Patent ID: 7370959

Claim:
An ink-jet recording sheet comprising a support and a colorant receiving layer disposed on the surface of the support, wherein the colorant receiving layer is a layer obtained by cross-linking and hardening a coated layer obtained by coating a coating solution including inorganic fine particles, a water-soluble resin and a boron compound, wherein the inorganic fine particles are gas phase method silica having an average primary particle diameter of 20 nm or smaller, and the water-soluble resin is a polyvinyl alcohol, and wherein the cross-linking and hardening is performed by applying a solution including a metal compound and having a pH of 8 or higher to the coated layer or a coated film at a time selected from the following: (1) at the same time as coating the coating solution; (2) during drying of the coated layer formed by coating the coating solution and before the coated layer shows a falling rate of drying; or (3) after a coated layer formed by coating the coating solution is dried to form the coated film.