EP1748899B1 - Tintenstrahlaufzeichnungsmedium für tintenstrahlfarben auf farb- oder pigmentbasis - Google Patents

Tintenstrahlaufzeichnungsmedium für tintenstrahlfarben auf farb- oder pigmentbasis Download PDF

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EP1748899B1
EP1748899B1 EP05755190A EP05755190A EP1748899B1 EP 1748899 B1 EP1748899 B1 EP 1748899B1 EP 05755190 A EP05755190 A EP 05755190A EP 05755190 A EP05755190 A EP 05755190A EP 1748899 B1 EP1748899 B1 EP 1748899B1
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  • the present invention relates generally to ink-jet printing. More particularly, the present invention relates to the preparation of semi-metal or metal oxide-based media coatings for ink-jet applications.
  • Ink-jet inks typically comprise an ink vehicle and a colorant, the latter of which may be a dye or a pigment.
  • Dye-based ink-jet inks used in photographic image printing are almost always water-soluble dyes.
  • such dye-based ink-jet inks are usually not very water fast, i.e. images tend to shift in hue and edge sharpness is reduced upon exposure to humid conditions, especially when printed on media substrates having a porous ink-receiving layer.
  • images created from these water-soluble dye-based ink-jet inks tend to fade over time, such as when exposed to ambient light and/or air.
  • Pigment-based inks allow the creation of images that are vastly improved in humid fastness and image fade resistance. Pigment based images, however, are inferior to dye-based ink-jet inks with respect to the desirable trait of color saturation and gloss uniformity.
  • the degree of air fade, humid fastness, and image quality can be dependent on the chemistry of the media surface.
  • many ink-jet inks can be made to perform better when an appropriate media surface is used.
  • pigment based ink can be very sensitive to media coating compositions.
  • Images printed with pigment based ink on porous media usually exhibit haze, lower gloss, or even completely lose gloss (also referred to as degloss) at high ink density.
  • gloss also referred to as degloss
  • the ability for a printed image to be handled and exhibit scratch resistance can also be poor if the media is not compatible with ink-jet inks, particularly pigment-based ink-jet inks.
  • WO 01/05599 discloses an image receiving element and method of manufacture.
  • GB 2369075 discloses a recording sheet having an ink-receiving layer and a coating liquid for forming an ink-receiving layer.
  • a method of preparing a porous media substrate can comprise various steps.
  • One step includes combining metal or semi-metal oxide particulates with a polymeric binder, wherein the metal or semi-metal oxide particulates are associated with at least one water soluble coating formulation additive. At least a portion of the water soluble coating formulation additive i) is in the form of unreacted additive, or ii) generates undesired electrolytes.
  • a further step includes removing at least a portion of the unreacted additive or undesired electrolytes, either before or after combining the metal or semi-metal oxide particulates with the polymeric binder, thereby forming a refined coating composition.
  • the refined coating composition is then applied to a media substrate to form an ink-receiving layer having a porous surface.
  • a media sheet can be produced having a media substrate and a refined coating composition applied to the media substrate.
  • the refined coating composition can include metal or semi-metal oxide particulates, a polymeric binder, and at least one water soluble coating formulation additive, wherein the water soluble coating formulation additive is present in the refined coating composition in amount less than an initial amount.
  • the initial amount of the water soluble coating formulation additive includes i) an amount of unreacted additive or ii) generated undesired electrolytes. Thus, at least a portion of the unreacted additive or undesired electrolytes are removed from the initial amount prior to the refined coating composition being applied to the media substrate.
  • Image permanence refers to characteristics of an ink-jet printed image that relate to the ability of the image to last over a period of time. Characteristics of image permanence include image fade resistance, water fastness, humid fastness, light fastness, smudge resistance, air pollution induced fading resistance, scratch and rub resistance, etc.
  • Media substrate or “substrate” includes any substrate that can be coated for use in the ink-jet printing arts including papers, overhead projector plastics, coated papers, fabric, art papers, e.g., water color paper, and the like.
  • Porous media coating typically includes inorganic particulates, such as silica or alumina particulates, bound together by a polymeric binder.
