Composition and ink receiving system incorporating the composition

An ink receiving system, comprising:

• a substrate, including:
• an internal sizing agent selected from an alkyl ketene dimer sizing agent and an alkenyl succinic anhydride sizing agent, wherein the alkyl ketene dimer sizing agent is present in an amount ranging from about 2.0 pounds per ton to about 10.0 pounds per ton or the alkenyl succinic anhydride sizing agent is present in an amount ranging from about 1.0 pounds per ton to about 4.0 pounds per ton;
• and
• a metallic salt in an amount ranging from about 10 pounds to about 30 pounds per ton of the paper;
• wherein the ink receiving system exhibits an ink transferability of equal to or less than 12% and a black optical density or equal to or greater than about 1.5.

A method of making an ink receiving system, the method comprising:

• incorporating one of an alkyl ketene dimer internal sizing agent and an alkenyl succinic anhydride internal sizing agent into a paper during a wet end process of papermaking, wherein the alkyl ketene dimer internal sizing agent is present in an amount ranging from about 2.0 pounds per ton to about 10.0 pounds per ton of paper or the alkenyl succinic anhydride internal sizing agent is present in an amount ranging from about 1.0 pounds per ton to about 4.0 pounds per ton of paper;
• and
• incorporating a metallic salt in the paper during a wet end process of papermaking;
• wherein the metallic salt is selected from the group consisting of calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, aluminum chloride, beryllium chloride, calcium nitrate, magnesium nitrate, aluminum nitrate, beryllium nitrate, and combinations thereof.

A paper, comprising:

• a combination of an alkenyl succinic anhydride internal sizing agent and an alkyl ketene dimer internal sizing agent, the sizing agents present in a total amount ranging from about 1.0 lb/ton to about 10.0 lbs/ton;
• and
• a metallic salt;
• wherein the internal sizing agents are incorporated into the paper during a wet end operation of papermaking;
• and wherein the metallic salt is incorporated into the paper during a wet end operation of papermaking.