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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7829160 | Glossy inkjet recording element on absorbent paper An inkjet recording element comprising an absorbent support, a porous base layer nearest the support and comprising precipitated calcium carbonate, a porous ink-receiving intermediate layer above the base layer and comprising hydrated alumina, and a porous ink-recei... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7655286 | Fusible reactive media comprising mordant An inkjet recording element comprising a support having thereon in order, from top to bottom, a fusible, porous ink-transporting layer comprising fusible polymeric particles, which particles comprise a thermoplastic polymer with reactive functional groups, the ink-t... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7648745 | Fusible reactive media An inkjet recording element comprises a support having thereon in order, from top to bottom, a fusible, porous top layer comprising fusible polymeric particles that comprise a thermoplastic polymer with reactive functional groups, in combination with a multifunction... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7264856 | Fusible inkjet recording element and printing method An inkjet recording element comprising, over a porous, ink-receiving layer, a fusible, porous topmost layer comprising a film-forming, hydrophobic binder and fusible, polymeric particles of a non-segmented polyurethane, or salt thereof, comprising repeat units deriv... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7238399 | Ink jet recording medium, its manufacturing method, ink jet image forming method and image formed thereby An ink jet recording medium and its manufacturing method are disclosed, the medium comprising a substrate and provided thereon, plural ink absorption layers including an upper layer containing inorganic pigment and thermoplastic particles, wherein the content by wei... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7223454 | Ink jet recording element with core shell particles An image recording element having a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the recording element containing core/shell particles wherein the shell of the particles is an oligomeric or polymeric aluminosilicate complex or an aluminosilicate particulate, the... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7217447 | Ink-jet recording sheet An ink-jet recording sheet including a color material receiving layer on a substrate. The color material receiving layer contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I), In the general formul... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7166156 | Ink recordable substrate coating composition having a pH less than 7 A water resistant coating composition for ink jet recordable substrates having a pH of less than 7, which includes: (a) an aqueous polyurethane dispersion; and (b) an aqueous solution of a nitrogen containing polym... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7150901 | Plasma treatment of porous inkjet receivers An inkjet recording element comprising a porous ink-receiving layer having interconnecting voids is disclosed in which an upper surface of the ink-receiving layer has been subjected to plasma treatment, and wherein the upper surface of the ink-receiving layer, prior... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7144613 | Recording medium, process for production thereof, and ink-jet recording method employing the medium In a recording medium having a porous ink-receiving layer containing alumina hydrate of boehmite structure formed on a base material, the alumina hydrate has crystallinity ranging from 15 to 80 and microcrystals of the alumina hydrate are directed to be parallel to ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7138162 | Ink jet recording element An ink jet recording element including a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing a metal hydroxide salt, (M2+)(OH)a(Ap−)b.xH2O; wherein... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7122231 | Ink jet recording element An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing finely divided particulate material and a metal(oxy)hydroxide complex, Mn+(O)a(OH)b(Ap−)... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7105215 | Ink jet recording element An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, the ink jet recording element containing a metal(oxy)hydroxide complex, Mn+(O)a(OH)b(Ap−)c•xH2O, wherein ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7090903 | Ink-jet recording sheet An ink-jet recording sheet, comprising a support having thereon a porous ink receiving layer, the porous ink receiving layer including inorganic particles, a hydrophilic binder and a polymer, wherein the polymer has a plurality of carbon-carbon unsaturated bonds, pr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091275 | Aqueous polymeric composition containing polymeric nanoparticles and treatments prepared therefrom An aqueous polymeric composition containing select polymeric nanoparticles is provided. The select polymeric nanoparticles contain as polymerized units at least one multiethylenically unsaturated monomer and at least one water soluble monomer; and have a mean diamet... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083836 | Ink jet recording element and printing method An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon, in order, a hydrophilic absorbing layer and a polymeric overcoat layer comprising particles of a substantially amorphous synthetic aluminosilicate. Such recording elements exhibit improved humidity ke... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7060335 | Recording medium, method of manufacturing the same and image forming method A recording medium comprises a base member mainly made of pulp fibers and an ink receiving layer formed thereon containing an inorganic pigment and a binder. The recording medium shows a pore radius distribution having a peak attributable to pores in the base member... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7056562 | Non-porous inkjet recording element and printing method An inkjet recording element comprising a support having thereon, in order, a support having thereon a ink-receiving layer comprising a hydrophilic polymer and particles of an aluminosilicate in an amount of less than 30 weight percent solids, based on the total weig... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7052748 | Mordanted inkjet recording element and printing method An inkjet recording element comprising a support having thereon, in order, a support having thereon an ink-receiving layer comprising a hydrophilic polymer, a polymeric mordant, and particles of an aluminosilicate. Such recording elements exhibit improved humidity k... