Eastman-kodak Company

John M Baier

Sridhar Sadasivan

Elizabeth A Gallo

Lixin Chu

Yongcai Wang

Lori J Shaw-Klein

Lloyd A Lobo

Xiaoru Wang

David E Decker

An ink jet recording element having a support having thereon a porous image-receiving layer having: (a) particles having a mean particle size of from greater than 0.04 &mgr;m to about 5 &mgr;m; and (b) water insoluble, cationic, polymeric particles having at least about 20 mole percent of a cationic mordant moiety.

Ink jet recording element

An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer having: (a) inorganic particles having a primary particle size of from about 7 to about 40 nm in diameter which may be aggregated up to about 500 nm; (b) colloidal particles having a mean particle size of from about 20 to about 500 nm; and (c) water-insoluble, cationic, polymeric particles having at least about 20 mole percent of a cationic mordant moiety.

A porous ink jet recording element having a support having thereon an image-receiving layer having: (a) inorganic particles having a primary particle size of from about 7 to about 40 nm in diameter which may be aggregated up to about 500 nm; (b) colloidal particles having a mean particle size of from about 20 to about 500 nm; (c) water-insoluble, cationic, polymeric particles having at least about 20 mole percent of a cationic mordant moiety; and (d) inorganic particles encapsulated with an organic polymer having a Tg of less than about 100&deg; C.

An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon a porous image-receiving layer comprising at least about 50% by weight of particles and less than about 20% by weight of a binder, the particles comprising a mixture of (a) inorganic particles having a primary particle size of from about 7 to about 40 nm in diameter which may be aggregated to provide a mean aggregate particle size of up to about 500 nm; and (b) colloidal particles having a mean particle size of from about 20 to about 500 nm; and wherein the difference between the mean aggregate particle size of the (a) inorganic particles and the mean particle size of the (b) colloidal particles is within about 10%.

An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon a porous image-receiving layer comprising at least about 90% by weight of particles and less than about 10% by weight of a binder, the image-receiving layer also containing a nonionic surfactant having an HLB number of less than about 10 in an amount to substantially prevent foaming of the coating composition which is used to coat the support with the image-receiving layer.

An ink jet printing method having the steps of: I) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; II) loading the printer with ink jet recording element having a support having thereon an image-receiving layer having: (a) inorganic particles having a primary particle size of from about 7 to about 40 nm in diameter which may be aggregated up to about 500 nm; (b) colloidal particles having a mean particle size of from about 20 to about 500 nm; and (c) water-insoluble, cationic, polymeric particles having at least about 20 mole percent of a cationic mordant moiety; III) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and IV) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.

Ink jet printing method

An ink jet printing method having the steps of: I) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; II) loading the printer with a porous ink jet recording element having a support having thereon an image-receiving layer having: (a) inorganic particles having a primary particle size of from about 7 to about 40 nm in diameter which may be aggregated up to about 500 nm; (b) colloidal particles having a mean particle size of from about 20 to about 500 nm; (c) water-insoluble, cationic, polymeric particles having at least about 20 mole percent of a cationic mordant moiety; and (d) inorganic particles encapsulated with an organic polymer having a Tg of less than about 100&deg; C.; III) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and IV) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.

An ink jet printing method having the steps of: I) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; II) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element having a support having thereon a porous image-receiving layer having at least about 50% by weight of particles and less than about 20% by weight of a binder, the particles comprising a mixture of (a) inorganic particles having a primary particle size of from about 7 to about 40 nm in diameter which may be aggregated to provide a mean aggregate particle size of up to about 500 nm; and (b) colloidal particles having a mean particle size of from about 20 to about 500 nm; and wherein the difference between the mean aggregate particle size of the (a) inorganic particles and the mean particle size of the (b) colloidal particles is within about 10%; III) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and IV) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.

An ink jet printing method having the steps of: I) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; II) loading the printer with a porous ink jet recording element having a support having thereon a porous image-receiving layer having: (a) particles having a mean particle size of from greater than 0.04 &mgr;m to about 5 &mgr;m; and (b) water insoluble, cationic, polymeric particles having at least about 20 mole percent of a cationic mordant moiety; III) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and IV) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.

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