Ink jet recording media

Abstract

In an ink-jet recording media, an ink receiving layer formed over a transparent support having a total-light-ray transmittance of 80% or more contains inorganic particles A having an average of agglomerated particle diameters of from 0.5 μm to less than 1 μm and inorganic particles B having an average of agglomerated particle diameters of from 7.5 μm to less than 10 μm at a ratio A/B of 25/75 to 75/25.

Description

Claims

1. An ink-jet recording media comprising: a transparent support having a total-light-ray transmittance of 80% or more; andan ink receiving layer which is arranged over the transparent support and comprises inorganic particles A wherein the average of agglomerated particle diameters is from 0.5 μm to less than 1 μm, and inorganic particles B wherein the average of agglomerated particle diameters is from 7.5 μm to less than 10 μm, the blend ratio of the inorganic particles A to the inorganic particles B (A/B) being from 25/75 to 75/25.

2. The ink-jet recording media according to claim 1, wherein the ink absorbing capacity of the ink receiving layer is 10 cc/m2 or more.

3. The ink-jet recording media according to claim 1, wherein the total-light-ray transmittance of the transparent support and all layers arranged over the transparent support, including the ink receiving layer, is from 30% to less than 70%.

4. The ink-jet recording media according to claim 1, having a haze value of 90% or more.

5. The ink-jet recording media according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the ink receiving layer is from 20 μm to less than 50 μm.

6. The ink-jet recording media according to claim 1, wherein the inorganic particles are sedimentation process silica.

7. The ink-jet recording media according to claim 1, wherein the average of the agglomerated particle diameters of the inorganic particles A is from 0.5 μm to less than 0.8 μm, and the average of the agglomerated particle diameters of the inorganic particles B is from 7.5 μm to less than 9 μm.

8. The ink-jet recording media according to claim 6, wherein the ratio of the sedimentation process silica in all of the inorganic particles is 50% or more by mass.

9. The ink-jet recording media according to claim 1, wherein the blend ratio (A/B) is from 25/75 to 50/50.

10. The ink-jet recording media according to claim 1, wherein the ink receiving layer further comprises a water-soluble resin and at least one of the water-soluble resin is polyvinyl alcohol.

11. A method of producing an ink-jet recording media, comprising applying, over a transparent support having a total-light-ray transmittance of 80% or more, a coating solution comprising inorganic particles A wherein the average of agglomerated particle diameters is from 0.5 μm to less than 1 μm and inorganic particles B wherein the average of agglomerated particle diameters is from 7.5 μm to less than 10 μm, the blend ratio of the inorganic particles A to the inorganic particles B (A/B) being from 25/75 to 75/25, thereby forming an applied layer; and giving the applied layer a basic solution having a pH of 7.1 or more (1) at the same time when the coating solution is applied, thereby forming the applied layer, or (2) in the middle of drying the applied layer formed by the applying of the coating solution and before the applied layer exhibits falling rate drying, thereby crosslinking and curing the applied layer.

12. A method of producing an ink-jet recording media according to claim 11, wherein the inorganic particles are sedimentation process silica.

13. A method of producing an ink-jet recording media according to claim 11, wherein the average of the agglomerated particle diameters of the inorganic particles A is from 0.5 μm to less than 1 μm, and the average of the agglomerated particle diameters of the inorganic particles B is from 7.5 μm to less than 10 μm.

14. A method of producing an ink-jet recording media according to claim 11, wherein the blend ratio (A/B) is from 25/75 to 50/50.

15. A method of producing an ink-jet recording media according to claim 11, wherein the coating solution further comprises a water-soluble resin and a cross-linking agent for cross-linking the water-soluble resin.

16. A method of producing an ink-jet recording media according to claim 15, wherein at least one of the water-soluble resin is polyvinyl alcohol.