Patent ID: 6908191

Claim:
An ink jet printing method comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading said printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a substrate having coated thereon: i) a subbing layer comprising a sulfonated polyester dispersion as a polymeric binder, and a borate or a borate derivative, said borate or borate derivative being present in an amount up to 3 g/m 2 and wherein said polymeric binder is present in said subbing layer in an amount of up to 3 g/m 2 , and the weight ratio of said polymeric binder to said borate or borate derivative is from 0.2:1 to 3:1; and when coated onto the substrate ii) an image-receiving layer formed by coating onto said subbing layer a composition comprising inorganic particles and a cross-linkable polymer containing hydroxyl groups, said cross-linkable polymer being present in an amount of less than 50 g/m 2 , and the weight ratio of said cross-linkable polymer to said inorganic particles is from 5:95 to 30:70, and allowing said borate or borate derivative in the subbing layer to diffuse into the image-receiving layer to cross-link the cross-linkable polymer in the image-receiving layer; C) loading said printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on said image-receiving layer using said ink jet ink in response to said digital data signals.