Patent ID: 7153554

Claim:
An optical medium having a substrate defined by a paper layer, an image layer disposed on said paper layer, and a primer layer disposed on said image layer, said optical medium comprising: a single layer receptive coating disposed on said primer layer of said substrate; wherein said single layer receptive coating is substantially uniform in thickness and is optically clear; and wherein said single layer receptive coating comprises, an acrylic resin binder, a first modifying agent incorporated into said binder, wherein said first modifying agent is polyvinyl alcohol, a second modifying agent incorporated into said binder, wherein said second modifying agent is polyvinyl pyrrolidone, wherein said binder and said first and second modifying agents are dispersed in an inactive volatile component, and wherein said single layer receptive coating comprises about 7 to about 20 weight percent polyvinyl alcohol and about 40 to about 68 weight percent polyvinyl pyrrolidone.