| 摘要 |
There is provided a thermal recording apparatus which includes a pre-heating section for heating a thermal recording material to a temperature 6 to 20° C. lower than a color forming temperature; a heat recording section for recording an image by heating the pre-heated thermal recording material imagewise; and a post-heating section for heating the thermal recording material to a temperature lower than the color forming temperature. The thermal recording apparatus uses the thermal recording material having a thermal image forming layer that includes a heat-reducing metallic compound, and optionally at least one of a reducing agent of the heat-reducing metallic compound, a dye for infrared absorption and a toner. This apparatus is capable of performing highly sensitive image recording using a thermal recording material having an image forming layer in which an image is formed with a heat-reducing metallic compound. Furthermore, black tone images can be formed.
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