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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
May. 25, 2012
Thomas Roger Oswald, Eagle, ID (US);
John L. Stoffel, San Diego, CA (US);
George B. Clifton, Boise, ID (US);
Robert J. Lawton, Meridian, ID (US);
Thomas Roger Oswald, Eagle, ID (US);
John L. Stoffel, San Diego, CA (US);
George B. Clifton, Boise, ID (US);
Robert J. Lawton, Meridian, ID (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An uncoated recording medium includes a blend of hardwood fibers and softwood fibers. The total fiber content is at least 80 wt % of a total wt % of the uncoated recording medium. A filler is present in the uncoated recording medium in an amount ranging from about 3 wt % to about 10.2 wt % of the total wt % of the uncoated recording medium. The uncoated recording medium has i) a weight ranging from about 50 g/mto about 70 g/m, and ii) a machine direction Lorentezen & Wetter 5 degree bending stiffness ranging from about 0.19 mNm to about 0.27 mNm and a cross direction Lorentezen & Wetter 5 degree bending stiffness ranging from about 0.09 mNm to about 0.12 mNm, and iii) an ISO brightness of at least 86.