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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2001
Sridhar Sadasivan, Rochester, NY (US);
Lixin Chu, Rochester, NY (US);
John M. Baier, Fairport, NY (US);
Elizabeth A. Gallo, Penfield, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon a porous image-receiving layer comprising at least about 50% by weight of particles and less than about 20% by weight of a binder, the particles comprising a mixture of (a) inorganic particles having a primary particle size of from about 7 to about 40 nm in diameter which may be aggregated to provide a mean aggregate particle size of up to about 500 nm; and (b) colloidal particles having a mean particle size of from about 20 to about 500 nm; and wherein the difference between the mean aggregate particle size of the (a) inorganic particles and the mean particle size of the (b) colloidal particles is within about 10%.