Thermal transfer recording material and thermal transfer recording method using same

摘要

A thermal transfer recording material for use in a recording apparatus in which the thermal transfer recording material is introduced into a transfer section having a porous structure by an effect of capillarity, subjected to a state transformation such as vaporization or droplet formation by heating, and then transferred to a recording medium disposed opposed to the transfer section, comprising: a dye having a melting point of 115 DEG C. or lower and represented by the general formula (I): <IMAGE> (I) where A is a substituted or unsubstituted p-phenylene group, R1 and R2 are individually a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; and R1 may constitute a heterocyclic group composed of a five- or six-member ring in combination with said p-phenylene group A and a nitrogen atom adjacent to the p-phenytene group A, or another heterocyclic group composed of a five- or six-member ring in combination with R2 and the nitrogen atom adjacent to the p-phenylene group A.