  • mordants and/or other additives can also be present.
  • Such additives can be water soluble coating formulation additives including multivalent salts, such as aluminum chlorohydrate; organosilane reagents chemically attached or unattached to the inorganic particulates; and/or acidic components such as acidic crosslinking agents.
  • the composition can be used as a coating for various media substrates, and can be applied by any of a number of methods known in the art. Additionally, such compositions can be applied in single layer or in multiple layers. If multiple layers are applied, then these multiple layers can be of the same or similar composition, or can be of different compositions.
  • water soluble coating formulation additive refers to ionic and/of other compositions that are added to coating compositions for preparative, coating, or performance enhancing purposes. Though useful for these purposes, unreacted or excess amounts of such materials that remain at resulting ink-receiving layers are undesirable with respect to print quality. Additionally, such materials often generate electrolytes or salts as a byproduct that is also undesirable with respect to print quality. For example, excess water soluble coating formulation additives or generated electrolytes/salts tend to coalesce or coagulate colorants of ink-jet inks upon printing, as well diminish image gloss.
  • water soluble coating formulation additives include unreacted acidic crosslinking agents, unreacted or generated acids, unreacted or generated electrolytes/salts such as multivalent or high valent salts, and unreacted organosilane reagents.
  • unreacted acidic crosslinking agents unreacted or generated acids
  • unreacted or generated electrolytes/salts such as multivalent or high valent salts
  • unreacted organosilane reagents unreacted organosilane reagents.
  • the removal of excess or generated amounts of such materials in general can improve color gamut of printed images, and particularly, the removal of salts can improve humid fastness. This removal process can occur prior to combining all of the coating composition components together, or can occur after all of the components are combined.
  • Aluminum salt refers to any of a number of salts, including aluminum chloride, aluminum chlorohydrate (ACH), Aluminum hydroxy sulfate, aluminum hydroxy nitrate, etc.
  • Basicity can be defined by the term m/(3n) in that equation.
  • ACH can be prepared by reacting hydrated alumina AlCl 3 with aluminum powder in a controlled condition. The exact composition depends upon the amount of aluminum powder used and the reaction conditions. Typically, the reaction can be carried out to give a product with a basicity of 40% to 83%.
  • ACH can be supplied as a solution, but can also be supplied as a solid.
  • ACH comprises many different molecular sizes and configurations in a single mixture.
  • An exemplary stable ionic species in ACH can have the formula [Al 12 (OH) 24 AlO 4 (H 2 O) 12 ] 7 +.
  • Other examples include [Al 6 (OH) 15 ] 3+ , [Al 8 (OH) 20 ] 4+ , [Al 13 (OH) 34 ] 5+ , [Al 21 (OH) 60 ] 3+ , etc.
  • preferred compositions include aluminum chlorides and aluminum nitrates of the formula Al(OH) 2 X to Al 3 (OH) 8 X, where X is Cl or NO 3 .
  • preferred compositions can be prepared by contacting silica particles with an aluminum chlorohydrate (Al 2 (OH) 5 Cl or Al 2 (OH)Cl 5 .nH 2 O). It is believed that contacting a silica particle with an aluminum compound as described above causes the aluminum compound to become associated with or bind to the surface of the silica particles. This can be either by covalent association or through an electrostatic interaction to form a cationic charged silica, which can be measured by a Zeta potential instrument.
  • Organicsilane reagent or “reagent” includes compositions that comprise a functional or active moiety which is covalently attached to a silane grouping.
  • the organosilane reagent can become covalently attached or otherwise attracted to the surface of metal or semi-metal oxide particulates, such as silica or alumina.
  • moieties that can provide a desirable function include anionic dye anchoring groups (such as amines, quaternary ammonium salts, etc.), ultraviolet absorbers, metal chelators, hindered amine light stabilizers, reducing agents, hydrophobic groups, ionic groups, buffering groups, or functionalities for subsequent reactions.
  • the functional moiety portion of the organosilane reagent can be directly attached to the silane grouping, or can be appropriately spaced from the silane grouping, such as by from 1 to 10 carbon atoms or other known spacer groupings.
