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Method of making a radiation-curable ink composition, radiation-curable ink composition and ribbon assembly

US6040357A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 28, 1998
Grant dateMar 21, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 28, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC03C25/1065
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Provided is radiation-curable ink composition containing a radiation-curable carrier system containing at least one radiation-curable monomer or oligomer and at least one pigment dispersed in the radiation-curable carrier system in an amount sufficient to provide a color which is visible without magnification. The pigment is substantially insoluble in the radiation-curable carrier system whereby the particulate shape of the pigment is substantially retained in the radiation-curable carrier system. The pigment having a particle size that substantially avoids pigment induced microbending of an optical glass fiber coated with the ink coating.

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