Patent ID: 6447111
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: B41M

Abstract:
An ink jet printing method comprising the steps of:I) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; II) loading said printer with a porous ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer comprising: (a) inorganic particles having a primary particle size of from about 7 to about 40 nm in diameter which may be aggregated up to about 500 nm; (b) colloidal particles having a mean particle size of from about 20 to about 500 nm; (c) water-insoluble, cationic, polymeric particles comprising at least about 20 mole percent of a cationic mordant moiety; and (d) inorganic particles encapsulated with an organic polymer having a Tg of less than about 100Â° C.; III) loading said printer with an ink jet ink composition; and IV) printing on said image-receiving layer using said ink jet ink composition in response to said digital data signals.