  • the silane grouping of the organosilane reagent can be attached to inorganic particulates of the porous media coating composition through hydroxyl groups, halo groups, or alkoxy groups present on the reagent.
  • the organosilane reagent can be merely attracted to the surface of the inorganic particulates.
  • ink-receiving layer(s) refers to a layer or multiple coating layers that are applied to a media substrate, and which are configured to receive ink upon printing. As such, the ink-receiving layer(s) do not necessarily have to be the outermost layer, but can be a layer that is beneath another coating.
  • Ratios, concentrations, amounts, and other numerical data may be presented herein in a range format. It is to be understood that such range format is used merely for convenience and brevity and should be interpreted flexibly to include not only the numerical values explicitly recited as the limits of the range, but also to include all the individual numerical values or sub-ranges encompassed within that range as if each numerical value and sub-range is explicitly recited.
  • a weight range of about 1 wt% to about 20 wt% should be interpreted to include not only the explicitly recited concentration limits of 1 wt% to about 20 wt%, but also to include individual concentrations such as 2 wt%, 3 wt%, 4 wt%, and sub-ranges such as 5 wt% to 15 wt%, 10 wt% to 20 wt%, etc.
  • the present invention is drawn to a method of preparing a porous media substrate can comprise various steps.
  • One step includes combining metal or semi-metal oxide particulates with a polymeric binder, wherein the metal or semi-metal oxide particulates are associated with at least one water soluble coating formulation additive. At least a portion of the water soluble coating formulation additive i) is in the form of unreacted additive, or ii) generates undesired electrolytes.
  • a further step includes removing at least a portion of the unreacted additive or undesired electrolytes, either before or after combining the metal or semi-metal oxide particulates with the polymeric binder, thereby forming a refined coating composition. The refined coating composition is then applied to a media substrate to form an ink-receiving layer having a porous surface.
  • a media sheet produced by the method can comprise a media substrate and a refined coating composition applied to the media substrate.
  • the refined coating composition can include metal or semi-metal oxide particulates, a polymeric binder, and at least one water soluble coating formulation additive, wherein the water soluble coating formulation additive is present in the refined coating composition in amount less than an initial amount.
  • the initial amount of the water soluble coating formulation additive includes i) an amount of unreacted additive or ii) generated undesired electrolytes. Thus, at least a portion of the unreacted additive or undesired electrolytes are removed from the initial amount prior to the refined coating composition being applied to the media substrate.
  • images produced using either pigment-based ink-jet inks or dye-based ink-Jet inks can be affected by the print media to which the ink is applied.
  • pigment-based inks which sometimes contain latex particulates and/or binders, can be very sensitive to undesired material that are often present in ink-receiving layers of print media.
  • water soluble coating formulation additives such as acids, multivalent ions, or aluminum chlorohydrate, can be desired for the manufacture certain media coatings.
  • these materials in excess, after the coating composition has dried to form an ink-receiving layer can have undesired an affect on the ink-jet ink.
  • a coating composition prepared that includes semi-metal oxide or metal oxide particulates, polyvinyl alcohol, sodium borate, sodium hydroxide, and aluminum chlorohydrate results in unwanted sodium chloride salts.
  • These and other ionic compositions can cause pigment coagulation to occur, resulting in a reduction or loss in gloss. In some cases, scratch resistance can become poor due to pigment interaction with such media surfaces.
  • unreacted boric acid which is often used as a crosslinking agent to increase the binding strength of polyvinyl alcohol binder in semi-metal or metal oxide-based media coatings, can also be problematic in finished ink-receiving layers.
  • unreacted or excess water soluble coating formulation additives can reduce color chroma and black density, as well as reduce image gloss.
  • the present invention is drawn to specialty ink-jet media and methods of making the same, wherein generated, excess, or unreacted amounts of these ionic and/or other interfering water soluble components are at least partially removed to produce improved compatibility with ink-jet ink components, such as dyes and/or pigments.
  • Printed images on such media have shown uniform and high gloss, as well as improved scratch resistance with pigment-based ink-jet inks.
  • a water soluble coating formulation additive is typically included in a coating composition for improving at least one of a coating preparation property, a coating application property, or a media performance property.
