Patent ID: 7638176

Claim:
An ink-jet recording media provided with a sealable coating that is applied to a non-permeable substrate to improve fade resistance, dry time and water resistance, the ink-jet recording media comprising: (a) the non-permeable substrate; (b) a porous basecoat disposed on a surface of the non-permeable substrate, the basecoat comprising at least one pigment, at least one binder, particles of a solvent-swellable polymer selected from a water-resistant polymer latex, and at least one cationic mordant selected from the group consisting of hydrophilic, water-dispersible, and water-soluble polymers having cationic groups selected from the group consisting of amino, tertiary amino, amidoamino, pyridine, and imine groups, wherein the particles of the solvent-swellable polymer swell when contacted by at least one polar solvent of an ink-jet ink; and (c) a porous topcoat comprising particles of the solvent-swellable polymer and at least one binder, the solvent-swellable polymer particles having a T g above ambient that is reduced to ambient/sub-ambient temperature when the solvent-swellable polymer absorbs the at least one polar solvent, whereby a colorant of the ink-jet ink is encapsulated within the basecoat at the ambient/sub-ambient temperature.