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Ink composition for ink jet recording

US6271285A · kind A · utility

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25Claims
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Filing dateMar 27, 1998
Grant dateAug 7, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 27, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC08F8/44
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An ink composition is provided which can realize an image having excellent rubbing/scratch resistance and waterfastness, is free from a clogged nozzle problem, and enables stable printing. The ink composition comprises a colorant, a fine particle of a polymer, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, the fine particle of the polymer having a film-forming property, a carboxyl group on its surface, and a reactivity with a divalent metal salt such that, when three volumes of an aqueous emulsion, of the fine particle of the polymer, having a fine particle concentration of 0.1% by weight is brought into contact with one volume of an aqueous divalent metal salt solution having a concentration of 1 mol/liter, the time for the transmission of light at a wavelength of 700 nm to be decreased to 50% of the initial transmission is not more than 1.times.10.sup.4 sec.

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