  • unreacted additive(s) or additive(s) that generate undesired electrolytes or salts can create printing difficulties, as previously set forth.
  • such particulates that can be selected for use include silica, alumina, titania, zirconia, aluminum silicate, calcium carbonate, and/or other naturally occurring pigments.
  • These compositions can be in various forms and in various shapes; for example, silica can be fumed silica, colloidal silica, precipitated silica, or grounded silica gel, depending on the affect that is desired to achieve.
  • 30 nm to 100 nm spherical silica particulates can be used to provide a glossy appearance, whereas larger less spherical particulates can provide a less glossy appearance.
  • More irregular shapes on the other hand, can provide more voids between particles than may be present with tightly packed spherical particulates.
  • a binder is added to the composition to bind the particulates together.
  • An amount of binder is typically added that provides a balance between binding strength and maintaining particulate surface voids and inter-particle spaces for allowing ink to be received.
  • Exemplary binders that can be used include polyvinyl alcohol, both fully hydrolyzed and partially hydrolyzed, such as Airvol supplied by Air Product or Mowiol supplied by Clariant; modified polyvinyl alcohol, such as acetoacetylated polyvinyl alcohols commercially available as the GOHSEFIMER Z series from Nippon Gohsei; amine modified polyvinyl alcohol; and polyvinyl alcohol modified by silane coupling agent.
  • binders that can be used include polyester, polyester-melanine, styrene-acrylic acid copolymers, styrene-acrylic acid-alkyl acrylate copolymers, styrene-maleic acid copolymers, styrene-maleic acid-alkyl acrylate copolymers, styrene-methacrylic acid copolymers, styrene-methacrylic acid-alkyl acrylate copolymers, styrene-maleic half ester copolymers, vinyl naphthalene-acrylic acid copolymers, vinyl naphthalene-maleic acid copolymers, and salts thereof.
  • a crosslinking agent such as boric acid
  • boric acid can be added to the coating composition.
  • a crosslinking reaction can be carried out with the binder, which provides for improved binding strength. Improved binding strength can lead to reduced cracking at the ink-receiving layer.
  • less binder may be required for use.
  • crosslinking agents that can be used include borate salt, titanium salt, vanadium and chromium salts, melamine formaldehyde, glyoxal, thiourea formaldehyde, and Curesan. Though a purpose of the invention is to remove unreacted water soluble coating formulation additives, this does not mean that only water soluble coating formulation additive must be used, as other formulation additives that do not interfere with print quality can also be used therewith.
  • the semi-metal oxide or metal oxide particulates can be admixed or treated with multivalent salt(s).
  • exemplary salts that can be added to coating compositions to provide benefit to the coating composition, but which should be removed from the coating composition if excess amounts are present include aluminum salts, such as aluminum chlorohydrate, and trivalent or tetravalent metal oxides with metals such as aluminum, chromium, gallium, titanium, and zirconium.
  • aluminum salts such as aluminum chlorohydrate
  • trivalent or tetravalent metal oxides with metals such as aluminum, chromium, gallium, titanium, and zirconium.
  • those electrolytes can alternatively or additionally be removed.
  • aluminum chlorohydrate if aluminum chlorohydrate is used, it can be present in the coating composition at from 2 wt% to 20 wt% compared to the silica content, and in a more detailed embodiment, the aluminum chlorohydrate can be present at from 5 wt% to 10 wt% .
  • the semi-metal or metal oxide particulates can also be modified with organic groups.
  • organosilane reagents can be added to the surface-activated silica to add additional positively charged moieties to the surface, or to provide another desired function at or near the surface, e.g., ultraviolet absorber, chelating agent, hindered amine light stabilizer, reducing agent, hydrophobic group, ionic group, buffering group, or functionality for a subsequent reaction.
  • these reagents are primarily organic, they can provide different properties with respect to ink-jet ink receiving properties.
  • the organosilane reagents can be amine-containing silanes.
  • the amine-containing silanes can include quaternary ammonium salts.
