Patent ID: 8747968

Claim:
A recording medium comprising, in sequence: a support; a first ink-receiving layer; a second ink-receiving layer; and a third ink-receiving layer which is an outermost surface layer of the recording medium, wherein the first ink-receiving layer comprises a first inorganic particle and a first binder, wherein the second ink-receiving layer comprises a second inorganic particle and a second binder, wherein a mass ratio of a content of the first binder to a content of the first inorganic particle in the first ink-receiving layer is larger than a mass ratio of a content of the second binder to a content of the second inorganic particle in the second ink-receiving layer, wherein the third ink-receiving layer comprises a third inorganic particle, a third binder, and a particle which is different from the third inorganic particle and has an average secondary particle size of 1.0 μm or more and 20.0 μm or less, and wherein a content of the particle having an average secondary particle size of 1.0 μm or more and 20.0 μm or less is 0.5% by mass or more with respect to a content of the third inorganic particle in the third ink-receiving layer.