Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
Recording medium, method of formimg image using the same, and method of producing print using the same
 Disclosed herein is a recording medium comprising a base material and an ink-receiving layer provided on the base material, wherein the ink-receiving layer comprises a high-water-absorptive material obtained by grafting, on a water-absorptive polymer, an inorganic oxide formed from an inorganic alkoxide represented by the formula EQU (R.sub.2).sub.n --M--(OR.sub.1).sub.m-n wherein M denotes an element selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Ti, Zr, Ca, Fe, V, Sn, Be, B and P, m is a valence of M, n is an integer of 1 or 2, R.sub.1 denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms which may have a substituent group, and R.sub.2 denotes an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl group, each of which may have a substituent group. 
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Hiroshi Teigo Naoto Kiyoshi Shunichiro
Aoto Sakakibara Fujimura Sakai Nishida