Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

International Paper Company

William R Sperry

Ronald Albert Askeland

Hai Quang Tran

Sen Yang

Michael F Koenig

Lawrence E Gibson

Richard Robert Hartman

John L Stoffel, Jr

Steven D Schultz

Steve Schultz

John Stoffel

John L Stoffel

This invention is directed to an recording sheet having improved image dry time for use in printing comprising a substrate having in contact with at least one surface thereof one or more water soluble divalent metal salts, preferably admixed with one or more starches, to process of forming such recording sheet, to a method of generating one or more image(s) on said recording sheet in an printing process and to a recording sheet having one or more images on a surface thereof.

Recording sheet with improved image dry time

A composition includes an alkenyl succinic anhydride sizing agent or an alkyl ketene dimer sizing agent. The alkenyl succinic anhydride sizing agent is present in an amount ranging from about 1.0 pounds per ton to about 4.0 pounds per ton. The alkyl ketene dimer sizing agent is present in an amount ranging from about 2.0 pounds per ton to about 10.0 pounds per ton. A metallic salt is also incorporated in the composition.

Composition and ink receiving system incorporating the composition

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

William R Sperry