Patent ID: 7833590
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: B41M

Abstract:
1. Ink jet ink printing media, comprising: a) a paper substrate having a first side and an opposing second side; b) a hydrophilic polymeric material coated on the first side and the second side of the paper substrate; and c) a substantially hydrophobic polymeric composite material coated over and bound to the hydrophilic polymeric material on the second side of the paper substrate, said substantially hydrophobic polymeric composite material being a continuous polymeric blend of a hydrophilic polymeric binder and a hydrophobic polymeric binder present in a hydrophilic polymeric binder to hydrophobic polymeric binder ratio of at least about 1:2 by weight, wherein the first side is formulated for printing and the second side is formulated as a backing forming a non-printing side.