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Ink, ink container, ink set, ink jet printing apparatus, and ink jet printing method

US6471757B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 1998
Grant dateOct 29, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

An ink of the present invention has a dye and a pigment. The pigment is a self-dispersant type pigment and an anionic dye in which at least one anionic group is bound on a surface of the pigment directly or through another atomic group and having a Ka value of less than 1 ml·m−2·msec−½ according to a Bristow method. An image having an excellent image quality is formed by using such an ink in the process of ink jet recording.

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