Patent ID: 7736709

Claim:
A recording medium comprising a substrate and a recording layer on the substrate, wherein the recording layer contains a water-soluble binder, a cross-linking agent that can cross-link the water-soluble binder, fine particles and a compound shown by the following Formula (I): (Y 1 ) n —Z 1 —(X) l —Z 2 —(Y 2 ) m Formula (I) wherein, in Formula (I): each of Z 1 and Z 2 indicates a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic ring which may have a hetero atom; X indicates —O—, —S—, —S—S—, or —C(R) 2 —; R indicates an alkyl group or a hydrogen atom; each of Y 1 and Y 2 indicates a sulfo group, a carboxyl group, a phosphono group, a carbonamide group, a sulfonamide group, or a quaternary ammonium salt; l indicates 0 or 1; and each of m and n indicates 0 or an integer of 1 or more, and at least one of m and n is an integer of 1 or more, and wherein the recording medium is for use in a recording medium for ink jet recording.