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Ink composition for drop-on-demand ink jet

US4781758A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 22, 1987
Grant dateNov 1, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09D11/38
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A substantially aqueous composition for drop on demand ink jet printing comprising a fluid vehicle with greater than 50% by weight water, a water soluble dye in the range of 1-10% by weight, a lower alkylene glycol plasticizer in the range of concentration of 1-20% by weight, and in the range of 1-10% by weight, a water soluble additive which is a low molecular weight heterocyclic, bifunctional monomer or dimer in which the two functional groups are either two imide groups, or a hydantoin bearing a carboxylic acid group, with both the imide groups and the amide groups being capped with hydroxyalkylene units.

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