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052535 | Additives to eliminate bronzing of inkjet ink formulations on specialty quick-dry inkjet photographic media Anti-bronzing compounds are added to inkjet inks to prevent bronzing of the inks when printed on specialty quick-dry inkjet photographic media. These compounds inhibit bronzing by the proper buffering of the dyes relative to the media of interest. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052749 | Inkjet recording element comprising subbing layer and printing method An inkjet recording element comprising a support having thereon a subbing layer comprising particles of an aluminosilicate for improved adhesion. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6991260 | Anti-counterfeiting see-through security feature using line patterns Patterns are aligned on the front and back surfaces of a document to provide an anti-counterfeiting security device. The document is sufficiently transparent to allow see-through of the partial image on the back of the document to be superimposed on the partial imag... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6984033 | Ink jet printing method 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, the ink jet recordi... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6936315 | Ink jet recording medium, recording method therefor, and ink jet recorded article An object of the present invention is to provide an ink jet recording medium for which the problem of bronzing is prevented and an image formed on the ink jet recording medium has good color representation, light-fastness and water resistance. The ink jet recording ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6890647 | Alumina hydrate particle, alumina hydrate particle dispersion sol and liquid coating for forming ink-receiving layer and substrate having ink-receiving layer Highly transparent alumina hydrate particles having a large pore volume, having a pore diameter which falls in a specified range and, when formed into a high-concentration dispersion sol, exhibiting a low viscosity are provided. Alumina hydrate particles having a co... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6884479 | Ink jet recording element An ink jet recording element having a support having thereon an image-receiving layer of a polymeric network formed by a chemical reaction between a wet-strength polymer, amino-functionalized inorganic particles and a hydrophilic polymer other than a wet-strength po... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6872430 | Porous inkjet receiver layer with a binder gradient An ink jet inkjet receiver layer on a substrate consists of at least two layers of similar composition of binder and pigment, except that the layer next to the substrate has a smaller pigment/binder ratio versus the layer laid on top of it. Multiple layers making up... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6846526 | Ink jet recording element An ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon a porous image-receiving layer comprising particles, a poly(vinyl alcohol) binder and a crosslinking agent, the particles having a primary particle size of from about 7 to about 40 nm in diameter which... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6830329 | Ink-jet recording medium and image-forming method An ink-jet recording medium for use in an ink-jet image forming method in which a transparent film layer formed on a substrate as coating is placed on an ink-receiving layer of the recording medium, and then the side of the substrate is heated to transfer the transp... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6818266 | Backprinting recording medium A backprinting recording medium includes a transparent substrate, an ink-absorbing layer formed on the transparent substrate and a porous ink-permeable layer formed on the ink-absorbing layer and produced by dispersing a filler in a binder resin, wherein the binder ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6783229 | Recording medium, image forming process using the same, and process for the preparation of the same Provided is a recording medium provided with an ink-receiving layer on at least one surface of a substrate, wherein said ink-receiving layer is composed of a porous layer comprising pigment particles and mutually fused thermoplastic resin particles. ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6777038 | Recording material for back printing A recording material for back printing has a transparent substrate; an ink absorbing layer that is provided on the transparent substrate; and a porous ink transmitting layer that is provided on the ink absorbing layer and comprises a filler dispersed in a binder res... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6656545 | Low pH coating composition for ink jet recording medium and method A coating composition for an ink jet recording medium comprises an aqueous suspension of absorptive silica pigment, a polyvinyl alcohol binder, and a cationic fixing agent. The composition is dispersed at pH values in the range of 4.0 to 7.0. The pigment ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6635319 | Glossy ink jet recording element An ink jet recording element comprising a substrate having thereon an image-receiving layer comprising an inorganic, anionic pigment, an organic, anionic binder, an organic, cationic mordant and thermoplastic polymer particles.... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6632486 | Ink jet recording element 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.... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6630212 | Ink jet recording element An inkjet recording element comprising a support having thereon a porous image-receiving layer comprising: (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... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6465081 | Image receptor sheet A liquid ink repellent coating adapted to prevent transfer of fluid image forming ink droplets between imaged sheets in a stack of multiple printed impressions. The repellent coating comprises a polymeric composition having a surface energy less than abou... | 10/15/2002 |
| 5910359 | Recording sheet and image forming method A recording sheet for ink-jet recording has a transparent support and a transparent colorant-receptive layer, in which the colorant-receptive layer is composed of crosslinked polymer particles having a mean particle diameter of not more than 200 nm and a ... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5714245 | Anti-blocking clear ink receiving sheet The present invention is directed to an ink-receiving sheet having anti-blocking properties, containing (A) a polymer substrate; (B) an ink-receptive coating disposed on at least one layer which having a water-soluble component; and (C) particulates dispe... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5330823 | Transparent recording sheets Disclosed is a substantially transparent recording sheet which comprises (a) a substantially transparent substrate; (b) a binder polymer coated on the substrate; and (c) particles of an antistatic component, said particles being present on at least the su... | 07/19/1994 |
