Patent ID: 6531213
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: B41M,G03G,Y10T

Abstract:
A recyclable recording medium comprising;a base member, a surface layer comprising a water-swelling resin and a surface active agent, and having a thickness of 3 to 30 &mgr;m, the water-swelling resin formed by crosslinking a water-soluble resin with a crosslinking agent, the surface layer containing the surface active agent at an amount of 0.1 to 20% by weight relative to the water-soluble resin, the water-soluble resin having a first functional group crosslinkable with the crosslinking agent and a second ionic functional group, a ratio of the number of functional groups of the crosslinking agent to the number of the first functional groups being within the range between 1/100 and 1/5; a saturated swelling amount in the direction of thickness is 4 to 25 &mgr;m when the recyclable recording medium is immersed in an aqueous medium.