Patent ID: 7638562

Claim:
An ink receptive particle for receiving ink, the ink receptive particle comprising: a particle P including a hydrophilic polymer particle, the hydrophilic polymer particle having a ratio of hydrophilic monomer(s) to the total monomer components thereof of from 30 mol % to 80 mol %; and a hydrophobic polymer particle attached to at least a part of a surface of the particle P and having an average spherical equivalent diameter from 0.015 μm to 0.2 μm, a ratio of hydrophilic monomer(s) to the total monomer components of the hydrophobic polymer particle being from 2 mol % to 5 mol % ; the hydrophilic monomer being a monomer comprising any one group selected from an ethylene oxide group, a carboxylic acid, a sulfonic acid, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, a hydroxyl group and or thereof.