Patent ID: 6659604
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
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 polymeric binder comprising poly(vinyl alcohol) having a degree of hydrolysis of at least about 95% and having a number average molecular weight of at least about 45,000, wherein said image-receiving layer contains from about 0.20 to about 10.0 g/m2 of said poly(vinyl alcohol) binder and from about 1.5 to about 60 g/m2 of said porous polymeric particles; 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.