(19)
(11) EP 1 288 010 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.10.2003 Bulletin 2003/42

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/10

(21) Application number: 02078414.6

(22) Date of filing: 19.08.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B41M 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: 31.08.2001 US 944547
31.08.2001 US 945088

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Sadasivan, Sridhar, c/o Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)
  • Gallo, Elizabeth Ann, c/o Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)
  • Chu, Lixin, c/o Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)
  • Baier, John Marion, c/o Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)
  • Decker, David Edward, c/o Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)
  • Wang, Xiaoru E., c/o Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)

(74) Representative: Haile, Helen Cynthia et al
Kodak Limited Patent, W92-3A, Headstone Drive
Harrow, Middlesex HA1 4TY
Harrow, Middlesex HA1 4TY (GB)

   


(54) Ink jet recording element and printing method


(57) A porous inkjet recording element having a support having thereon an image-receiving layer having: (a) inorganic particles having a primary particle size of from 7 to 40 nm in diameter which may be aggregated up to 500 nm; (b) colloidal particles having a mean particle size of from 20 to 500 nm; (c) water-insoluble, cationic, polymeric particles having at least 20 mole percent of a cationic mordant moiety; and (d) inorganic particles encapsulated with an organic polymer having a Tg of less than 100°C.





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