  • amine-containing silanes include 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, N-(2-aminoethyl-3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, 3-(triethoxysilylpropyl)-diethylenetriamine, poly(ethyleneimine)trimethoxysilane, aminoethylaminopropyl trimethoxysilane, aminoethylaminoethylaminopropyl trimethoxysilane, and the quaternary ammonium salts of the amine coupling agents mentioned above.
  • An example of a quaternary ammonium salt organosilane reagent includes trimethoxysilylpropyl-N,N,N-trimethylammonium chloride.
  • organosilane coupling agents can be useful for the modification of a silica surface, including bis(2-hydroethyl)-3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane, 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, bis(triethoxysilylpropyl)disulfide, 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, 3-aminopropylsilsesquioxane, bis-(trimethoxysilylpropyl)amine, N-phenyl-3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, N-aminoethyl-3-aminopropylmethyldimethoxysilane, 3-ureidopropyltrimethoxysilane, 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, N-(trimethyloxysilylpropyl)isothiouronium chloride, N-(tri(trimethyl
  • organosilane reagents can also be used that provide a benefit to a printing system, such as reagents that include an active ligand or moiety.
  • active ligands or moieties include those that act as an ultraviolet absorber, chelating agent, hindered amine light stabilizer, reducing agent, hydrophobic group, ionic group, buffering group, or functionality for a subsequent reaction.
  • Formula 1 provides examples of organosilane reagents that can accordingly be used:
  • from 0 to 2 of the R groups can be H, -CH 3 , - CH 2 CH 3 , or -CH 2 CH 2 CH 3 ; from 1 to 3 of the R groups can be halide or alkoxy; and from 1 to 3 of the R groups can be an active or functional moiety, such as one described previously. If a halide is present, then Formula 1 can be said to be an organohalosilane reagent. If alkoxy is present, then Formula 1 can be said to be an organoalkoxysilane reagent.
  • An inclusive list of functional moieties that can be attached to the metal or semi-metal oxide surface includes straight or branched alkyl having from 1 to 22 carbon atoms, cyano, amino, halogen substituted amino, carboxy, halogen substituted carboxy, sulfonate, halogen substituted sulfonate, halogen, epoxy, furfuryl, mercapto, hydroxyl, pyridyl, imidazoline derivative-substituted lower alkyl, lower cycloalkyl, lower alkyl derivatives of cycloalkyl, lower cycloalkenyl, lower alkyl derivatives of cycloalkenyl, lower epoxycycloalkyl, lower alkyl derivatives of epoxycycloalkyl, phenyl, alkyl derivatized phenyl, phenoxy, poly(ethylene oxides), poly(propylene oxide), copolymer of polyethyleneoxide and poly(propyleneoxide), vinyl, benzylic
  • adding a multivalent salt such as aluminum chloride hydrate
  • boric acid can be added to improve the binding power of the coating composition, thereby reducing the tendency of a dried receiving layer to crack.
  • the aluminum chlorohydrate and the boric acid provide these benefits, they can also have the negative affect of causing ink-jet inks under perform if present in excess amounts, or if the electrolytes formed therefrom remain in the coating composition or the ink-receiving layer of the resulting print media.
  • pigment-based inks in the presence of boric acid and aluminum chlorohydrate (or their resulting electrolyte reaction products) on a media substrate, have a tendency to lose their gloss at a higher ink load.
  • gloss uniformity can suffer.
  • unreacted or generated high valent salts and acid can work to undesirably coagulate ink.
  • dye- or pigment-based inks coagulate, color gamut suffers and image scratch resistance will deteriorate.
  • the benefits of using the additive(s) can be realized, and at the same time, many of the negatives resulting from the presence of residual, excess, or unreacted amounts of such additive(s) that would otherwise remain present in the coating composition can be minimized.
  • image quality can be greatly improved.
  • such removal can occur prior to application of the coating composition.
  • Removal of the unwanted excess additives or generated material prior to application of the coating can be by one of a number of methods, including ultrafiltration, dialysis, ion-exchange, reverse osmosis, and combinations of these processes.
  • ultrafiltration dialysis, ion-exchange, reverse osmosis, and combinations of these processes.
