Patent ID: 8012570

Claim:
A printing paper, which comprises an aliphatic polyester resin composition comprising: (a) from 40 to 90 wt. % of an aliphatic polyester resin containing at least an aliphatic diol unit represented by the following formula (I) and an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid unit represented by the following formula (II); and (b) from 60 to 10 wt. % of fine talc powder, wherein the printing paper has a Gurley stiffness of from 50 to 3,000 mg, a thickness of 120 to 400 μm, a surface area S of from 5,000 to 50,000 μm 2 per 4,292 μm 2 of a projected area on the surface of the printing paper, and a volume V, at a convex portion on the surface of the printing paper, of from 2,000 to 20,000 μm 3 per 4,292 μm 2 of a projected area on the surface of the printing paper —O—(CH 2 ) m —O— (I) (m represents an integer of from 2 to 10) —CO—(CH 2 ) n —CO— (II) (n represents an integer of from 1 to 12).