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Ink set for ink-jet recording, method for producing the same, and the ink-jet printer

US7407537B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 2, 2005
Grant dateAug 5, 2008
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Expiry dateApr 7, 2026

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

Abstract

An ink set for ink-jet recording includes a pigment-based ink containing a negatively chargeable and self-dispersible pigment as a coloring agent and a dye-based ink containing an anionic dye as a coloring agent, and the ink set satisfies the following expression (1):Dci<1.1×Pci+0.0001  (1)wherein “Dci” represents an amount of counter ion (mol/g) of the anionic dye contained in the dye-based ink, and “Pci” represents an amount of counter ion (mol/g) of the self-dispersible pigment contained in the pigment-based ink. The pigment aggregation can be greatly suppressed, and the high quality printing can be stably performed when the ink set for ink-jet recording composed of the pigment-based ink and the dye-based ink is carried on an ink-jet printer provided with a conventional maintenance system that is simple and at low cost.

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