Patent ID: 8158223

Claim:
An ink jet recording medium comprising a substrate and an ink receiving layer provided on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the ink receiving layer contains an inorganic pigment, wherein at least one of the substrate and the ink receiving layer contains a compound of the following general formula (1): wherein R 1 and R 2 are individually a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a linear or branched alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, with the proviso that R 1 and R 2 may be the same or different from each other, R 3 is a linear or branched alkylene group or arylene group, and X is an acidic solubilizing group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, a sulfonic group, and a sulfino group, and wherein the compound of the general formula (1) is contained in a proportion of 0.1 parts by mass or more and 10.0 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the inorganic pigment.