(19)
(11) EP 1 319 518 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.12.2004 Bulletin 2004/51

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.06.2003 Bulletin 2003/25

(21) Application number: 02079971.4

(22) Date of filing: 28.11.2002
(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: 12.12.2001 US 20748
12.12.2001 US 21757

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Wang, Yongcai, c/o Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)
  • Shaw-Klein, Lori J., c/o Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)
  • Nicholas, Thomas P., c/o Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)
  • Sadasivan, Sridhar., c/o Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester, New York 14650-2201 (US)
  • Chu, Lixin., 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 and printing method having a support having thereon in order: (I) a base layer of at least 50% by weight of inorganic particles; and (II) an image-receiving layer of: (a) colloidal, inorganic oxide particles having a mean particle size of from 10 to 500 nm; and (b) water-insoluble, cationic, polymeric particles having a benzyldimethyl benzylammonium moiety.





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