Thermoreversible recording medium, apparatus utilizing the same and method for fabricating the same

摘要

An image forming apparatus which permits reversible recording and erasure by a heating means, and permits storage, display, printing or reproduction of an image or other information. The present apparatus thermoreversibly records an image on a matrix material of a copolymer of styrene and butadiene and a low molecular weight, saturated carboxylic acid, preferably containing from 10 to 24 carbon atoms, and where the weight ratio of the matrix material to carboxylic acid is from 1:1 to 20:1.