Cast coated sheet and method of manufacture background of the invention

428/513; 428/514 0 (58) Field of Search ................................. 428/511, 514 A cast coated printing sheet providing high paper gloSS and 428/512 513 409 Smoothness, desirable printing performance characteristics, s s and enhanced printed product attributes. The cast coated (56) References Cited sheet comprises a Substrate and a brushed coating layer comprising (a) a pigment, (b) a functionally effective U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS amount of latex such that a dried unbrushed layer of the 3.028.258 A 4/1962 Rice 117/64 coating will not adhere Sufficiently to the casting Surface to 4,620.992 A 11/1986 Nojima et al....427,362 allow the unbrushed layer to be cast, and (c) a functionally 5,275,846 A 1/1994 Imai et al. ........ ... 427/362 effective amount of brushing agent Such that damage to the 5,533.244. A 7/1996 Wadzinski ....... ... 29/90.1 coating layer Surface during brushing is minimized. The 6.242,047 B1 6/2001 Johnson et al. ............. 427/361 invention further provides methods for manufacturing Such FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS cast coated printing sheets.