摘要 |
A magenta dye-donor element for thermal dye transfer comprises a support having thereon a magenta dye dispersed in a polymeric binder, the magenta dye comprising a substituted 5-arylazoisothiazole. In a preferred embodiment, the magenta dye has the formula <IMAGE> wherein R1 and R2 may each independently be hydrogen, alkyl, allyl, cycloalkyl or aryl; or R1 and R2 may be taken together to form a ring; or R1 or R2 may be part of a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; R3 may be hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, alkylthio or halogen; J may be alkyl, aryl or NHA, where A is an acyl or sulfonyl radical; and Q may be cyano, thiocyanato, alkylthio or alkoxycarbonyl.
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