Water based toner receptive core/shell latex compositions

Claim 1

A water-based toner-receptive composition suitable for electrophotographic or xerographic imaging, comprising: a) from about 65 to about 99 parts of a transparent film-forming core/shell latex polymer, wherein the ratio of core to shell of said core/shell latex polymer ranges from about 10/90 to about 90/10, with the core having a lower T g than the shell, wherein said polymer comprises 1) a core formed from: i) from about 60 to 100 parts of at least one α,β-ethylenically unsaturated monomer having from about 1 to about 12 carbon atoms; and ii) 0 to about 40 parts of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of bicyclic alkyl(meth)acrylates and aromatic (meth)acrylates; and 2) a shell formed from: i) 0 to about 65 parts of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of bicyclic alkyl (meth)acrylates and aromatic (meth)acrylates; and ii) about 35 to 100 parts of at least one α,β-ethylenically unsaturated monomer having from about 1 to about 8 carbon atoms; b) from about 1 to about 15 parts polymeric particles having an average particle size of from about 0.25 μm to about 15 μm, comprising: 1) at least about 20 parts by weight polymerized diol di(meth)acrylate having a formula H.sub.2 C=CR.sup.2 COOC.sub.n H.sub.2n OOCR.sup.2 ═CH wherein R 2 is hydrogen or a methyl group, and n is an integer from about 4 to about 18, H.sub.2 C=CR.sup.2 COOC.sub.m H.sub.2m+1 wherein R 2 is hydrogen or a methyl group and m is an integer of from about 12 to about 40, and 3) from 0 to about 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, a, b and c having a total of 100 parts, and having an average particle size of from about 0.25 μm to about 15 μm and; and c) from 0 to about 20 parts of an antistatic agent selected from the group consisting of cationic agents, anionic agents, fluorinated agents, and nonionic agents.