Next, an intermediate layer with an average thickness of 1.6 μm was formed by coating the aforementioned reduced texture layer with an intermediate layer coating solution having the following composition:
—Intermediate Layer Coating Solution—
2.1 weight parts polyvinyl alcohol (PVA205 (saponification value of 88%), made by Kuraray), 0.95 weight part polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP, K-30; made by ISP Japan), 44 weight parts methanol, and 53 weight parts distilled water were mixed to prepare an intermediate layer coating solution.
<Formation of Microparticle Layer>
Next, a microparticle layer with an average thickness of 10 μm was formed by coating the intermediate layer with a microparticle layer composition 1 prepared as follows and drying [this coating]:
<<Microparticle Layer Composition 1>>
30 weight parts microparticle dispersion 1 and 8 weight parts propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate (MMPG-Ac, made by Daicel Chemical) were mixed at a temperature of 24° C. (±2° C.) and stirred for 10 minutes at 150 rpm. Then, 53 weight parts methyl ethyl ketone, 5 weight parts binder C, 0.002 weight part hydroquinone monomethyl ether, 4.2 weight parts DPHA solution, 0.16 weight part 2,4-bis(trichloromethyl)-6-[4-(N,N-diethoxycarbonylmethyl)amino-3-bromophenyl]-s-triazine, and 0.044 weight part surfactant 1 were added in this order at a temperature of 25° C. (±2° C.), and [the system] was stirred for 30 minutes at 150 rpm at a temperature of 40° C. (±2° C.) to prepare a microparticle layer composition.
—Microparticle Dispersion 1—