A multilayer article including a film layer having a textured first surface and an opposite second surface, wherein the film layer is printable, and a nonwoven material layer bonded to the second surface of the film layer. The film layer may include a semi-crystalline polylactic acid and may be receptive to inkjet printing.

Microporous structures in face films are described for improving printability of the films. Also described are laminates and pressure sensitive adhesive laminates including the microporous structured face films. Various related methods are additionally described.

An object is to provide a film for latex ink having a latex ink-receiving layer containing an acrylic resin, the latex ink-receiving layer having excellent adhesion to both a printed portion using latex ink and a base material. Then, the object is achieved by the following: a film for latex ink having a laminate structure in which a latex ink-receiving layer (X) and a base material (Y) are stacked, in which the latex ink-receiving layer (X) is formed of a resin composition (x1) containing an acrylic resin (A) having a cross-linkable functional group and a cross-linking agent (B), and the cross-linking agent (B) contains an isocyanurate compound (B1) and a modified product (B2) of the isocyanurate compound.

A resin dispersion for dye receiving layer of a thermal transfer image-receiving sheet, including a polyester resin particle and an aqueous medium. The polyester resin particle includes a polyester resin that is a polycondensate of an alcohol component including at least one of a propylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane and an ethylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, and a carboxylic acid component including an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid compound having a carbon number of 6 or more and 10 or less. A molar ratio of the propylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane to the ethylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane in the alcohol component is 0/100 or more and 40/60 or less. A molar ratio of the ethylene oxide adduct of 2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane to the aliphatic dicarboxylic acid compound having a carbon number of 6 or more and 10 or less is 2.1 or more and 15 or less.

Provided are a pretreatment liquid for recording an image on an impermeable base material with an aqueous ink, the pretreatment liquid including an aqueous medium, a resin a having a glass transition temperature of lower than 25° C., and particles of a resin b having a glass transition temperature of 25° C. or higher; an ink set; a base material for image recording; an image recorded material; a method of producing a base material for image recording; and an image recording method.

Provided are a method of producing a recording medium, including a step of preparing a liquid A which includes at least one kind of aggregating agent selected from the group consisting of an acid, a polyvalent metal compound, and a metal complex, and water, a step of preparing a liquid B which includes a resin and water, a step of mixing the liquid A with the liquid B at an ambient temperature of 5° C. to 40° C. to obtain a mixed solution, a step of storing the mixed solution at an ambient temperature of 5° C. to 40° C., and a step of applying the mixed solution after the storage onto an impermeable base material within 30 days from the start of mixing the liquid A with the liquid B to obtain a recording medium; and an image recording method.

A thermal transfer image-receiving sheet has a primer layer and a receiving layer. The primer layer contains binder resin and metal pigment. When a value obtained by dividing the mass of the metal pigment by the mass of the binder resin is A and the thickness of the primer layer is B, A is 0.5 to 3.5, and A/B is 0.15 to 6. When light is made incident on the surface on the receiving layer side at an incident angle of 45°, ΔL* between L* at a light-receiving angle obtained by tilting specular reflection light, generated when light is made incident on the surface on the receiving layer side at an incident angle of 45°, toward the incident light side by 15° and L* at a light-receiving angle obtained by tilting the specular reflection light toward the incident light side by 110° is 110 or more.

The present disclosure is drawn to coated print media, methods of making coated print media, and methods of printing. In one example, a coated print medium can include a substrate, a base coating layer on the substrate, and a top coating layer on the base coating layer. The base coating layer can include an inorganic pigment, a binder, and a fixing agent. The top coating layer can include polyvinyl alcohol and polymer nanobeads having a gloss transition temperature from 70° C. to 350° C. The polyvinyl alcohol and polymer nanobeads can be included at from 50 wt % to 100 wt % by dry weight of the top coating layer.

An inkjet recording medium includes a substrate having a resin layer, a bonding layer disposed on the resin layer, and an ink-receiving layer disposed on the bonding layer. The surface of the inkjet recording medium on the ink-receiving layer side of the inkjet recording medium has a 20° glossiness of 13.0 or more. The bonding layer contains an ultraviolet inhibitor at a content of 5.0% by mass or more and 35.0% by mass or less based on the total mass of the bonding layer.

A fabric printable medium includes a fabric base substrate including yarn strands and voids among the yarn strands; a finishing coating attached to the yarn strands of the fabric base substrate to form coated yarn strands; and pore spaces among the coated yarn strands and coinciding with at least some of the voids of the fabric base substrate. The finishing coating includes a crosslinked polymeric network. The fabric printable medium further includes a fire retardant coating applied to aback-side of the coated yarn strands.