Patent ID: 6703112
Filing Date: 2004-03-09
Classification: B41M,C07C,Y10T

Abstract:
An inkjet receptor medium suitable for imaging with a pigmented ink, comprising: a porous membrane of a synthetic polymer comprising an anionic surfactant impregnated into pores of the porous membrane; and an organometallic salt of a multivalent metal cation and a multifunctional organic acid anion impregnated into pores of the porous membrane; wherein the organometallic salt is capable of ionizing to a multivalent metal cation and a multifunctional organic acid anion when in contact with an aqueous-based pigmented ink, and further wherein the size of the pores of the porous membrane is at least 0.2 &mgr;m, and is no greater than about 2.0 &mgr;m, and wherein the pore size is a bubble point pore size measured according to ASTM F-316.