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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1994
David Atherton, Saunders Town, RI (US);
Sen Yang, Warwick, RI (US);
Miaoling Huang, Danielsen, CT (US);
Steven J Sargeant, West Warwick, RI (US);
Kang Sun, North Attleboro, MA (US);
Arkwright, Incorporated, Fiskeville, RI (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an ink-receiving sheet having anti-blocking properties, containing (A) a polymer substrate; (B) an ink-receptive coating disposed on at least one layer which having a water-soluble component; and (C) particulates dispersed in the ink-receptive coating, having an average particle size of from 15 um to about 50 um, a particle size span is equal to or smaller than 1.0, and a refractive index of from about 1.2 to about 2.4. The present invention is also directed to the ink receptive coating per se, and to methods of ink jet printing using the above ink-receiving sheet.