  • Ultrafiltration is a membrane filtration technology that can be used to separate small colloids and large molecules from liquids (such as water) and small molecules.
  • a back pressure can be applied at, for example 689500 Pa (100 psi).
  • a subject composition is forced against a semi-permeable membrane that allows water molecules and other small molecules to pass, while maintaining larger molecules, such as colloids.
  • Deionized water is added as water is being removed through the membrane wash the colloids and replenish the water content.
  • the process of ultrafiltration is used for removing particles from a composition at from about 2 nm to about 100 nm, i.e. a process defined as between reverse osmosis and microfiltration.
  • a filter size of about 50 nm or less can remove or lose generated or unreacted electrolytes (about 10 nm), and can keep everything greater than about 70 nm.
  • organics or colloids over 1,000 MW are retained while passing ions and smaller colloids or organics.
  • diafiltration can be used to remove the low molecular weight water soluble species, such as salts or electrolytes, from the solution or dispersion.
  • the membranes used for both ultra and diafltration typically have a molecular weight cutoff (MWCO) ranging from 100 to 500,000 Daltons such that species smaller than the rated MWCO of the membrane are capable of passing through the membrane.
  • MWCO molecular weight cutoff
  • these membranes also usually have two layers, e.g., a thin (0.1 to 0.5 ⁇ m), semi-permeable membrane made from cellulose ester or polyethersulfone and a substructure support material.
  • the membranes can be cast onto the membrane support. Only the layer of semi-permeable membrane comes in contact with the sample during ultrafiltration or diafiltration. The support material below the membrane does not typically affect the filtration characteristics of the membrane.
  • a process solution is pressurized, typically at from 68950 Pa (10 psi) to 482650 Pa (70 psi) while in contact with a supported semi-permeable membrane maintained. Solutes smaller than the MWCO emerge as ultrafiltrate, and the retained molecules are concentrated on the pressurized side of the membrane. Pressure sources such as compressed gas (nitrogen) and peristaltic pump systems are commonly used.
  • the target small molecule flows through a membrane in convective flow.
  • the volume of permeate is continuously added to the feed as solvent.
  • the efficiency of removal can be very high, but the properties of the membrane and the process conditions should be chosen carefully.
  • Dialysis defuses small molecules through a permeable selective membrane that will not allow passage by diffusion of the other constituents of the feed.
  • concentration of the target molecule in the feed decreases with time.
  • the efficiency of removal is also decreased and usually takes a longer time to achieve separation results.
  • a media coating can be prepared that exhibits improved light fastness, scratch resistance, and image quality.
  • a coating can include a porous pigment, such as fumed silica (about 50 wt% to 85 wt%), as a primary structural particulate component; a multivalent salt, such as aluminum chlorohydrate (about 5 wt% to 8 wt%), which provides a cationic surface charge to the system; and a binder, such as polyvinyl alcohol (about 15 wt% to 20 wt%) to bind the silica and the aluminum chlorohydrate together.
  • a porous pigment such as fumed silica (about 50 wt% to 85 wt%), as a primary structural particulate component
  • a multivalent salt such as aluminum chlorohydrate (about 5 wt% to 8 wt%), which provides a cationic surface charge to the system
  • a binder such as polyvinyl alcohol (about 15 wt% to 20 wt%) to bind the silic
  • a crosslinking agent such as boric acid (about 0.5 wt% to 5 wt%) can be added.
  • the coating mix can be refined by removing excess amounts of the aluminum chlorohydrate by ultrafiltration, for example.
  • aluminum chlorohydrate-treated silica can be treated by ultrafiltration prior to combining with the polyvinyl alcohol and/or crosslinking agent.
  • ultrafiltration can be carried out using a porous membrane having an average pore size of about 50 nm.
  • back pressure of about 689500 Pa (100 psi) can be applied to the composition, and small substances, including undesired electrolytes and/or unreacted additive, will pass through the pores along with the water.
  • deionized water can be used to replenish the lost water, thereby refining the coating composition.
  • the coating mix in a more refined state can then be applied on a non-absorbing base or substrate, and subsequently dried.
  • the coat weight can be controlled at from 15 g/m 2 to 35 g/m 2 .
