Patent ID: 8084107

Claim:
A print medium, comprising: a) a media substrate; b) a porous ink-absorbing layer coated on the media substrate, said porous ink-absorbing layer including semi-metal oxide or metal oxide particulates and a first binder; and c) a porous ink-receiving layer coated on the porous ink-absorbing layer, said porous ink-receiving layer including organosilane-functionalized semi-metal oxide or metal oxide particulates and a second binder; wherein the first binder is present in an amount to provide larger interparticulate voids in the porous absorbing layer as compared to the porous ink-receiving layer, and wherein the organosilane-functionalized semi-metal oxide or metal oxide particulates of the porous ink-receiving layer has the same BET surface area as the semi-metal oxide or metal oxide particulates of the porous ink-absorbing layer before functionalizing with the organosilane.