Claims
- 1. An ink jet printing method comprising the steps of:
A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading said printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer, said ink jet recording element containing finely divided particulate material and a metal(oxy)hydroxide complex, Mn+(O)a(OH)b(Ap−)c.xH2O, wherein M is at least one metal ion; n is 3 or 4; A is an organic or inorganic ion; p is 1, 2 or 3; and x is equal to or greater than 0; with the proviso that when n is 3, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0≦a<1.5; 0<b<3; and 0≦pc<3, so that the charge of the M3+ metal ion is balanced; and when n is 4, then a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0≦a<2; 0<b<4; and 0≦pc<4, so that the charge of the M4+ metal ion is balanced; C) loading said printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on said ink jet recording element using said ink jet ink composition in response to said digital data signals.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said complex is present in said image-receiving layer.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein M is a Group IIIA, IIIB, IVA, IVB metal or a lanthanide group metal of the periodic chart.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein M is tin, titanium, zirconium, aluminum, silica, yttrium, cerium or lanthanum or mixtures thereof.
- 5. The method of claim 3 wherein Ap− is an organic anion R—COO−, R—O−, R—SO3−, R—OSO3− or R—O—PO3− where R is an alkyl or aryl group.
- 6. The method of claim 1 wherein Ap− is an inorganic anion I−, Cl−, Br−, F−, ClO4−, NO3−, CO32− or SO42−.
- 7. The method of claim 1 wherein said metal(oxy)hydroxide complex is in particulate form.
- 8. The method of claim 1 wherein said finely divided particulate material is a water-insoluble inorganic solid or polymeric material.
- 9. The method of claim 8 wherein said water-insoluble inorganic solid is a metal oxide or an inorganic mineral.
- 10. The method of claim 9 wherein said metal oxide or inorganic mineral is silica, colloidal silica, fumed silica, alumina, hydrous alumina, colloidal alumina, fumed alumina, calcium carbonate, kaolin, talc, calcium sulfate, natural or synthetic clay, barium sulfate, titanium dioxide or zinc oxide.
- 11. The method of claim 8 wherein said polymeric material is a latex particle.
- 12. The method of claim 1 wherein M is Zr, Si or Al.
- 13. The method of claim 9 wherein said complex is amorphous.
- 14. The method of claim 1 wherein n is 4; a, b and c each comprise a rational number as follows: 0≦a<1; 1<b<4; and 1≦pc<4, so that the charge of the M4+ metal ion is balanced.
- 15. The method of claim 1 wherein a is 0, n is 3, and b+pc is 3.
- 16. The method of claim 9 wherein Ap− is Cl−, NO3−, CO32−, acetate or propionate.
- 17. The method of claim 1 wherein the particle size of said complex is less than about 1 μm.
- 18. The method of claim 1 wherein said support is opaque.
- 19. The method of claim 1 that also includes a base layer located between said image-receiving layer and said support.
- 20. The method of claim 1 wherein said image-receiving layer contains a polymeric binder.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] Reference is made to commonly assigned, co-pending U.S. Patent Applications:
[0002] Ser. No. ______ by Sharma et al., (Docket 84191) filed of even date herewith entitled “Ink Jet Recording Element”;
[0003] Ser. No. ______ by Sharma et al., (Docket 83812) filed of even date herewith entitled “Ink Jet Recording Element”; and
[0004] Ser. No. ______ by Bringley et al., (Docket 84679) filed of even date herewith entitled “Ink Jet Printing Method”;
[0005] Ser. No. ______ by Sharma et al., (Docket 84386) filed of even date herewith entitled “Ink Jet Recording Element”;
[0006] Ser. No. ______ by Bringley et al., (Docket 84676) filed of even date herewith entitled “Ink Jet Printing Method”;
[0007] Ser. No. ______ by Sharma et al., (Docket 84490) filed of even date herewith entitled “Ink Jet Recording Element”; and
[0008] Ser. No. ______ by Bringley et al., (Docket 84675) filed of even date herewith entitled “Ink Jet Printing Method”.