Image recording medium and image recording process

• Main Authors: SHIBAHARA; YOSHIHIKO, YAMANOUCHI; JUNICHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.12.1999
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: COLOUR PRINTING; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; STAMPS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

An image recording medium comprises a support, a polyolefin layer, a polyvinyl alcohol layer and a surface gelatin layer in the order. The polyolefin layer contains polyolefin in an amount of not less than 50 wt. %. The polyolefin layer has a thickness in the range of 10 to 100 mu m. The polyvinyl alcohol layer contains a vinyl alcohol polymer in an amount of not less than 50 wt. %. The vinyl alcohol polymer comprises vinyl alcohol units in an amount of 50 to 90 mole %. The polyvinyl alcohol layer has a thickness in the range of 2 to 20 mu m. The surface gelatin layer contains gelatin in an amount of not less than 50 wt. %. The surface gelatin layer has a thickness in the range of 0.2 to 2 mu m. The surface gelatin layer further contains solid particles. The solid particles have an average particle size in the range of 3 to 100 mu m. The image recording medium is advantageously used in an image recording process according to an ink jet method.