Provided is a recording medium for a nail sticker and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to a recording medium and a method of manufacturing the same, which show that an ink reception layer is formed on a base of a polyurethane material so that a nail sticker can be printed using a sublimation printer. The recording medium for a nail sticker comprises: a release paper; an adhesion layer formed on the release paper; a base of a polyurethane material attached onto the adhesion layer; an undercoating layer formed on the base; and an ink reception layer formed on the undercoating layer.

A printable recording media that contains a substrate, an ink receiving layer having a (WT)IR factor of less than 0.9 on the image side of the substrate, and a curvature control layer having a the (WT)CC of less than 0.6, on the backside side of the substrate. The printable recording media has an R value, (WT)IR/(WT)CC that is ranging from 1.6 to 3.0. The ink receiving layer and the curvature control layer include, at least, a single or multiple types of polymeric binders and, at least, a single or multiple types of inorganic pigment particles.

Provided is a laminate having a porous layer that can ensure the drying property of a printing ink and can also be produced with less gum residue generated. A laminate comprising a substrate layer (A) and a porous layer (B), wherein the porous layer (B) comprises a thermoplastic resin and a filler, the filler comprises a filler having a hydrophobized surface, as a part thereof, and the porous layer (B) has a liquid-absorptive capacity of 10 to 40 cc/m.sup.2 as measured in accordance with JIS P 8140:1998 with a 70 mass % ethanol aqueous solution.

A packaging print medium can include a cellulose-based substrate having a printing side and a back side, a fixative sizing layer on a printing side of the cellulose-based substrate, a primer layer on the back side of the cellulose-based substrate, and a hydrophobic moisture barrier including a hydrophobic polymer film on the primer layer. The fixative sizing layer can have a thickness from 0.5 μm to 15 μm and can include a multivalent metal salt and a starch sizing agent. The primer layer can have a thickness from 0.5 μm to 15 μm and can include a styrene-butadiene film. The hydrophobic moisture barrier can have a thickness from 0.5 μm to 10 μm.

An example of a coating composition includes an inorganic pigment, a latex, a cationic fixing agent, and a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of ethopropoxylated polyarylphenol, ethoxylated tristyrylphenol, modified fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers, and combinations thereof. Another example of a coating composition consists essentially of an inorganic pigment, a latex, a cationic fixing agent, a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of ethopropoxylated polyarylphenol, ethoxylated tristyrylphenol, modified fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers, and combinations thereof, and water.

A recording medium includes a substrate, a first ink-receiving layer, and a second ink-receiving layer adjacent to the first ink-receiving layer, in this order. The first ink-receiving layer has a positive surface zeta potential, and the second ink-receiving layer has a negative surface zeta potential. The thickness of the second ink-receiving layer is 2 μm to 15 μm.

Provided is a laminate having a porous layer that can ensure the drying property of a printing ink and can also be produced with less gum residue generated. A laminate comprising a substrate layer (A) and a porous layer (B), wherein the porous layer (B) comprises a thermoplastic resin and a filler, the filler comprises a filler having a hydrophobized surface, as a part thereof, and the porous layer (B) has a liquid-absorptive capacity of 10 to 40 cc/m.sup.2 as measured in accordance with JIS P 8140:1998 with a 70 mass % ethanol aqueous solution.

A thermally expandable sheet according to the present invention includes a stress buffer layer provided on one surface of a base material and having an elastic property, a thermal expansion layer provided on the stress buffer layer and containing a first thermally expandable material that expands according to heat and a first binder, and a cover layer provided on the thermal expansion layer and having an elastic property.

The present invention relates to inkjet printable twist and/or fold wrap film for packaging applications, to inkjet printed twist and/or fold wrap film for packaging applications, to packaging including said inkjet printable or inkjet printed twist and/or fold wrap film, the use of the inkjet printable or inkjet printed twist and/or fold wrap film for as well as to the method of making a filled packaging.

A decorative illumination recording sheet that includes: a resin base; and a white layer that is disposed on the resin base and contains a white pigment and a binder, in which a colorant different from the white pigment is contained, and in a case where an average transmittance in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 700 nm is represented by Tv and an average transmittance in a wavelength range exceeding 700 nm, but not exceeding 800 nm is represented by Tr, Tv and Tr satisfy relationships expressed by the following Formulae (1) and (2), a method of manufacturing the decorative illumination recording sheet, a decorative illumination image sheet, a method of manufacturing the decorative illumination image sheet, and a decorative illumination signboard.

40.0%≦Tv<50.0%  (1)

40.0%≦Tr<50.0%  (2)