Patent ID: 8193116

Claim:
A heat-sensitive recording material comprising: a substrate; a heat-sensitive color-developing layer over the substrate, the heat-sensitive color-developing layer containing a leuco dye and a developer; a first protective layer over the heat-sensitive color-developing layer, the first protective layer containing a water-soluble resin and a crosslinking agent; and a second protective layer over the first protective layer, the second protective layer containing a water-soluble resin, a crosslinking agent and a pigment, wherein the heat-sensitive color-developing layer, the first protective layer and the second protective layer are formed simultaneously by curtain coating method, and the second protective layer contains diacetone-modified polyvinyl alcohol and acrylic resin, and wherein the acrylic resin included in the second protective layer is a water-soluble salt of an ethylene/acrylic acid copolymer, and wherein the first protective layer contains acrylic resin, and the first protective layer is formed utilizing an aqueous solution of an acrylic cation polymer in the curtain coating method.