Patent ID: 8613987

Claim:
An ink-jet recording medium comprising: a support including a base paper, a first polyolefin resin layer disposed on one side of the base paper, and a second polyolefin resin layer disposed on the other side of the base paper, and an ink receiving layer including inorganic particles and a water-soluble resin, the ink receiving layer being disposed on one side of the support, wherein a first surface of the support at a side that is opposite to a side at which the ink receiving layer is disposed has a centerline average roughness (Ra) of from 0.5 μm to 1.0 μm when measured in accordance with JIS-B-0601 with a cutoff value of 0.8 mm, and an average surface roughness (Sra) of 0.3 μm or less when a cutoff value is from 1 μm to 25 μm.