Patent ID: 6514598
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: B41M,Y10T

Abstract:
An ink jet recording sheet for ink jet recording using pigment ink, said ink jet recording sheet comprising:(A) a support sheet comprising a polymeric film; (B) a lower ink receiving layer formed on the support sheet and comprising amorphous synthetic silica particles and a water-insoluble polymeric material, and (C) an upper ink receiving layer formed on the lower ink receiving layer and comprising amorphous synthetic silica particles, a water-insoluble polymeric material and a silanol-modified polyvinyl alcohol, wherein the amorphous synthetic silica particles contained in the upper ink receiving layer have an average particle size of 6 to 16 &mgr;m, and the upper ink receiving layer exhibits a Bekk smoothness of 5 to 40 seconds, determined in accordance with Japanese Industrial Standard P 8119-1976.