Abstract: A method of forming a sheet comprising extruding a polymer material comprising an incompatible material and a foaming agent, cooling the extruded material, stretching said extruded material in at least one direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging element comprising an imaging layer and a support, wherein the support comprises a core layer having a surface roughness of at least 1.4 microns and a pit camouflaging flange layer between the support and the imaging layer. The present invention also relates to a method of forming an imaging support comprising extruding a polymer layer onto a core layer of surface roughness of at least 1.4 microns, and passing the extruded polymer layer on the core layer between two temperature controlled rollers, one of which comprises a pit camouflaging surface and a method of forming an imaging support comprising extruding a polymer layer, passing the extruded polymer layer between two temperature controlled rollers, one of which comprises a pit camouflaging surface, and laminating the polymer layer onto a core layer with a surface roughness of at least 1.4 microns.

Abstract: An inkjet recording element comprises a permeable microvoided polylactic-acid-containing layer having interconnecting voids. The invention is also directed to method of using such recording elements in an inkjet printing process and to sheets useful for making such inkjet recording elements and other media.

Abstract: A single or multilayer sheet comprising a microvoided layer permeable to low surface tension liquids has a continuous phase comprising a polylactic-acid-based material and interconnecting microvoids, said microvoided layer having a total absorbent capacity of at least about 14 cc/m2. The invention is also directed to an a method of making a sheet material comprising such a permeable microvoided layer, which method comprises extruding a sheet comprising a layer of a polylactic-acid-based material containing inorganic particles by extrusion, and stretching the sheet biaxially to form interconnected microvoids around the inorganic particles.

Abstract: This invention relates to a pressure developable imaging element comprising a support and an image forming unit comprising photosensitive microcapsules and a developer, wherein said support comprises a substrate comprising polyolefin or a copolymer thereof, wherein said substrate has a density of greater than 0.9 grams/cc.