Paper, image-recording material support, and image-recording material

Abstract

Paper and an image-recording material support which have high surface planarity and excellent gloss are disclosed. Moreover, an image-recording material is disclosed which uses the image-recording material support and is capable of obtaining high quality image. The paper includes raw paper. The paper satisfies at least one of the following conditions (i) and (ii): (i) the paper has an inner bonding strength of 160 mJ or more specified in Japan Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry No. 54, and an average center surface roughness (SRa) on at least one face of the paper is 0.9 μm or less at a cutoff wavelength of 0.3 mm to 0.4 mm, and (ii) an Oken type smoothness S (second) on the at least one face of the paper, and a density ρ (g / cm3) of the paper satisfy an expression S1 / 2 / ρ3≧15.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to paper having high surface planarity and excellent gloss. Moreover, the present invention relates to paper, an image-recording material support and an image-recording material which are preferably used for an electrophotographic material, a heat sensitive material, an inkjet-recording material, a sublimation transfer material, a silver salt photographic material, a heat transfer material, and the like. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Conventionally, raw paper, synthetic paper, synthetic resin sheet, coat paper, laminate paper, and the like are well known as a support for various image-recording materials such as an electrophotographic material, a heat sensitive material, an inkjet-recording material, a sublimation transfer material, a silver salt photographic material, a heat transfer material, and the like. The above image-recording materials are used for image-record...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention relates to a paper and an image-recording material support. The paper has specific strength and surface roughness requirements, while the material support has a smooth surface and a specific density requirement. The paper can be used for various image-recording materials, while the material support can provide high surface planarity and gloss. The material support can also have a coat layer for improved strength and surface appearance. The image-recording material support can be used for various applications such as electrophotographic, heat-sensitive, inkjet-recording, and heat transfer materials. The technical effects of the invention include improved surface quality and gloss of the image-recording materials.

Problems solved by technology

When the image-recording material support has low strength, use of the image-recording material having the support for recording an image may cause a curl to an image print which is outputted from a printer.

In addition, the image-recording material support having low planarity cannot form an image that has high-quality and high gloss.

The image-recording material support thus produced may result in deteriorated planarity which is attributable to shrink of pulp fiber of the natural pulp (raw material) during the drying.

Any of the proposals disclosed in the above publications cannot solve the problems sufficiently.

In addition, such an image-recording material is not proposed yet as having a support therefor, having high-quality image and excellent gloss after image-recording, having high rigidity (stiffness), and causing a small curl.

When being subjected to a change in humidity, the thus machined paper is likely to cause a large extension and / or shrinkage (telescopic motion) in the lateral direction.

With this, recordings such as photographing with the above paper as a support may increase curl in size, thus high-quality image cannot be formed.

In this case, however, using the Yankee paper machine may generally restrict many paper-making conditions such as freeness of pulp paper material, paper-making speed, and the like.

In the above conventional technologies, however, no specific press drying conditions and the like are disclosed.

However, the above solvent coating method that uses a harmful organic solvent may cause harmful effect on the environment.

In the above aqueous coating method, water may swell the raw paper when the latex or the aqueous solution (varnish) is applied to the raw paper, thus losing smoothness of the raw paper, which is so called a “return.” Moreover, the aqueous coating method is not applicable to resins which are less likely to be made into latex or aqueous solution.

Summarizing the above, such an image-recording material support and an image-recording material are not proposed as having high surface smoothness and extremely excellent gloss, leaving an issue of further improvement and development.

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