pigments humectants organic solvents detergents thickeners preservatives and the like the solvent or carrier liquid can be solely water or can be water mixed with other water miscible solvents such as polyhydric alcohols inks in which organic materials such as polyhydric alcohols are the predominant carrier or solvent liquid may also be used particularly useful are mixed solvents of water and polyhydric alcohols the dyes used in such compositions are typically water soluble direct or acid type dyes such liquid compositions have been described extensively in the prior art including for example u s pat no 4 381 946 u s pat no 4 239 543 and u s pat no 4 781 758 a polyethylene resin coated paper was treated by corona discharge and coated by means of a slide hopper with a 17 gelatin solution in water succinylated pigskin gelatin kind amp knox gelatine co and 0 4 12 14 u03bcm polystyrene beads dry coverage of about 7 1 u03bcm and an inner layer of 5 solution of elvanol u00ae 52 22 poly vinyl alcohol dupont and a 30 dispersion of witcobond u00ae 232 polyurethane witco corp where the poly vinyl alcohol pva and polyurethane dispersion pud were mixed in a 77 23 ratio by weight at a dry coverage of 1 5 u03bcm an overcoat layer consisting of a 7 solution of z 320 acetoactylated poly vinyl alcohol nippon gohsei and apg 325n cognis and surfactant 10g arch chemical surfactants in a ratio by weight of 96 5 2 9 0 6 was coated over the gelatin and poly vinyl alcohol polyurethane layers at a dry coverage of 1 u03bcm.