Transparent media for phase change ink printing

A process for forming a transparent recording material for phase change ink recording comprising the steps of:

• making an aqueous coating solution comprising:
• water;
• a binder composition comprising:
• at least one polymer chosen from a group consisting of polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylamide, methyl cellulose, polyvinyl pyrrolidone and gelatin;
• and
• an inorganic particulate material with an average particle size of no more than 0.3 μm wherein said inorganic particulate material represents at least 82%, by weight, and no more than 97%, by weight, of a combined coating weight of said polymer and said inorganic particulate material taken together,
• wherein said aqueous coating solution has an ionic conductivity of no more than 0.6 mS at 25° C., at 10% total solids;
• applying said coating to a polyethyleneterephthalate support in a sufficient amount that said inorganic particulate material and said polymer taken together weigh 1-5 mg/dm2;
• applying a second coating supra said coating;
• and
• removing said water from said coating solution.