There is provided an ink jet recording medium capable of recording images excellent in color developability and light resistance. The ink jet recording medium has a base material and an ink receiving layer provided on the base material. The ink receiving layer contains a wet silica, a binder, an ultraviolet absorber represented by the following general formula (1) (wherein R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkyl group containing an ester group, or an alkylphenyl group), and a surfactant; in the ink receiving layer, the content of the ultraviolet absorber with respect to 100 parts by mass of the wet silica is 10 parts by mass or more and 20 parts by mass or less; and the surfactant is a polyoxyalkylene alkyl ether.

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Liquid ink-receiving layers or films (receiving layers) for direct ink jet printing or ink printing, into which low-viscous liquid (highly fluid) printing media (printing inks) can be introduced according to said printing methods, and which solidify or are able to be solidified at a time subsequent to the ink insertion (retarded). The invention eliminates limitations on the usability of raw materials for ink jet printing or ink printing, especially of film-forming agents but also of pigments and other ingredients. Moreover, corresponding compositions and methods for ink jet printing or ink printing are proposed.

Inkjet receiving medium are prepared by disposing an aqueous composition onto at least one surface of a substrate to provide a topcoat layer. The aqueous composition has: (a) one or more water-soluble salts of a multivalent metal cation; and (b) composite particles having a Rockwell Hardness of less than or equal to R90 and each of the composite particles comprising domains of a (i) first organic polymer and domains of a (ii) second organic polymer. The domains of the (ii) second organic polymer are dispersed within the domains of the (i) first organic polymer. The melting point of the (i) first organic polymer is lower than the melting point of the (ii) second organic polymer. The weight ratio of the (i) first organic polymer to the (ii) second organic polymer is chosen such that the (b) composite particles have a density of 1.0-1.5 g/ml.

The present disclosure is drawn to leveling compositions, which can include from 80 wt % to 95 wt % water, from 0.5 wt % to 15 wt % organic solvent, and from 0.2 wt % to 6 wt % surfactant. The leveling compositions can further include from 1 wt % to 10 wt % cationic ionene polymer having a weight average molecular weight from 100 Mw to 8000 Mw, and from 1 wt % to 10 wt % polymeric binder.

Systems for applying low viscosity print coating to a web product using a coating roller and an off-press system are provided herein. An example system includes an unwinding station and a winding station. A motor causes the web product to travel along a web path. A coating roller applies a low viscosity print coating to a first side of the web product at a first position along the web path. The low viscosity print coating comprises a salt solution with a centipoise that is less than or equal to 100 centipoise that is configured to enhance printability. A backing roller applies a backing coating to a second, opposite side of the web product at a second, different position along the web path. The backing coating enhances sheet stability of the web product. A drying station dries the low viscosity print coating and the backing coating to remove moisture.

The object is to provide a transfer paper having good image deterioration resistance, color development property and adhesion property.

The object is achieved by a transfer paper for use in a transfer textile printing method using sublimation textile ink, which comprises a base paper and one or more coating layer(s) provided on at least one side of the base paper, wherein an outermost coating layer positioned on the outermost side with respect to the base paper contains at least a pigment and a binder, at least one of the pigment is amorphous silica, and the binder contains two or more different binders, and at least one of the binders is an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.

Provided are a recording paper having not only excellent appearance and high adhesion between a substrate and a resin coating but also high adhesion, particularly, high water resistant adhesion to ink or toner in various printing systems and a method for producing the recording paper. The recording paper of the present invention includes: a substrate composed of a thermoplastic resin film; and a resin coating disposed on at least one side of the substrate, wherein the resin coating contains a resin that is a reaction product of a cationic water-soluble polymer and a silane coupling agent, a content of a silane coupling agent component is 15 to 35 mass % based on a cationic water-soluble polymer component in the resin coating, and the resin coating is free from thermoplastic resin particles.

The present invention relates to the field of rotogravure printing, and more specifically to a rotogravure printing medium, a coating composition for rotogravure printing media, a method for producing such a rotogravure printing medium and an use of the rotogravure printing medium in a printing application, preferably in rotogravure printing using electrostatic assist (ESA).

The present disclosure is drawn to hybrid media sheets, ink-receiving layer compositions for coating on a media substrate, and a method of making hybrid media sheets. The hybrid media sheet scan have a media substrate with a front barrier layer, a back barrier layer, an adhesion promoting layer applied to the front barrier layer, and an ink-receiving layer applied to the adhesion promoting layer. The ink-receiving layer can include a water-soluble polymer, a mordant, and particles of a metal- or semimetal-oxide.

A printing paper having a base paper, and one or more coating layer(s) arranged on at least one surface of the base paper, wherein; in the coating layer(s), an outermost coating layer positioned on the outermost side with respect to the base paper contains at least a pigment, a binder, a lubricant, a dispersant and a cationic resin, wherein the pigment in the outermost coating layer contains kaolin and calcium carbonate, a content of the kaolin and the calcium carbonate is 80 parts by mass or more based on 100 parts by mass of the pigment in the outermost coating layer, and a mass content ratio of the kaolin to the calcium carbonate in the outermost coating layer is 1:9 to 6:4, and the printing paper satisfies at least one of the following characteristics (I), (II) and (III): (I) when an aqueous solution having a surface tension of 20 mN/m is dropped on the side having the outermost coating layer of the printing paper, a contact angle between the droplet and the outermost coating layer is 40 or more and 65 or less; (II) for the side having the outermost coating layer of the printing paper, a transfer amount of an aqueous solution having a surface tension of 20 mN/m at a contact time of 1 second as determined by the Bristow method is 5.0 ml/m.sup.2 or more and 12.0 ml/m.sup.2 or less; and (III) on the surface of the outermost coating layer of the printing paper, a maximum peak value of specular reflection light quantity of a point image is 2,000 or more and 30,000 or less.