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Ink jet printing method

US6523950B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 21, 2000
Grant dateFeb 25, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41M5/5281
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of:A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals;B) loading the printer with ink-receptive elements comprising a support having thereon an image-receiving layer comprising a mixture of an anionic polymer and a hydrophilic polymer;C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition comprising water, a humectant, and a delocalized cationic azo dye derived from the quaternization of a nitrogen heterocyclic azo dye; andD) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.

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