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AssigneeFuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasuhiko Goto, Masaru Noguchi, Kazuo Horikawa, Toshitaka Agano, Shinji Imai, Mitsuru Sawano
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A thermal recording system for recording an image on a thermo-sensitive recording medium using a laser beam under a preheated condition of the thermo-sensitive recording medium. In the thermal recording system, a preheating device preheats the thermo-sensitive recording medium which has leuco dyes, a developer and light-absorbing dyes all provided on a support, and which develops color in a continuous tone at a density corresponding to the energy of the applied heat, to a predetermined temperature less than a color-developing temperature. A heating-beam generating device allows a laser beam to scan the thermo-sensitive recording medium so as to heat the thermo-sensitive recording medium to a predetermined color-developing temperature. Thus, the heating-beam generating device can control the laser beam in a sufficient control range, thereby making it possible to record an image on the thermo-sensitive recording medium with high accuracy.
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:
An apparatus for 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 apparatus comprising:
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