.2 GTR=(E.sub.e -E.sub.0)Q/(AR)

where

O² GTR is the oxygen transmission rate (cm³ /m² ·

24 h·

atm);

E_e is the measured voltage (V);

E₀ is the base line voltage (V);

Q is a calibration constant;

A is the transmission area (cm²); and

R is the load resistance (Ω

).

2. A recording material according to claim 1, wherein the heat-sensitive recording layer is produced by laminating at least one recording layer which contains a diazonium salt and a coupler that reacts with the diazonium salt to develop a color, and another recording layer which contains an electron donating colorless compound and an electron accepting compound.

3. A recording material according to claim 2, wherein the random copolymer formed by copolymerizing ethylene and vinyl alcohol has an ethylene content in the range of 20 to 60 mole percent and a degree of saponification of not less than 90 mole percent.

4. A recording material according to claim 1, wherein the random copolymer formed by copolymerizing ethylene and vinyl alcohol has an ethylene content in the range of 20 to 60 mole percent and a degree of saponification of not less than 90 mole percent.

5. A recording material comprising a substrate and a heat-sensitive recording layer thereon, wherein the heat-sensitive recording layer contains an electron donating colorless compound and an electron accepting compound, and wherein the heat-sensitive recording layer is produced by laminating recording layers capable of coloring to yellow, magenta and cyan, respectively, and a protective layer is formed on the heat-sensitive recording layer, and the substrate comprises a sheet of base paper and a plastic film layer present at least on the side of the base paper at which the heat-sensitive recording layer is to be formed, and the plastic film layer is produced by melt-coextrusion of an olefinic resin and a random copolymer formed by copolymerizing ethylene and vinyl alcohol, and said recording material is characterized in that the oxygen transmission rate of the substrate is not greater than 50 cm³ /m² ·

24 h·

atm, wherein the oxygen transmission rate is calculated by the following equation;

space="preserve" listing-type="equation">O.sup.2 GTR=(E.sub.e -E.sub.0)Q/(AR)

where

O² GTR is the oxygen transmission rate (cm³ /m² ·

24 h·

atm);

E_e is the measured voltage (V);

E₀ is the base line voltage (V);

Q is a calibration constant;

A is the transmission area (cm²); and

R is the load resistance (Ω

).

6. A recording material according to claim 5, wherein the random copolymer formed by copolymerizing ethylene and vinyl alcohol has an ethylene content in the range of 20 to 60 mole percent and a degree of saponification of not less than 90 mole percent.