Abstract: An ink jet recording element comprising a substrate having thereon an image-receiving layer comprising an inorganic, anionic pigment, an organic, anionic binder and an organic, cationic mordant, and a porous overcoat layer located over the image-receiving layer, the porous overcoat layer comprising an inorganic pigment and an organic, anionic, binder, wherein the refractive index of the inorganic pigment in the overcoat layer is at least 0.05 refractive index units less than the refractive index of the inorganic, anionic pigment in the image-receiving layer.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method having the steps of: I) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; II) loading the printer with ink jet recording element having a support having thereon an image-receiving layer having: (a) inorganic particles having a primary particle size of from about 7 to about 40 nm in diameter which may be aggregated up to about 500 nm; (b) colloidal particles having a mean particle size of from about 20 to about 500 nm; and (c) water-insoluble, cationic, polymeric particles having at least about 20 mole percent of a cationic mordant moiety; III) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and IV) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method having the steps of: I) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; II) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element having a support having thereon a porous image-receiving layer having at least about 50% by weight of particles and less than about 20% by weight of a binder, the particles comprising a mixture of (a) inorganic particles having a primary particle size of from about 7 to about 40 nm in diameter which may be aggregated to provide a mean aggregate particle size of up to about 500 nm; and (b) colloidal particles having a mean particle size of from about 20 to about 500 nm; and wherein the difference between the mean aggregate particle size of the (a) inorganic particles and the mean particle size of the (b) colloidal particles is within about 10%; III) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and IV) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.

Abstract: An ink jet recording element comprising a substrate having thereon an image-receiving layer comprising inorganic particles encapsulated with an organic polymer having a Tg of less than about 20° C., the weight ratio of the inorganic particles to the organic polymer being from about 20 to about 0.2.

Abstract: A process for laminating an ink jet print having the steps of: a) providing an ink jet print having a support having thereon an ink jet image; b) contacting the imaged surface of the ink jet print with a transfer laminating element to form a composite, the transfer laminating element having a flexible, polymeric support having thereon a protection layer of a water-dispersible, hydrophobic polyester resin having the following general formula: In-P-Am wherein I is an ionic group; n is an integer from 1-3; P is a polyester backbone; A is an aliphatic group having a straight or branched chain fatty acid or triglyceride thereof halving from about 6 to about 24 carbon atoms; and m is an integer from 3-8; c) applying heat and pressure to the composite to transfer the layer on top of the ink jet image; d) allowing the composite to cool; and e) peeling the flexible, polymeric support of the transfer laminating element from the composite to form the laminated ink jet print.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer comprising at least about 80% by weight of non-porous polymeric particles in a polymeric binder, the non-porous polymeric particles having a core/shell structure comprising a polymeric core covered with a shell of a water-soluble polymer; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.

Abstract: A method of improving the durability of an ink jet ink image comprising the steps of: a) providing an ink jet ink receiving layer containing a hardener; b) image-wise depositing pigment-based ink jet ink on the hardener-containing ink receiving layer; and then c) applying to the ink receiving layer a solution comprising a hardener that is the same or different from the hardener in the ink receiving layer.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method, including the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with ink-receptive elements including a support having thereon a porous ink-receptive layer; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition including a water-dispersible polymeric latex having contained therein a water-insoluble, salt-type dye; and D) printing on the ink-receptive layer using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method having the steps of: I) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; II) loading the printer with a porous ink jet recording element having a support having thereon a porous image-receiving layer having: (a) particles having a mean particle size of from greater than 0.04 &mgr;m to about 5 &mgr;m; and (b) water insoluble, cationic, polymeric particles having at least about 20 mole percent of a cationic mordant moiety; III) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and IV) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a resin-coated paper support having thereon an ink-retaining layer comprising voided cellulosic fibers in a polymeric binder, the ratio of the voided cellulosic fibers to the polymeric binder being from about 90:10 to about 50:50, the length of the voided cellulosic fibers being from about 10 &mgr;m to about 50 &mgr;m; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a resin-coated paper support having thereon an ink-retaining layer comprising voided cellulosic fibers and organic or inorganic particles in a polymeric binder, the length of the voided cellulosic fibers being from about 10 &mgr;m to about 50 &mgr;m, the ratio of the voided cellulosic fibers to the organic or inorganic particles being from about 90:10 to about 60:40 and the ratio of the combination of voided cellulosic fibers and the organic or inorganic particles to the polymeric binder being from about 90:10 to about 50:50; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.

