Image recording member

An image recording member which comprises a conductive support and a recording layer overlying the conductive support, said recording layer being mainly composed of a binder, a component capable of forming images when electric current is applied thereto, and a conductive component composed of a mixture of a zeolite and a metal oxide selected from PbO, ZnO, MgO, Ni2O.sub.3 CdO, Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 Ag.sub.2 O, HgO, Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3 CeO, V.sub.2 O.sub.5, Sb.sub.2 O.sub.5, SnO.sub.2, BaTiO.sub.3, In.sub.2 O.sub.3 Nb.sub.2 O.sub.5, MnO.sub.2 and La.sub.2 O.sub.3, wherein the ratio of the zeolite to the metal oxide is in the range of between 6:1 and 7.5:1.

A process for electrically recording an image by the application of electric current, which comprises the step of applying electric current to an image recording member which comprises a support and a recording layer overlying the support, said recording layer being mainly composed of a binder, a component capable of forming an image when electric current is applied thereto, and a conductive component composed of a mixture of a compound containing zeolitic water and an electrically conductive material selected from the group consisting of finely divided metal powders, metal oxides selected from PbO, ZnO, MgO, Ni.sub.2 O.sub.3, CdO, Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 Ag.sub.2 O, HgO, Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3, CeO, V.sub.2 O.sub.5, Sb.sub.2 O.sub.5, SnO.sub.2, BaTiO.sub.3, In.sub.2 O.sub.3, Nb.sub.2 O.sub.5, MnO.sub.2 and La.sub.2 O.sub.3, metal sulfates, metal halides, metal carbonates, metal carbide and intermetallic compounds doped with a metal, wherein the amount of the electrically conductive material is between 5-70% by weight based on the compound containing zeolitic water.