Patent ID: 6646665
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B41M,G06K

Abstract:
A method of thermally recording an image on a thermo-sensitive recording medium comprising an image forming thermo-sensitive recording layer for recording an image supported on a substrate, wherein said thermo-sensitive layer includes light-absorbing dyes which absorb a laser beam and convert said laser beam to thermal energy, for recording an image corresponding to said thermal energy, said method comprising the steps of:a first step of scanning said thermo-sensitive recording medium with said laser beam varied according to an image to be recorded, and applying a predetermined thermal energy required for recording said image from said laser beam to said thermo-sensitive recording layer, thereby recording an image on said thermo-sensitive recording layer; and a second step of heating at a predetermined temperature which is less than a temperature required for recording said image, the entire thermo-sensitive recording layer on which said image has been recorded, for thereby stabilizing said recorded image.