Recording sheet with improved image dry time

The recording sheet of claim 18 wherein the water soluble divalent metal salt is calcium chloride.

A process of forming a recording sheet which comprises:

• (a) applying a liquid composition comprising a volatile liquid having dissolved or dispersed therein one or more water soluble divalent metal salts to a surface of a substrate comprising ligno cellulosic fibers to form a wetted, treated substrate having said salts in contact with said surface, wherein the Hercules Sizing Test Value (“HST”) of the substrate is in the range of from about 10 to about 200 seconds, and wherein the amount of divalent salt is in the range of from about 0.4 to about 1.5 g/m2 such that the recording sheet has a percent ink transferred (“IT %”) equal to or less than about 50, said water-soluble divalent salt being a salt of calcium or magnesium and being in contact with at least one surface of said substrate;
• and (b) drying said surface of said wetted, treated substrate to form said recording sheet.

A method of generating images in a printing apparatus which comprises:

• (a) incorporating into said apparatus a recording sheet comprising a substrate which comprises ligno cellulosic fibers and a water soluble divalent metal salt, wherein the Hercules Sizing Test Value (“HST”) of the substrate is in the range of from about 10 to about 200 seconds, and wherein the amount of divalent salt is in the range of from about 0.4 to about 1.5 g/m2 such that the recording sheet has a percent ink transferred (“IT %”) equal to or less than about 50, said water-soluble divalent salt being a salt of calcium or magnesium and being in contact with at least one surface of said substrate;
• and (b) forming an image upon at least one surface of said recording sheet.