  • a second coating including more spherical colloidal silica (40 nm to 100 nm) can be applied as an overcoat to provide a glossy and scratch resistant finish. If the second coating is not formulated with ionic compositions or acid, for example, a refining or removing step is not necessary, though such a step is not precluded.
  • a post coating washing step can additionally be carried out.
  • washing can be carried out after the ink-receiving layer has been formed.
  • Such a washing step can be carried out by bathing, spraying, or by other known washing techniques.
  • the water can be at about room temperature, though temperatures from about 0°C to 90°C can be used. In one embodiment, hot water from 30°C to 50°C can be used.
  • the water used can be deionized water, hard water, soft water, or water with additives.
  • the water can include a buffer (0.1 to 1% solids) to control the pH during the washing stage at from pH 5 to 7.5.
  • the washing step can be used to contribute to the final pH of the media sheet.
  • the pH of an ink-receiving layer of the media sheet can be from about pH 4 to about pH 7.5. In another embodiment, the pH of the ink-receiving layer can be from about pH 5 to about pH 6.
  • additives that can be present in the water include additives that contribute to print quality, such as air fade additives or the like.
  • air fade additives include radical scavengers, hindered amines, and/or thio compounds such as thiodiethylene glycol.
  • the media substrate that can be used can be of any substrate known in the art, and can include papers, overhead projector plastics, coated papers, fabric, art papers, e.g., water color paper, photobase, or the like.
  • the application of the porous coating composition to a media substrate can be by any method known in the art, such as air knife coating, blade coating, gate roll coating, doctor blade coating, Meyer rod coating, roller coating, reverse roller coating, gravure coating, brush coating, sprayer coating, or cascade coating.
  • Ink-jet ink compositions that can be used to print on the coated media compositions of the present invention are typically prepared in an aqueous formulation or liquid vehicle which can include water, co-solvents, surfactants, buffering agents, biocides, sequestering agents, viscosity modifiers, humectants, binders, and/or other known additives. Colorants, such as dyes and/or pigments are also present to provide color to the ink-jet ink.
  • the liquid vehicle can comprise from about 70 wt% to about 99.9 wt% of the ink-jet ink composition.
  • liquid vehicle can also carry polymeric binders, latex particulates, and/or other solids.
  • Example 2 Refining ACH-treated silica prior to coating on media substrate
  • An ACH treated silica is prepared by the method described in Example 1. The final wt% of solids is adjusted to about 20%, and the pH of the silica is adjusted to about 3.0.
  • a Vivaflow 200 (by Vivascience, Germany) tangential flow (or cross flow) diafiltration module is used to remove the electrolytes from the silica dispersion. About one liter of the 20% ACH treated silica is then charged to a two liter Erlenmeyer flask, and the flask was immersed to a constant temperature bath at 50°C. The diafiltration is carried out using a 50,000 MWCO polyethersulfone membrane, and a Cole-Parmer peristatic pump-head accepting size 15 tubing and a pressure gauge are attached.
  • the heated silica dispersion is pumped through the membrane and the back pressure is controlled at from 20 psi to 30 psi.
  • a reservoir containing deionized water is connected to the system.
  • the vacuum that is created in the sample reservoir draws deionized water in exchange through the feed tubing from the feed reservoir.
  • the conductivity of the waste aqueous solution is monitored continuously. This process is continued until the conductivity of the waste solution is reduced to within 5 times of the deionized water. In general, this is accomplished with an exchange volume of approximately 5 times of the original sample volume.
  • the cleaned silica dispersion is recovered and cooled to room temperature.
  • reduction is conductivity can be measured based on a decrease in the original conductivity of the coating solution to 20%.
  • the cleaned silica dispersion Once the cleaned silica dispersion is formed, it can be admixed with a binder composition and coated on a media substrate.
  • the conductivity of the particles in the coating composition can be reduced anywhere from about 25% to 75%, which is significant with respect to ink or dye interaction with these coatings.

