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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
May. 20, 2011
Takatoshi Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Asakawa, Ebina, JP;
Hitoshi Nagashima, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaya Asao, Yokohama, JP;
Takatoshi Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Asakawa, Ebina, JP;
Hitoshi Nagashima, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaya Asao, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a recording medium capable of inhibiting occurrence of undertrapping, lowering the visibility of scratches on the outermost surface of the recording medium and inhibiting occurrence of a mottled pattern when recording is conducted. The recording medium has a substrate and an ink receiving layer provided on the substrate, wherein the arithmetic average roughness Ra of the outermost surface of the recording medium as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 is 1.1 μm or more and 2.5 μm or less, and the skewness Rsk of a roughness curve of the outermost surface of the recording medium as prescribed by JIS B 0601:2001 is 0.1 or less.