Cast coated paper for ink jet recording, process for producing the paper and ink jet recording method using the paper

摘要

A cast coated paper for ink jet recording is prepared through a process including the steps of: forming on a base paper an undercoating layer comprising alumina having a bulk density of at most 0.2 g/cm<3> and an adhesive, applying onto the undercoating layer an overcoating liquid comprising a resin to form a wet overcoating layer, and pressing the wet overcoating layer against a heated drum having a mirror-finished surface to dry the overcoating layer, thereby forming a cast-coating layer. The resultant cast coated paper shows not only good gloss and ink jet recording performances (inclusive of ink absorptivity and recorded image density) but also good weather fastness of recorded images.