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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2016
International Paper Company, Memphis, TN (US);
Jay C. Song, Highland Mills, NY (US);
Sen Yang, Nanuet, NY (US);
Michelle X. Wang, Lititz, PA (US);
Pat Morabito, Matamoras, PA (US);
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A method for making a recording sheet is provided, the recording sheet comprising a sizing or coating composition, which comprises a first binder resin, which is compatible with dry toner binder resin; a second binder resin, which is compatible with liquid toner binder resin; a first pigment, which has a BET surface area of from greater than zero to about 35 m/g or greater; a second pigment, which has a BET surface area of from greater than zero to about 35 m/g or greater, and which is different from the first pigment; and a paper or plastic substrate in contact with the composition, wherein the sizing or coating composition is comprised within first and second sublayers, and said method for making the recording sheet comprising contacting, in any order: the first binder resin; the second binder resin; the first pigment; the second pigment; or a mixture thereof, and the paper or plastic substrate, to produce the recording sheet.