an inkjet printing method having the steps of : a ) providing an inkjet printer that is responsive to digital data signals ; b ) loading the printer with an inkjet recording element having a support having thereon an image - receiving layer of porous polymeric particles in a polymeric binder , the porous polymeric particles being prepared in the presence of an anionic or ationic dispersant , and the image - receiving layer containing a surfactant having a charge opposite to that of the dispersant used to make the porous polymeric particles , the surfactant being present in an amount from about 0 . 04 parts to about 0 . 30 parts by weight of the dispersant ; c ) loading the printer with an inkjet ink composition ; and d ) printing on the inkjet recording element using the inkjet ink composition in response to the digital data signals .