PRODUCTION OF IMAGE RECEIVING MEDIUM, IMAGE RECEIVING MEDIUM PRODUCED THEREBY AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD USING IMAGE RECEIVING MEDIUM

摘要

PURPOSE: To obtain an image receiving medium capable of obtaining an image free from beading and an ink receiving layer free from coating flaw and to form an image using the image receiving medium. CONSTITUTION: In a method for producing an image receiving medium by applying a coating soln. containing pigment and a water-soluble binder to a support and drying the coated support to form an ink receiving layer, a drying process wherein the wind velocity of the vertical component to a coating surface of the flow of air used in the drying of the coating soln. is 2.5m/sec or less and that of the horizontal direction is 4.0m/sec or less is provided.