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Ink jet printing method

US6533408B1 · kind B1 · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 21, 2001
Grant dateMar 18, 2003
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Expiry dateJun 21, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41M5/5254
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An ink jet printing method having the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink-receiving element having a support having thereon a continuous, coextensive, porous ink-receiving layer having interconnecting voids; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition of water, a humectant, a pigment and particles of a water-dispersible polymer; and D) printing on the ink-receiving layer using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.

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