Patent ID: 8202586

Claim:
An ink-jet recording material comprising: a support; and at least two ink-receiving layers of an ink-receiving underlayer and an ink-receiving top layer, the ink-receiving layers being disposed on the support and each comprising a pigment and a binder, wherein the ink-receiving underlayer comprises at least a pigment A selected from the group consisting of a calcium carbonate, a kaolin and a titanium dioxide, and a pigment B comprising a wet process silica, the pigment A having a BET specific surface area of less than 100 m 2 /g, the pigment B having a BET specific surface area of no less than 100 m 2 /g, and a content ratio of the pigment A to the pigment B being within a range of 9/1 to 1/9, wherein the main component of the binder contained in the ink-receiving under layer is selected from emulsion latexes; and wherein the ink-receiving top layer comprises a finely agglomerated pigment with an average particle diameter of 0.008 to 0.7 μm and a binder, wherein the finely agglomerated pigment comprises a fumed silica, wherein the main component of the binder contained in the ink-receiving top layer is a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and the ink-receiving top layer contains a compound that is cross-linkable with PVA.