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Set of color ink compositions for ink-jet printing and method of forming color images using the color ink set

US6120589A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 19, 1999
Grant dateSep 19, 2000
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Expiry dateFeb 19, 2019

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC09D11/40
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A set of color ink compositions for ink-jet printing includes yellow, magenta and cyan ink composition, each of which having water, a water-soluble coloring agent, a wetting agent, a surfactant and an antiseptic and mildewproofing agent, and the yellow ink composition has the lightness index L* of 95.+-.5 and the chromaticness indices a* and b* of respectively -6.+-.5 and 23 .+-.12, the magenta ink composition has the lightness index L* of 75.+-.5 and the chromaticness indices a* and b* of respectively 55.+-.25 and -28.+-.10, and the cyan ink composition has the lightness index L* of 87.+-.5 and the chromaticness indices a* and b* of respectively -35.+-.10 and -19.+-.8. Further, color ink images are formed on a recording material with a Stockigt sizing degree of 10 sec or more using the above set of color ink compositions and a printing head with a plurality of ink-ejecting orifices by performing dot printing on the recording material by ejecting the ink compositions from the ink-ejecting orifices with the printing head scanned over the recording material a plurality of times.

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