Patent ID: 6689432
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B05C,B41M

Abstract:
An ink jet recording material comprising:a substrate, and an image-recording stratum located on at least one surface of the substrate, formed from at least one ink receiving layer and comprising a binder and a plurality of pigment particles dispersed in the binder, at least one ink receiving layer of the image-recording stratum comprising fine particles of at least one pigment selected from the group consisting of &thgr;-, &dgr;- and &ggr;-aluminas in the form of secondary particles having an average secondary particle size of 500 nm or less, and consisting of a plurality of primary particles agglomerated with each other, wherein the fine particles of the alumina compounds have a BET specific area of 50 to 300 m2/g and a pore volume of 0.2 to 1.0 ml/g.