Abstract: A process for the preparation of recording materials for inkjet printers by applying aqueous coating compositions to one or both sides of a sheet of paper which has been treated with size, where the coating compositions contain from 20 to 200 g/l of starch and from 1 to 50 g/l of a copolymer which is obtainable by emulsion copolymerization of 100 parts by weight of a monomer mixture comprising(a) from 10 to 65 parts by weight of styrene, .alpha.-methylstyrene, acrylonitrile and/or methacrylonitrile,(b) from 30 to 85 parts by weight of acrylic and/or methacrylic esters of alcohols having 1 to 18 carbon atoms,(c) from 5 to 25 parts by weight of monomers containing tertiary and/or quaternary amino groups, and(d) from 0 to 20 parts by weight of other monoethylenically unsaturated monomersin an aqueous medium in the presence of from 12 to 300% by weight, based on the monomers, of at least one natural or synthetic protective colloid.

Abstract: An amino-containing and carboxyl-containing polymer tanning agent containing more carboxyl groups than amino groups, when used for retanning mineral-tanned leather, gives, alone or in combination with conventional anionic retanning agents, leather which is readily dyeable and has good sensory properties.