Patent ID: 8247044

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) an uppermost porous gloss layer above the porous base layer comprising particles of colloidal silica and hydrophilic binder and having a dry weight of about 1.0 to 7.5 g/m 2 , wherein the median particle size of the particles of colloidal silica is about 10 to under 45 nm, and 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 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.