Patent ID: 8236394

Claim:
A recording medium comprising a substrate and at least two porous ink receiving layers provided on the substrate, wherein of the porous ink receiving layers a lower layer, which is a layer second distant from the substrate, is arranged on the substrate side of an upper layer, which is a layer most distant from the substrate, wherein a pore distribution curve of the upper layer has one peak and a pore distribution curve of the lower layer has two peaks, wherein when a pore radius giving the peak in the pore distribution curve of the upper layer is regarded as R1 and pore radii giving the two peaks in the pore distribution curve of the lower layer are respectively regarded as R2 and R3, where R2 is smaller than R3, R1 is 8 nm or more and 11 nm or less, R2 is 5 nm or more, R2 is smaller than R1, a difference between R1 and R2 is 2 nm or more, R3 is not less than R1, and a difference between R3 and R1 is 3 nm or less, and wherein when in the pore distribution curve of the lower layer, a pore volume at the pore radius of R2 is V R2 and a pore volume at the pore radius of R3 is V R3 , a proportion of V R2 to V R3 (V R2 /V R3 ) is 0.8 or more and 2.4 or less.