Abstract: A process for making an ink jet image display comprising: providing an ink jet recording element comprising a substantially transparent support having thereon, in the order recited, a base layer comprising a hydrophilic or porous material and a porous, ink-receptive top layer capable of accepting an ink jet image comprising a polymeric adhesive binder and thermally-activated adhesive polymeric particles, the polymer used to make the polymeric particles comprising a polycaprolactone; printing an ink jet image on the recording element; bringing the top layer of the recording element in contact with another substrate to form a composite assemblage; and subjecting the composite assemblage to heat and pressure to adhere the recording element to the substrate to form the ink jet image display.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with ink-receptive elements comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer comprising a binder and cationic polymer particles containing at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer containing a trialkylammonium salt, each the trialkylammonium salt containing at least one alkyl group greater than 4 carbon atoms in length; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition comprising water, a humectant, and a water-soluble anionic dye; and D) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a substrate having thereon an image-receiving layer comprising a heterocyclic amine polymer, the image-receiving layer having associated therewith a water-soluble first-row transition metal ion salt; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method, including the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with ink-receptive elements, including a support having thereon a porous ink-receptive layer; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition including: water, a humectant, and a delocalized cationic azo dye derived from the quaternization of a nitrogen heterocyclic azo dye having the following formula: D) printing on an ink-receptive substrate using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.

Abstract: A process of forming a single color, ablation image comprising imagewise-heating by means of a laser in the absence of a separate receiving element, an ablative recording element comprising a support having thereon, in order, a barrier layer and a colorant layer comprising a colorant dispersed in a polymeric binder, the colorant layer having an infrared-absorbing material associated therewith, the laser exposure taking place through the colorant side of the element, and removing the ablated colorant to obtain the image in the ablative recording element, wherein the colorant layer contains a plasticizer in an amount of up to about 50% by weight of the polymeric binder.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon a porous image-receiving layer comprising at least about 90% by weight of particles and less than about 10% by weight of a binder, the image-receiving layer also containing a nonionic surfactant having an HLB number of less than about 10 in an amount to substantially prevent foaming of the coating composition which is used to coat the support with the image-receiving layer; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink; and D) printing on the porous image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method, including the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element including a support having thereon in order: I) a porous base layer including particles having a primary particle size of from about 7 to about 40 nm in diameter which may be aggregated up to about 300 nm and which are dispersed in a binder; and II) a porous image-receiving layer including: (a) particles having a primary particle size of from about 7 to about 40 nm in diameter which may be aggregated up to about 300 nm; and (b) water insoluble, cationic, polymeric particles comprising at least about 20 mole percent of a cationic mordant moiety; the thickness of layer I) being between about 35 and about 50 &mgr;m and the thickness of layer II) being between about 2 and about 6 &mgr;m; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink composition in

Abstract: An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with ink jet recording elements comprising an ink-permeable polyester substrate comprising a base polyester layer and an ink-permeable upper polyester layer, the upper polyester layer comprising a continuous polyester phase having an ink absorbency rate resulting in a dry time of less than about 10 seconds and a total absorbent capacity of at least about 14 cc/m2, the substrate having thereon a porous image-receiving layer having interconnecting voids; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.

Abstract: An ink jet printing method comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with ink jet recording elements; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals; wherein the ink jet ink composition comprises from about 0.5% to about 30% by weight of a pigment, a carrier, a humectant and a dispersant in a ratio of dispersant:pigment from about 0.