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Printing medium and ink jet print

Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1995-02-22
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Granted: 1998-05-05
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Expires: 2015-02-22
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Abstract

Abstract Disclosed herein is a printing medium comprising a base material and an ink-receiving layer which comprises inorganic fine particles and a binder and is provided on the base material, wherein the inorganic fine particles are partly projected from a binder layer of the ink-receiving layer and contained in a proportion of 0.05 to 3 parts per 100 parts of the binder in terms of solids.

Inventors

  • 👤 Akio Kashiwazaki
  • 👤 Masato Katayama
  • 👤 Kenichi Moriya

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 20:23
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41M; B41M5/00; B41M5/50; B41M5/52; B41M5/5218; B41M5/5245; B41M5/5254; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24851; Y10T428/24868; Y10T428/24876; Y10T428/24893; Y10T428/24901; Y10T428/24934; Y10T428/25; Y10T428/256; Y10T428/257; Y10T428/258; Y10T428/259; Y10T428/31; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31855; Y10T428/31909; Y10T428/31928

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim 62 words
A printing medium comprising a base material and an ink-receiving layer which comprises inorganic fine particles and a resin and is provided on the base material, wherein the inorganic fine particles partly project from a resin layer of the ink-receiving layer and are contained in a proportion of 0.05 to 3 parts per 100 parts of the resin in terms of solids.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 62 words
A printing medium comprising a base material and an ink-receiving layer which comprises inorganic fine particles and a resin and is provided on the base material, wherein the inorganic fine particles partly project from a resin layer of the ink-receiving layer and are contained in a proportion of 0.05 to 3 parts per 100 parts of the resin in terms of solids.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 15 words
The printing medium according to claim 1, wherein the base material is a plastic film.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 13 words
The printing medium according to claim 2, wherein the plastic film is transparent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 15 words
The printing medium according to claim 1, wherein the base material is a paper web.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 24 words
The printing medium according to claim 1, wherein the diameter of the inorganic fine particles is greater than the thickness of the resin layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 27 words
The printing medium according to claim 5, wherein the diameter of the inorganic fine particles is not greater than five times the thickness of the resin layer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 16 words
The printing medium according to claim 1, wherein the resin layer comprises cationically modified polyvinyl alcohol.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 16 words
The printing medium according to claim 1, wherein the ink-receiving layer has transparency or surface gloss.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 40 words
The printing medium according to claim 1, wherein the inorganic fine particles comprise fine particles selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, aluminum silicate, magnesium silicate, basic magnesium carbonate, talc, clay, hydrotalcite, calcium carbonate, titanium oxide and zinc oxide.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 17 words
The printing medium according to claim 1, wherein the inorganic fine particles are fine particles of silica.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 72 words
A printed article comprising a printing medium bearing an image, said printing medium comprising a base material and an ink-receiving layer which comprises inorganic fine particles and a resin and is provided on the base material, wherein the inorganic fine particles partly project from a resin layer of the ink-receiving layer and are contained in a proportion of 0.05 to 3 parts per 100 parts of the resin in terms of solids.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 72 words
A printed article comprising a printing medium bearing an image, said printing medium comprising a base material and an ink-receiving layer which comprises inorganic fine particles and a resin and is provided on the base material, wherein the inorganic fine particles partly project from a resin layer of the ink-receiving layer and are contained in a proportion of 0.05 to 3 parts per 100 parts of the resin in terms of solids.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 15 words
The printed article according to claim 11, wherein the base material is a plastic film.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 13 words
The printed article according to claim 12, wherein the plastic film is transparent.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 15 words
The printed article according to claim 11, wherein the base material is a paper web.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 24 words
The printed article according to claim 11, wherein the diameter of the inorganic fine particles is greater than the thickness of the resin layer.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 27 words
The printed article according to claim 15, wherein the diameter of the inorganic fine particles is not greater than five times the thickness of the resin layer.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 16 words
The printed article according to claim 11, wherein the resin layer comprises cationically modified polyvinyl alcohol.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 16 words
The printed article according to claim 11, wherein the ink-receiving layer has transparency or surface gloss.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 40 words
The printed article according to claim 11, wherein the inorganic fine particles comprise fine particles selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, aluminum silicate, magnesium silicate, basic magnesium carbonate, talc, clay, hydrotalcite, calcium carbonate, titanium oxide and zinc oxide.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 17 words
The printed article according to claim 11, wherein the inorganic fine particles are fine particles of silica.

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