Patent ID: 8685504

Claim:
A recording medium comprising: an ink-receiving layer formed by applying a coating liquid onto at least one surface of a substrate and drying the coating liquid, the coating liquid containing hydrated alumina and a binder, wherein the hydrated alumina in the coating liquid has an average particle size of 100 nm to 250 nm, the surface of the ink-receiving layer has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.8 Î¼m to 2.5 Î¼m, the arithmetic average roughness Ra being specified by JIS B0601:2001, the surface of the ink-receiving layer has a specular gloss at 60Â° of 9.0% or less, the specular gloss at 60Â° being specified by JIS Z8741, and the ink-receiving layer has a thickness of 10 Î¼m or more and 25 Î¼m or less.