Method of selecting an ink set of an ink jet printer
US6290762A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 26, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 26, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC09D11/40
- WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of printing an image on a substrate with an ink jet printer, the method including the step of ejecting a plurality of discrete portions of ink from the ink jet printer toward the substrate, the ink including at least three different inks with each ink of each different pair of inks containing either different dyes or different concentrations of the same dye, and the step of sequentially forming a plurality of layers of ink dots on the substrate using the discrete portions of ink, with adjacent layers having overlapping ink dots formed of different inks, the plurality of layers of ink dots constituting the image, and the image fully covering all portions of the substrate beneath the image.
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