ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTRBGCZEE....SK................JDIM350 (Ver 2.1 Jan 2001) 1620000/01318023EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA320041208EP02079855.920021121EnEnEn1168120011204US1165520011204US20041208200450200306112003247 7B 41M 5/00 AdeTintenstrahl-Aufzeichnungselement und DruckverfahrenenInk jet recording element and printing methodfrElément pour l'enregistrement au jet d'encre et procédé d'impressionEASTMAN KODAK COMPANY0020121282949KODAK COMPANY, EASTMAN343 State StreetRochester, New York 14650USMerkel, Paul B.c/o Eastman Kodak Company, PLS, 343 State StreetRochester, New York 14650-2201USMissell, Gregory E.c/o Eastman Kodak Company, PLS, 343 State StreetRochester, New York 14650-2201USKaeding, Jeanne E.c/o Eastman Kodak Company, PLS, 343 State StreetRochester, New York 14650-2201USSmith, Dennis E.c/o Eastman Kodak Company, PLS, 343 State StreetRochester, New York 14650-2201USHaile, Helen Cynthia00060521Kodak Limited, Patent Department, Headstone DriveHarrow, Middlesex HA1 4TYGBATBEBGCHCYCZDEDKEEESFIFRGBGRIEITLILUMCNLPTSESKTRALLTLVMKROSI20041208200450

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.