Recording materials for electrophotographic methods, comprising a raw paper coated on both sides with a synthetic resin and a toner-sensitive layer, wherein the synthetic resin-coated paper has a specific surface topography, expressed as a roughness Rz of 1.5 to 13 μm, and an average Ra value of 0.05 to 2 μm, the toner-absorbing layer comprises a polymer combination of a toner-absorbing ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer (A), a carboxylated acrylic acid ester copolymer (B) and a polymer (C), and polymer (C) has an average particle size d50% of 5 to 20 μm and a melting point that is higher than the melting range of copolymer (A) and lower than the melting range of copolymer (B).