Patent ID: 7198363

Claim:
An inkjet printing process, comprising the steps of: A) providing an inkjet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the inkjet printer with an inkjet recording element, the inkjet recording element comprising a support having thereon in order: a) a fusible, porous ink-receptive layer comprising fusible, polymeric particles, and a binder; b) a fusible, porous ink-transporting layer comprising fusible, polymeric particles and a film-forming, hydrophobic binder, which layer is the uppermost layer; wherein there is no porous ink-carrier-liquid-receptive layer, between the ink-receptive layer and the support, that is capable of receiving a substantial amount of ink carrier liquid after the ink carrier liquid has passed through the porous ink-receptive layer; C) loading the inkjet printer with an inkjet ink composition; D) printing an image on the inkjet recording element using the inkjet ink composition in response to the digital data signals, wherein the fusible, porous ink-transporting layer is substantially non-retentive of colorant, allowing for passage of fluid and colorant in the inkjet ink composition to the underlying fusible, porous ink-receptive layer which then contains the image; and E) fusing both the ink-receptive layer and the ink-transporting layer.