(19)
(11) EP 1 318 026 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.10.2004 Bulletin 2004/43

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

(21) Application number: 02079884.9

(22) Date of filing: 22.11.2002
(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 11656
04.12.2001 US 11802

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Missell, Gregory E., c/o Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)
  • Bauer, Charles L., c/o Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)

(74) Representative: Haile, Helen Cynthia et al
Kodak Limited Patent Department, W92-3A, 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 substrate having thereon: a) a subbing layer of a polymeric binder and a borate or a borate derivative, the borate or borate derivative being present in an amount of from 3 to 50 g/m2, and the weight ratio of the polymeric binder to the borate or borate derivative is from 0.2:1 to 2:1; and b) an image-receiving layer having particles and a cross-linkable polymer containing hydroxyl groups, the cross-linkable polymer being present in an amount of from 20 to 150 g/m2, and the weight ratio of the cross-linkable polymer to the particles is from 10:90 to 30:70.





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