Patent ID: 8592012

Claim:
A recording medium comprising, in sequence: a support; a first ink-receiving layer; and a second ink-receiving layer, wherein the first ink-receiving layer contains at least one selected from an alumina, an alumina hydrate, and a fumed silica, a polyvinyl alcohol, and a boric acid, wherein a mass ratio of a content of the boric acid in the first ink-receiving layer to a content of the polyvinyl alcohol in the first ink-receiving layer is 2.0% by mass or more and 7.0% by mass or less, wherein the second ink-receiving layer contains a fumed silica, a polyvinyl alcohol, and a boric acid, and wherein a mass ratio of a content of the boric acid in the second ink-receiving layer to a content of the polyvinyl alcohol in the second ink-receiving layer is 10.0% by mass or more and 30.0% by mass or less.