(19)
(11) EP 1 293 356 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/38

(43) Date of publication A2:
19.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/12

(21) Application number: 02078641.4

(22) Date of filing: 06.09.2002
(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: 18.09.2001 US 955549
18.09.2001 US 954779

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

(72) Inventor:
  • Wexler, Allan. c/o Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)

(74) Representative: Haile, Helen Cynthia et al
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 in order: a) at least one porous, ink-retaining layer, and b) a fusible, porous ink-transporting layer of fusible, polymeric particles and a film-forming, hydrophobic binder.





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