Patent ID: 6124075
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: B41M,Y10S

Abstract:
A laser ablative recording material having no image receiving layer, said material having one or more image forming layers on a support, and one or more intermediate layers between said image forming layer and said support, wherein:at least one layer from among the layers on the image forming layer side contains a substance having absorption in the laser wavelengths, which is selected from dihydroperimidine-squarilium dyes represented by the following general formula (1): ##STR11## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, and R.sub.8 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group; and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6, R.sub.7 and R.sub.8, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 and/or R.sub.6 and R.sub.7 may be taken together to form one or more 5 to 6 membered rings,said laser ablative recording material having a backcoat layer on the surface of the support opposite to the image forming layer, the outermost surface of said backcoat layer having a Beck smoothness of up to 4,000 seconds.