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(11) EP 1 318 023 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/50

(43) Date of publication A2:
11.06.2003 Bulletin 2003/24

(21) Application number: 02079855.9

(22) Date of filing: 21.11.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B41M 5/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 04.12.2001 US 11681
04.12.2001 US 11655

(71) Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
Rochester, New York 14650 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Merkel, Paul B.
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)
  • Missell, Gregory E.
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)
  • Kaeding, Jeanne E.
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)
  • Smith, Dennis E.
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)

(74) Representative: Haile, Helen Cynthia 
Kodak Limited, Patent Department, Headstone Drive
Harrow, Middlesex HA1 4TY
Harrow, Middlesex HA1 4TY (GB)

   


(54) Ink jet recording element and printing method


(57) An ink jet recording element having a support having thereon an image-receiving layer of porous polymeric particles in a polymeric binder, the porous polymeric particles being prepared in the presence of an anionic or cationic dispersant, and the image-receiving layer containing a surfactant having a charge opposite to that of the dispersant used to make the porous polymeric particles, the surfactant being present in an amount from 0.04 parts to 0.30 parts by weight of the dispersant.





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