Patent ID: 6843560

Claim:
An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading said printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon, in order, a hydrophilic absorbing layer and a polymeric overcoat layer comprising a derivitized poly(vinyl alcohol) having at least one hydroxyl group replaced by ether or ester groups, said polymeric overcoat layer also containing a sulfurous acid salt and an ammonium salt having the formula (NR 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 )Z. where R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 hydrogen or alkyl, with the proviso that at least one R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , or R 4 is hydrogen; and Z is a counterion; C) loading said printer with an ink jet ink; and D) printing on said image-receiving layer using said ink jet ink in response to said digital data signals.