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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2001
Martina Wicher, Bissendorf, DE;
Frank Römermann, Osnabrück, DE;
Martina Wicher, Bissendorf, DE;
Frank Römermann, Osnabrück, DE;
Abstract
A support material comprises a raw paper that may be coated on at least one side with a synthetic resin, and the raw paper or the resin coating on the raw paper is provided at least on the front side with a pigment layer wherein the pigment layer contains at least about 5% by weight of a pigment with a narrow grain size distribution, whereby at least about 70% of these pigment particles feature a size of less than 1 μm and at least 40% by weight of these particles feature a grain size of 0.35 to 0.8 μm, or in that the pigment coating is a structured calcium carbonate, for example surface-modified, and both embodiments feature improved surface properties.