Cast coated sheet and method of manufacture

A cast coated printing sheet comprising a substrate, and, on at least a first surface of the substrate, a coating layer comprising a latex and an inorganic pigment, wherein the latex is present in a functionally effective amount, and the cast coated printing sheet has a 20° ink gloss of greater than 60.

A cast coated printing sheet comprising a substrate, and, on at least a first surface of the substrate, a coating layer comprising a latex and an inorganic pigment, wherein the latex is present in a functionally effective amount, and the cast coated printing sheet has a PPS 10 kg Soft of less than 0.50.

A cast coated printing sheet comprising

• a substrate, and, on at least a first surface of the substrate, a coating layer comprising a latex, a brushing agent and an inorganic pigment,
• wherein the latex is present in an amount such that, without brushing, the coating layer when plasticized will not adhere sufficiently to a casting surface to allow the plasticized coating layer to be cast, and the brushing agent is present in a sufficient amount such that damage to an exposed surface of the coating layer is minimized during a brushing treatment,
• wherein the surface of the coating layer undergoes such brushing treatment prior to plasticization and casting and, as a result of such brushing treatment, adheres sufficiently to the casting surface to be cast, and wherein the cast coated printing sheet has a 20° gloss of greater than 90.