Patent ID: 8431194

Claim:
A recording medium comprising a substrate and two or more ink receiving layers provided on the substrate, wherein an upper layer of the ink receiving layers, which is a layer most distant from the substrate, and a lower layer, which is a layer located just under the upper layer, are ink receiving layers containing at least one selected from alumina hydrate and alumina, an acid and a hydrophilic binder, and wherein the acid contained in the upper layer is a carboxylic acid represented by the following general formula [I], and the acid contained in the lower layer is a sulfonic acid represented by the following general formula [II]: R 1 —COOH General formula [I] where in the general formula [I], R 1 is a hydrogen atom or a branched or unbranched alkyl or alkenyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, with the proviso that R 1 may have at least one of a hydroxyl group, an oxo group, an amino group (—NHR or —NRR′), an alkoxy group (—OR), an acyl group (R—CO—), alkanoylamino group (—NHCOR) and a carbamoyl group as a substituent, R and R′ are, independently of each other, a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, and R is not a hydrogen atom when the substituent is an alkoxy group or an alkanoylamino group, R 2 —SO 3 H General formula [II] where in the general formula [II], R 2 is a hydrogen atom or a branched or unbranched alkyl or alkenyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, with the proviso that R 2 may have at least one of an oxo group, halogen atoms, an alkoxy group (—OR) and an acyl group (R—CO—) as a substituent, R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 or 2 carbon atoms, and R is not a hydrogen atom when the substituent is an alkoxy group, wherein the upper layer contains the carboxylic acid represented by the general formula [I] in an amount of 200 mmol or more and 500 mmol or less per 1 kg in total of the alumina hydrate and alumina.