Patent ID: 6406796
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: B41M,D21H,Y10T

Abstract:
A cast-coated paper for ink jet recording having a cast-coated layer on a substrate: said substrate comprising non-coated paper and at least one coating layer (a) thereon containing at least a pigment and a binder, and wherein the side of the coating layer (a) has water absorbency of from 30 to 100 g/m2, determined using the Cobb testing method described in JIS P8140 under a condition that the water absorption time is 60 seconds, and smoothness from 30 to 106 seconds, measured with an Oken type smoothness tester following the operational procedure described in JAPAN TAPPI No. 5; and said cast-coated layer being a coating layer (b) provided on the coating layer (a) using an aqueous coating composition containing at least a pigment and a binder in accordance with a cast coating method.