| abstract |
[Problem] To provide a thermal recording medium which exhibits high glossiness in image areas and non-image areas and which exhibits excellent color development sensitivity and excellent travelling properties in printing, even in high-speed printing. [Solution] A thermal recording medium which has, on a support and in order, a thermal recording layer containing both a colorless or light-colored electron-donating leuco dye and an electron-accepting developer, an intermediate layer, and a glossy layer as the outermost layer, wherein: the intermediate layer contains a carboxyl-containing resin; and the glossy layer contains both a long-chain-alkyl- containing resin and an emulsion-type silicone copolymer resin. The long-chain-alkyl-containing resin is preferably a long -chain-alkyl-containing acrylic resin, while the silicone copolymer resin is preferably a silicone-acryl copolymer resin or a silicone-urethane copolymer resin. |