Patent ID: 8551606

Claim:
A coating composition for facestock, comprising: a binder being a water-dispersible polymer; an ethylenically unsaturated moiety which is either: a) aqueous-dispersible and miscible with said water-dispersible polymer, or b) is provided as a pendent side chain from the backbone of the water dispersible polymer or is provided as part of the backbone of the water-dispersible polymer; wherein said ethylenically unsaturated moiety is able to form a covalent bond with an ink when said ink is applied to a coating formed from said coating composition; and a single crosslinker, wherein said crosslinker is the only crosslinker present in said coating composition and is present in the coating composition in an amount in excess of that required for stoichiometric crosslinking of the water-dispersible polymer so as to bind and substantially adhere the coating composition to a facestock and wherein the coating composition is able to provide an ink-receptive surface suitable for printing.