Coated Films for Inkjet Printing

A method of printing with a UV-inkjet printer comprising jetting UV-curable inkjet ink onto a coated film substrate to form an ink printed image, wherein the coated film substrate comprises:

• a. a film substrate;
• and
• b. a coating composition applied to the film substrate, wherein the coating composition comprises at least one of:
• i. a cationically stabilized emulsion polymer that comprises on a dry basis:
• 1. 30 to 97 wt % of at least one vinylic non-acidic monomer which is uncharged or positively charged in an aqueous solution having a pH between 1 and 8;
• and
• 2. 3 to 70 wt % of at least one water-soluble polymeric compound having a number-average molecular weight greater than 5000 which comprises a moiety selected from the group consisting of primary amines, secondary amines, tertiary amines, and quaternary ammonium salts;
• ii. a cationically stabilized emulsion polymer that comprises on a dry basis:
• 1. 70 to 99 wt % of an amino-functional polymer;
• and
• 2. 1 to 30 wt % of an unsaturation number enhancer element selected from the group consisting of
• where Y is selected from the group consisting of halogen and three-membered oxirane ring, Ra and Rb are the same or different and selected from the group consisting of H and C1 to C6 alkyl, Rc is selected from the group consisting of O and CX2, each X can be the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of H, hydroxyl, and halogen, Rd is selected from the group consisting of H, hydroxyl, halogen, and any organic radical containing at least one carbon atom, wherein each Rd can be the same or different, A is selected from the group consisting of O and NRd, CRd and CRd2 can each be a separate moiety or a portion of a cyclic structure, j, k, and m are integers ranging from 0 to 6, inclusive, q is an integer ranging from 1 to 6, inclusive, and p is an integer ranging from 0 to 30, inclusive;
• or
• iii. a mixture of (i) and (ii).