Printable sheet that is ultra-smooth and recyclable, and its method of fabrication

A method of fabricating a sheet which is printable by at least one of offset printing, ink jet printing, laser printing, photogravure, flexographic printing, dry toner, liquid toner, electrophotography, and lithography, presenting at least one smooth face, the sheet comprising a substrate having at least one face covered at least in part by a layer or a plurality of superposed layers, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) preparing or providing a multilayer structure comprising at least a smooth plastics film, an anti-adhesive layer, and a printable layer, the anti-adhesive layer being interposed between the plastics film and the printable layer;
• b) pasting adhesive on a face of the substrate or a face of the multilayer structure situated opposite from the plastics film, or both, and applying said face of the substrate against said face of the multilayer structure so as to laminate the multilayer structure and the substrate;
• and
• c) withdrawing the plastics film from the printable layer, the printable layer defining said smooth face of the sheet,
• wherein the printable layer comprises a mixture of pigments and binder,
• wherein a ratio of the binder to the pigments in the printable layer is 0.05 to 0.50 by dry weight, and
• wherein the sheet does not include a plastics film.