polyurethane in a most preferred embodiment of the invention the fusible polymeric particles are comprised of a copolymer of 86 parts by weight of ethyl methacrylate and 14 parts by weight of methyl methacrylate tg 85c the binder employed in the dye trapping layer can be any film forming polymer that serves to bind together the fusible polymeric particles in a preferred embodiment of the invention the binder is a hydrophobic film forming binder derived from an aqueous dispersion of an acrylic polymer or a polyurethane the dye mordant employed in the dye trapping layer can be any material which is substantive to the ink jet dyes the dye mordant removes dyes from the ink received from the porous ink transporting layer and fixes the dye within the dye trapping layer examples of such mordants include cationic lattices such as disclosed in u s pat no 6 297 296 and references cited therein cationic polymers such as disclosed in u s pat no 5 342 688 and multivalent ions as disclosed in u s pat no 5 916 673 the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference examples of these mordants include polymeric quartenary ammonium compounds or basic polymers such as poly dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate polyalkylenepolyamines and products of the condensation thereof with dicyanodiamide amine epichlorohydrin polycondensates further lecithins and phospholipid compounds can also be used specific examples of such mordants include the following vinylbenzyl trimethyl ammonium chloride ethylene glycol dimethacrylate poly diallyl dimethyl ammonium.