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Ink, ink-jet recording process, and instrument making use of the ink

US5078790A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 6, 1991
Grant dateJan 7, 1992
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Expiry dateFeb 6, 2011

Classification

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

Abstract

An ink comprises a recording agent and a liquid medium capable of dissolving or dispersing the recording agent, wherein said ink contains both a compound represented by the following Formula (I) and a compound represented by the following Formula (II): ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 each represent an alkyl group or a hydroxyalkyl group, and any one of them may represent a hydrogen atom; X.sup.- represents an inorganic acid ion; R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 each represent a group selected from a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group and a hydroxyalkyl group; and R.sub.6 represents a group selected from a carboxyl group, a hydroxyl group, a sulfone group, an alkyl group and a hydrogen atom. The ink is suitably used in the ink-jet recording.

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