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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1996
Akio Owatari, Suwa, JP;
Hiroyuki Onishi, Suwa, JP;
Junichi Iida, Suwa, JP;
Yukio Kobayashi, Tokyo-To, JP;
Yoshihiro Kuroyama, Tokyo-To, JP;
Hiroki Midorikawa, Shirakawa, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A recording medium and a recording method are provided which can realize an image having excellent storage stability. An ink composition comprising a colorant of at least one dye selected from the group consisting of a stilbene azo dye, a triphenylmethane dye, and a xanthene dye is used, and the recording medium having a recording layer comprising silica and a binder, wherein the binder comprises a polymer component, 5 to 55% by weight of a polymer component of the binder is a styrene/butadiene latex, and 20 to 45% by weight of the styrene/butadiene latex is derived from a butadiene monomer.