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Claim 1

A HIGH GLOSS SMOOTH FINISH FLEXIBLE AND PRINTABLE PAPER PRODUCT HAVING A GLOSS RATING OF AT LEAST 50 AS MEASURED BY A GARDNER 20* GLOSS METER, SAID PRODUCT BEING COATED WITH A COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING AT LEAST 70% PIGMENT, HAVING INCORPORATED THEREIN A THERMOPLASTIC RESIN COMPONENT HAVING ELASTOMERIC AND PLASTOMERIC PROPERTIES COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: (A) A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYACRYLATES AND COPOLYMERS OF POLYACRYLATES, POLYVINYL BUTYRAL, POLYVINYL BUTYL ETHER, CELLULOSE ACETATEBUTYRATE, POLYESTER POLYURETHANE, CELLULOSE TRI-ACETATE, VINYL ACETATE, MALEIC ANHYDRIDE ESTER COOLYMERS, STYRENE-MALEIC ANHYDRIDE, POLYVINYL BUTYRATE-ACETATE COPOLYMER, POLYVINYL CUMARONES, POLYVINYL CARBAZOLES, VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE AND COPOLYMERS THEREOF; AND (B) A MIXTURE OF (1) AT LEAST ONE ELASTOMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF COPOLYMERS OF BUTADIENE AND STYRENE, BUTADIENE AND ACRYLONITRILE, BUTADIENE AND ISOBUTYLENE, ISOPRENE AND ISOBUTYLENE, POLYISOPRENE AND ELASTOMERIC ACRYLIC POLYMERS; AND (2) AT LEAST ONE PLASTOMER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF POLYVINYL CHLORIDE, POLYVINYL ACETATE, POLYSTYRENE, COPOLYMERS OF VINYL ACETATE AND VINYL STEARATE, EHTYLCELLULOSE, CELLULOSE ACETATE, POLY(ETHYL METHACRYLATE), POLY(BUTYL METHACRYLATE), POLY(ACRYLONITRILE), POLY(GLYCOL ADIPATE), POLY(DIGLYCOL SEBACSTE), POLY(ETHYLOL PROPANE SUCCINATE), POLY(GLYCOL ITACONATE); SAID PIGMENT HAVING AT LEAST 85% OF ITS PARTICLES BELOW TWO MICRONS IN SIZE.