Patent ID: 8048497

Claim:
An ink-jet media, comprising: a substrate; a porous particulate-coated ink-receiving layer coated on a surface of the substrate; and a gloss-enhancing composition coated to less than 2 gsm on the ink-receiving layer to form a gloss-enhancing layer, said gloss-enhancing composition comprising: i) a liquid vehicle; ii) a plurality of silica particulates suspended in the liquid vehicle in an amount of about 1 wt % to about 35 wt %, said silica particulates having a particle size less than about 150 nm; and iii) from 0.5 wt % to 10 wt % of internal release agent, wherein the gloss-enhancing composition is substantially free of a polymeric binder, and wherein the gloss-enhancing layer produces a gloss increase of at least 2 gloss units at 20 degrees over the gloss of the porous particulate-coated ink-receiving media.