Water-based transparent image recording sheet for plain paper copiers

A transparent recording sheet comprising a transparent film substrate having two major opposing surfaces, at least one of said surfaces having a water-based toner-receptive layer thereon comprising:

• a) from 65 to 99.9 parts of an imaging copolymer formed from
• 1) from 80 to 99 parts of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of bicyclic alkyl (meth)acrylates, aliphatic alkyl (meth)acrylates having from one to 12 carbon atoms, and aromatic (meth)acrylates, and
• 2) from 1 to 20 parts of a polar monomer selected from N,N-dialkyl monoalkyl amino alkyl acrylate, and N,N-dialkyl, monoalkyl amino alkyl methacrylate, and quaternary ammonium salts thereof,
• b) from 0.1 to 15 parts of at least one polymeric microspheres comprising
• 1) at least 20 parts polymerized diol di(meth)acrylate having a formula
• CH.sub.2 .dbd.CR.sup.2 COOC.sub.n H.sub.2n OOCCR.sup.2 .dbd.CH.sub.2
• wherein R.sup.2 is hydrogen or a methyl group, and n is an integer from 4 to 18,
• 2) from 0 to 80 parts of at least one copolymerized vinyl monomer having the formula
• CH.sub.2 .dbd.CR.sup.2 COOC.sub.m H.sub.2m+1
• wherein R.sup.2 is hydrogen or a methyl group and m is an integer of from 12 to 40, and
• 3) from 0 to 30 parts of at least one copolymerized ethylenically unsaturated monomer selected from the group consisting of vinyl esters, acrylic esters, methacrylic esters, styrene, derivatives thereof, and mixtures thereof, totalling 100 parts, and
• c) from 0 to 20 parts of an antistatic agent selected from the group consisting of cationic agents, anionic agents, fluorinated agents, and nonionic agents.