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 ink jet recording elements comprising a substrate having thereon an image-receiving layer comprising inorganic particles encapsulated with an organic polymer having a Tg of less than about 20° C., the weight ratio of said inorganic particles to said organic polymer being from about 20 to about 0.2; C) loading said printer with an ink jet ink composition; and D) printing on said ink jet recording element using said ink jet ink in response to said digital data signals.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said inorganic particles comprise a metal oxide or metal hydroxide.
- 3. The method of claim 2 wherein said metal oxide is silica, alumina, zirconia or titania.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein said particles have a particle size of from about 5 nm to about 1000 nm.
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein said organic polymer is poly(n-butyl acrylate), poly(2-ethylhexyl acrylate), poly(methoxyethylacrylate), poly(ethoxyethylacrylate), poly(n-butylacrylate-co-trimethylammoniumethyl acrylate), poly(n-butylacrylate-co-trimethylammoniumethyl methacrylate) or poly(n-butylacrylate-co-vinylbenzyltrimethylammonium chloride).
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Reference is made to commonly assigned, co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/535,703 by Chu et al., filed concurrently herewith entitled “Ink Jet Recording Element”; the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
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