OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIUM WITH A HEAT-SENSITIVE PRINTING LAYER

摘要

There are provided a thermal printing layer suitable for thermal printing with a thermal head, and further provided a thermal printing layer which exhibits no limitations on selection of materials for the thermal printing layer. It relates to a thermal printing layer capable of thermal printing with a thermal head, which comprises a color former layer comprising a heat-sensitive color development material and a curable resin and a developer layer comprising a developer and a curable resin. Also, it relates to an optical recording medium comprising the thermal printing layer and a recording/reading functional layer.