Polaroid Corporation

Yung T Chen

Michael S Viola

Gerald P Harwood, Jr

Xiaojia Z Wang

Richard J Murphy

Kenneth J McCarthy

Shawn P Lambert

An ink jet recording sheet comprises a support carrying an ink-receiving layer, this layer comprising a hydrophilic polymer, preferably poly(vinyl alcohol) and a poly(vinylbenzyl quaternary ammonium salt) of the formula: ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 is independently alkyl of from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; each of R.sup.7, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 is independently alkyl of from 1 to 18 carbon atoms and the total number of carbon atoms in R.sup.7, R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 is from 13 to 20; each M.sup.- is an anion; and each of a, b and c is the molar proportion of the respective repeating units.

Ink jet recording sheet

An ink jet recording sheet comprises a support carrying an ink-receiving layer, this layer comprising a mixture of a derivatized (preferably acetoacetylated) poly(vinyl alcohol) and a non-derivatized poly(vinyl alcohol). The ink-receiving layer preferably also comprises a poly(vinylbenzyl quaternary ammonium salt) and poly(vinylpyrrolidone).

An ink jet recording sheet comprises a support carrying an ink-receiving layer, this layer comprising a hydrophilic polymer, preferably poly(vinyl alcohol) and a poly(vinylpyridine). The images formed using this sheet display good water fastness.

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