Patent ID: 6779885
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: B41M

Abstract:
An ink jet printing method comprising the steps of:A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading said printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer comprising porous polymeric particles in a polymeric binder, said porous polymeric particles being prepared in the presence of an anionic or cationic dispersant, and said image-receiving layer containing a surfactant having a charge opposite to that of said dispersant used to make said porous polymeric particles, said surfactant being present in an amount from about 0.04 parts to about 0.30 parts by weight of said dispersant; C) loading said printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on said ink jet recording element using said ink jet ink composition in response to said digital data signals.