Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a coated printing paper, comprising the steps of making a base paper from a stuff containing a hardwood-derived mechanical pulp (LMP) and applying a coating solution containing a pigment and an adhesive by an on-machine coater to provide a coating layer, wherein said steps are continuously performed on machine. According to the present invention, coated printing papers having high quality can be efficiently prepared with high runnability.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing a coated printing paper, comprising the steps of making a base paper from a stuff containing a hardwood-derived mechanical pulp (LMP) and applying a coating solution containing a pigment and an adhesive by an on-machine coater to provide a coating layer, wherein said steps are continuously performed on machine. According to the present invention, coated printing papers having high quality can be efficiently prepared with high runnability.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a process for preparing a high-quality coated paper with high runnability while preventing damage to the elastic roll surface of the soft calender encountered during high-speed operation. The present invention provides a process for preparing a coated paper, comprising the steps of: making a base paper; applying a coating solution containing a pigment and an adhesive on the base paper to form one or more pigment coating layers; and surface-treating the pigment coating layers by a soft calender, said papermaking and coating steps being performed at an operating speed of 1300 m/min; wherein said surface-treating step comprises treating the outermost one of the pigment coating layers using a soft calender comprising a metallic roll and an elastic roll with at least two or more nips and wherein the elastic roll has a Shore D hardness of 90-96 and the metallic roll surface temperature at the first nip is less than 130° C.

Abstract: An inkjet recording medium for plain paper wherein a coating solution having a water-soluble polymer, sizing agent and synthetic resin emulsion as main ingredients is coated or impregnation-coated on at least one surface of a base paper. The synthetic resin emulsion is an emulsion manufactured using 1.5 wt parts or less of a surfactant relative to 100 wt parts of a polymerizing monomer. In this inkjet recording medium, bleeding and feathering do not occur, so the medium is suitable also for multi-color recording.