Patent ID: 7700170

Claim:
An ink-jet recording material having at least two ink-receptive layers (A) and (B) mainly containing fine particulate silica on a water-resistant support, which comprises said ink-receptive layer (A) positioned nearer to the support versus said ink-receptive layer (B), wherein the fine particulate silica is fumed silica, having an average secondary particle size of 500 nm or less, the ink-receptive layer (B) contains a water-soluble zirconium compound, and the ink-jet recording material satisfies the following requirement(s) (b), or (a) and (b): (a) the water-soluble zirconium compound is present with a larger amount in the ink-receptive layer (B) and a cationic emulsion is contained in the ink-receptive layer (B), (b) a water-soluble aluminum compound is contained in the ink-receptive layer (A), and a distribution of the water-soluble aluminum compound is not uniform in the whole ink-receptive layers and the water-soluble aluminum compound is present in a larger amount in the ink-receptive layer (A).