Patent ID: 6066729
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: B41C,B41M,C09B

Abstract:
A light-to-heat converting phthalocyanine compound of the following general formula (I) ##STR6## wherein R.sub.1 -R.sub.8 each represents alkyl or alkoxyalkyl; X.sub.1 -X.sub.8 each represents sulfur or NR.sub.9 ; X.sub.1 =(either X.sub.3 or X.sub.4)=either (X.sub.5 or X.sub.6)=(either X.sub.7 or X.sub.8)=sulfur and X.sub.2 =(the other one of X.sub.3 and X.sub.4)=(the other one of X.sub.5 and X.sub.6)=(the other one of X.sub.7 and X.sub.8)=NR.sub.9 ; R.sub.9 represents hydrogen or alkyl; and M represents a couple of hydrogen atoms, a divalent metal, a trivalent metal derivative, or a tetravalent metal derivative.