Abstract:
Disclosed is an ink composition comprising water, a colorant, and sodium tetraphenylboride. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a set of inks for printing multicolor images in an ink jet printer, the ink set comprising (1) a first ink having a first color and comprising water, a first colorant, and at least one of (a) a cationic polymer, (b) a cationic surfactant, or (c) an inorganic salt the cation of which has a tetraphenylboride salt that is substantially insoluble in water, and (2) a second ink having a second color different from the first color and comprising water, a second colorant, and sodium tetraphenylboride, wherein intercolor bleed between the first ink and the second ink is reduced when the second ink is printed adjacent to, on top of, or underneath the first ink on a print substrate.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process which comprises (a) incorporating into an ink jet printing apparatus (1) a first ink comprising water and at least one anionic monomer; and (2) a second ink comprising water and at least one cationic monomer, wherein the anionic monomer and the cationic monomer are selected so that upon contact of the anionic monomer with the cationic monomer, spontaneous polymerization or copolymerization of at least one of the anionic monomer or the cationic monomer occurs, and wherein at least one of the first ink and the second ink further comprises a colorant; (b) causing droplets of the first ink to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate; and (c) causing droplets of the second ink to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate; wherein the process results in at least some portions of the substrate bearing images formed from both the first ink and the second ink, said portions forming a printed image containing the colorant and a polymer formed from at least one of the anionic monomer or the cationic monomer. Similar processes are disclosed with N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate and p-toluene sulfonic acid, with acrylamide and a multivalent metal nitrate salt, and with 5-vinyl tetrazole and an amine base.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a compound of one of the formulae 1 2 wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and R10 each, independently of the others, is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group, R11 and R12 each, independently of the others, is an alkylene group, an arylene group, an arylalkylene group, or an alkylarylene group, G is a cationic moiety, A is an anionic moiety, n is an integer representing the number of repeat nullOSi(R7)(R8)null monomer units, a is an integer representing the number of repeat nullOSi(R10)(R12-lightfastness moiety)- monomer units, and c is an integer representing the number of repeat nullOSi(R9)(R11-hydrophilic moiety)- monomer units.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a process which comprises (a) preparing a first solution comprising water and an anionic dye; (b) preparing a second solution comprising water and a polyquaternary amine compound; (c) admixing the first solution and the second solution, thereby causing formation of a complex of the anionic dye and the polyquaternary amine compound and precipitation of the complex from the solution; and (d) isolating the complex thus formed.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an ink composition comprising (a) water, (b) an anionic dye, (c) a polyquaternary amine compound, and (d) a quaternary ammonium substituted UV absorbing compound. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to an ink composition comprising (a) water, (b) a complex of (i) an anionic dye and (ii) a polyquaternary amine compound, and (c) a quaternary ammonium substituted UV absorbing compound.
Abstract:
A fluid cartridges, such as a cartridge for storing ink for use in an ink jet printer. The cartridge includes a fluid chamber for storing fluid, a fluid outlet and a vent opening. A capillary member having an internal capillary chamber is attached to the fluid outlet port. A plurality of ribs in the capillary chamber terminate a short distance from the inner surface of the capillary chamber, and thereby define a plurality of capillary gaps or openings. An ink outlet opening is formed in an end of the capillary member remote from the in outlet port in the cartridge, whereby the fluid chamber is in fluid communication with the external environment via the vent opening, the capillary chamber, and the ink outlet port.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an ink composition which comprises water, a colorant, and a lighffastness agent which is a polysiloxane having thereon a hydrophilic moiety and a lighffastness moiety. Also disclosed are printing processes using the ink.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an ink composition comprising (a) water and (b) a complex of (i) an anionic dye, (ii) an anionic lightfastness-imparting agent, and (iii) a polyquaternary amine compound.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a phase change ink composition comprising a colorant and an ink vehicle, the ink being a solid at temperatures less than about 50null C. and exhibiting a viscosity of no more than about 20 centipoise at a jetting temperature of no more than about 160null C., wherein at a first temperature hydrogen bonds of sufficient strength exist between the ink vehicle molecules so that the ink vehicle forms hydrogen-bonded dimers, oligomers, or polymers, and wherein at a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature the hydrogen bonds between the ink vehicle molecules are sufficiently broken that fewer hydrogen-bonded dimers, oligomers, or polymers are present in the ink at the second temperature than are present in the ink at the first temperature, so that the viscosity of the ink at the second temperature is lower than the viscosity of the ink at the first temperature.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an aqueous ink composition comprising an aqueous liquid vehicle, a colorant, and an additive wherein, when the ink has been applied to a recording substrate in an image pattern and a substantial amount of the aqueous liquid vehicle has either evaporated from the ink image, hydrogen bonds of sufficient strength exist between the additive molecules so that the additive forms hydrogen-bonded oligomers or polymers.