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  1. Ein Verfahren zur Herstellung eines porösen Mediensubstrats, umfassend:
    Kombinieren von Metall- oder Halbmetalloxid-Teilchen mit einem polymeren Bindemittel, wobei die Metall- oder Halbmetalloxid-Teilchen mit mindestens einem wasserlöslichen Beschichtungsformulierungszusatz assoziiert sind, wobei mindestens ein Teil des wasserlöslichen Beschichtungsformulierungszusatzes i) als nicht-umgesetzter Zusatz vorliegt, oder ii) unerwünschte Elektrolyte erzeugt; gekennzeichnet durch
    Entfernen mindestens eines Teils des nicht-umgesetzten Zusatzes oder unerwünschter Elektrolyte, entweder vor oder nach Kombinieren der Metall- oder Halbmetalloxid-Teilchen mit dem polymeren Bindemittel, wodurch eine verfeinerte Beschichtungszusammensetzung gebildet wird; und
    Anwenden der verfeinerten Beschichtungszusammensetzung auf ein Mediensubstrat zur Bildung einer Tintenaufnahmeschicht mit einer porösen Oberfläche.
  2. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Metall- oder Halbmetalloxid Siliciumdioxid oder Aluminiumoxid ist.
  3. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Bindemittel einen Bestandteil einschließt, der aus der Gruppe ausgewählt ist, die aus Polyvinylalkohol, modifiziertem Polyvinylalkohol und Kombinationen davon besteht.
  4. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei der wasserlösliche Beschichtungsformulierungszusatz einen Bestandteil einschließt, der aus der Gruppe ausgewählt ist, die aus ionischen Beizmitteln, ionischen multivalenten Ionen, ionischen Organosilan-Reagenzien, sauren Komponenten, Vernetzern, organischen Salzen, anorganischen Salzen und Kombinationen davon besteht.
  5. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 4, wobei der wasserlösliche Beschichtungsformulierungszusatz ein ionisches multivalentes Ion einschließt, wobei das ionische multivalente Ion Aluminiumchlorhydrat einschließt.
  6. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 4, wobei der wasserlösliche Beschichtungsformulierungszusatz ein ionisches Organosilan-Reagenz einschließt, wobei das ionische Organosilan-Reagenz einen Aminrest einschließt.
  7. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 4, wobei der wasserlösliche Beschichtungsformulierungszusatz eine saure Komponente einschließt, wobei die saure Komponente Borsäure einschließt.
  8. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei die verfeinerte Beschichtungszusammensetzung ferner einen Air Fade-Zusatz einschließt, der zur Verbesserung des Air Fade-Widerstandes einer auf dem porösen Mediensubstrat gedruckten Abbildung konfiguriert ist, wobei der Air Fade-Zusatz aus der Gruppe ausgewählt ist, die aus gehinderten Aminen, Thio-Verbindungen und Kombinationen davon besteht.
  9. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Schritt des Entfernens durch einen Prozess erfolgt, der aus der Gruppe ausgewählt ist, die aus Ultrafiltration, Dialyse, Ionenaustausch, Umkehrosmose und einer Prozesskombination davon besteht.
  10. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 9, wobei der Schritt des Entfernens durch Ultrafiltration erfolgt und die Ultrafiltration unter Verwendung eines Porenfilters mit einer mittleren Porengröße von 20 nm bis 100 nm durchgeführt wird.
  11. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei die poröse Oberfläche einen pH-Wert von etwa 4 bis etwa 7,5 aufweist.
  12. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Schritt des Entfernens vor dem Kombinieren der Metall- oder Halbmetalloxid-Teilchen mit dem polymeren Bindemittel erfolgt.
  13. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei nach dem Anwendungsschritt die poröse Oberfläche anschließend mit einer zweiten Beschichtung überzogen wird, der im Wesentlichen der wasserlösliche Beschichtungsformulierungszusatz fehlt.
  14. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Mediensubstrat eine anorganische poröse Medienvorbeschichtung einschließt und wobei der Schritt des Anwendens der verfeinerten Beschichtungszusammensetzung auf das Mediensubstrat durch Überschichten der Vorbeschichtung erfolgt.
  15. Ein Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, das ferner den Schritt des Waschens der Tintenaufnahmeschicht umfasst.
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