(19)
(11) EP 1 418 057 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
16.02.2005 Bulletin 2005/07

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.05.2004 Bulletin 2004/20

(21) Application number: 03078376.5

(22) Date of filing: 27.10.2003
(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 HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 07.11.2002 US 289862
07.11.2002 US 289607

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Yau, Hwei-Ling Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester New York 14650-2201 (US)
  • Decker, David E. Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester New York 14650-2201 (US)
  • Wang, Xiaoru Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester New York 14650-2201 (US)
  • Krzemien, Wendy S. Eastman Kodak Company
    Rochester New York 14650-2201 (US)

(74) Representative: Weber, Etienne Nicolas et al
Kodak Industrie, Département Brevets, CRT, Zone Industrielle
71102 Chalon sur Saône Cedex
71102 Chalon sur Saône Cedex (FR)

   


(54) Ink jet recording element and printing method


(57) An ink jet recording element having a support having thereon a fusible, porous, image-receiving layer of at least two types of hydrophobic polymer particles having different glass transition temperatures, the first type of hydrophobic polymer particles having a Tg higher than 60° C that is substantially monodisperse and the second type of hydrophobic polymer particles having a Tg lower than 25° C.






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