Patent ID: 9643441
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B41M

Claim:
1. A recording medium comprising: a substrate; a first ink-receiving layer; a second ink-receiving layer adjacent to the first ink-receiving layer; and a top layer on a top surface of the second ink-receiving layer in this order, wherein the first ink-receiving layer comprises inorganic particles having an average particle size of 50 nm or less, a content of the inorganic particles having an average particle size of 50 nm or less in the first ink-receiving layer is 90 mass % or more based on a total content of all inorganic particles in the first ink receiving layer, the second ink-receiving layer comprises an amorphous silica having an average particle size of 3.2 μm or more, the top layer comprises a colloidal silica, a content of the amorphous silica in the second ink-receiving layer is 90 mass % or more based on a total content of all inorganic particles in the second ink-receiving layer, and a coating amount of the first ink-receiving layer is 3 g/m