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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2002
Yingchun Liu, Webster, NY (US);
Alexandra D. Bermel, Pittsford, NY (US);
Gregory E. Missell, Penfield, NY (US);
Yingchun Liu, Webster, NY (US);
Alexandra D. Bermel, Pittsford, NY (US);
Gregory E. Missell, Penfield, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An ink jet printing method having the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element having a substrate having thereon: i) a subbing layer of a polymeric binder and a borate or a borate derivative, the borate or borate derivative being present in an amount of from up to about 3 g/m, and the weight ratio of the polymeric binder to the borate or borate derivative is from about 0.2:1 to about 3:1; and ii) an image-receiving layer of inorganic particles and a cross-linkable polymer containing hydroxyl groups, the cross-linkable polymer being present in an amount of less than about 50 g/m, and the weight ratio of the cross-linkable polymer to the inorganic particles is from about 5:95 to about 30:70; C) loading the printer with an inkjet ink composition; and D) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.