Packaging material and method for making the same

A method for making a packaging material, the method comprising:

• jetting, from a first headbox, a first pulp stock onto a wire to form a strength layer precursor, the first pulp stock including:
• water;
• and
• softwood fibers having an average length ranging from about 1.5 mm to about 3.0 mm, the softwood fibers present in the water in an amount ranging from about 70 wt % to about 100 wt % of a total solids wt % of the first pulp stock;
• the first pulp stock excluding a water soluble di-valent or multi-valent salt;
• jetting, from a second headbox, a second pulp stock onto a second wire to form an image layer precursor, the second pulp stock consisting of:
• water;
• hardwood fibers having an average length ranging from about 0.5 mm to about 1.5 mm, the hardwood fibers present in the water in an amount ranging from about 70 wt % to about 100 wt % of a total solids wt % of the second pulp stock;
• and
• the water soluble di-valent or multi-valent salt present in an amount ranging from about 5 lb per ton of total fibers in the second pulp stock to about 50 lb per ton of the total fibers in the second pulp stock;
• placing the image layer precursor and the strength layer precursor in contact;
• removing water from the image layer precursor and the strength layer precursor;
• and
• drying the image layer precursor and the strength layer precursor to form the packaging material including an image layer and a strength layer.