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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1998
Huawen Li, Delmont, PA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A printing medium suitable for inkjet printing comprises a substrate having at least two water-absorptive coatings applied sequentially. Each of the two water-absorptive coatings comprises hydrophilic organic polymer and small discrete nonfilm-forming particles. The hydrophilic organic polymer of the interior water-absorptive coating adjacent the exterior water-absorptive coating contains a greater quantity of nitrogen-containing substance than the hydrophilic organic polymer of the exterior water-absorptive coating. “Nitrogen-containing substance” is defined as being independently selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium mer units, poly(N-vinylpyrrolidinone), copolymer of N-vinylpyrrolidinone and &agr;-(meth)acrylyloxy-&ohgr;-(hydroxy, methoxy, or ethoxy)-poly(ethylene oxide), and two or more thereof.