Abstract: A method of manufacturing an ink-receiving medium comprising the steps of providing a support, treating the support with a salt of a multivalent metal cation, and coating upon one or each side of the support at least one porous ink-receiving top layer from an aqueous coating composition consisting of non-cationic components, wherein the non-cationic components comprise a binder and anionic particles of average particle size less than 2.5 microns, wherein the ink-receiving top layer comprises at least 50% of the total solids by weight, such that the water-soluble salt of a multivalent metal cation is able to diffuse into the ink-receiving top layer, the method further comprising drying the coating and optionally calendering the coating. Also disclosed is inkjet media made from such method and a method of printing using such inkjet media.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 14, 2007
Date of Patent:
August 4, 2009
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company
Inventors:
Thomas J. Dannhauser, Douglas E. Bugner, Sharon R. Girolmo