Patent ID: 6773769
Filing Date: 2004-08-10
Classification: B41M,D06P

Abstract:
An ink receiving medium comprising:a nonwoven macroporous substrate having a fluid management system comprising a surfactant and having a pigment management system comprising a water-soluble multivalent metal salt selected from the group consisting of aluminum sulfophthalate, aluminum sulfoisophthalate, magnesium sulfophthalate, copper sulfophthalate, zirconium sulfophthalate, zirconium phthalate, and combinations thereof in contact with surfaces of macropores of the substrate therein, wherein the nonwoven macroporous substrate comprises fibers selected from the group consisting of cotton, flax, hemp, ramie, burlap, wool, silk, rayon, acrylic, polyolefin, polystyrene and block copolymers thereof with butadiene, polyester, polyamide, polyarylsulfones, poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(ethylene vinyl acetate), polyacrylates, polycarbonates, cellulosic polymers, polyimides, polyurethanes, and combinations thereof.