Patent ID: 8247045

Claim:
An inkjet recording element having a support and the following ink-receiving layers: (a) a porous base layer comprising particles of anionic fumed silica and hydrophilic hydroxyl-containing polymer as the primary binder crosslinked with crosslinker comprising boron-containing compound, wherein the porous base layer has a dry weight of about 10 to 35 g/m 2 , wherein the weight percent of total binder to total solids in the porous base layer is greater than 5.0 percent and less than 15.0 percent; and (b) optionally, an uppermost porous gloss layer above the porous base layer comprising particles of anionic colloidal silica and hydrophilic binder and having a dry weight of 0.2 to 7.5 g/m 2 , wherein the uppermost porous gloss layer is characterized by the absence of cationic polymer; wherein the particles of anionic fumed silica and the particles of anionic colloidal silica exhibit a zeta potential below negative 15 mv, and the base layer is characterized by the absence of cationic materials in an amount that would render the zeta potential of the anionic silica particles more positive than negative 15 mv; and wherein the ink-receiving layers in the inkjet recording element consists of one or two porous layers, either the porous base layer alone or the porous base layer and the uppermost porous gloss layer, above the support and any optional subbing layer.