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Recording liquid and ink-jet recording process using same

Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1989-07-25
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2009-07-25
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Abstract

Abstract A recording liquid comprises dyes and a liquid medium. The dyes comprises a black dye and a Toning water-soluble dye in combination. The black dye is selected from the group consisting of C.I. Food Black 1, C.I. Acid Black 140 and C.I. Acid Balck 187.

Inventors

  • 👤 Shoji Koike
  • 👤 Tsuyoshi Eida
  • 👤 Takao Yamamoto

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 03:07
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D11/00; C09D11/30; C09D11/32; C09D11/328

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim 50 words
A recording liquid comprising dyes and a liquid medium for dissolving the dye, wherein said dyes comprises a black dye and a toning water-soluble dye in combination, said black dye being selected from the group consisting of C.I. Food Black 1, C.I. Acid Black 140 and C.I. Acid Black 187.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 50 words
A recording liquid comprising dyes and a liquid medium for dissolving the dye, wherein said dyes comprises a black dye and a toning water-soluble dye in combination, said black dye being selected from the group consisting of C.I. Food Black 1, C.I. Acid Black 140 and C.I. Acid Black 187.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 34 words
A recording liquid according to Claim 1, wherein said black dye is contained in a proportion of from 40 to 95 % by weight based on all the dyes contained in said recording solution.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 24 words
A recording liquid according to Claim 1, wherein said toning water-soluble dye comprises at least one of a magenta dye and a yellow dye.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 18 words
A recording liquid according to Claim 1, wherein said liquid medium comprises water and a water-­soluble organic solvent.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 33 words
A recording liquid according to Claim 4, wherein said water-soluble organic solvent is selected from the group consisting of glycerol and polyethylene oxide having a degree of polymerization of from 2 to 6.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 35 words
A recording liquid according to Claim 4, wherein said water soluble organic solvent is contained in an amount of from 2 to 65 % by weight based on the total weight of the recording liquid.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 31 words
A recording liquid according to Claim 3, wherein said yellow dye is selected from the group consisting of C.I. Direct Yellow 86, C.I. Direct Yellow 142 and C.I. Acid Yellow 23.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 105 words
A recording liquid according to Claim 3, wherein said magenta dye is selected from the group consisting of C.I. Direct Red 227 and a dye represented by the following Formula (A): wherein Y represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a methoxy group, an acetylamino group or a nitro group, or Y forms a benzene ring together with the carbon atom at the 3-position of the benzene ring B; X represents an acetyl group, a benzoyl group, a p-­toluenesulfonyl group or a 4-chloro-6-hydroxy-1,3,5-­triazin-2-yl group; and M¹, M² and M³ each represent a base selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal, ammonium and amines.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 37 words
An ink-jet recording process comprising making a record by applying droplets of a recording liquid to a recording medium having a pigment-coated layer, wherein said recording liquid is as claimed in any of Claims 1 to 8.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 25 words
An ink-jet recording process according to Claim 9, wherein said pigment-coated layer comprises silica having a specific surface area of from 35 to 650 m²/g.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 66 words
A recording liquid comprising dyes and a liquid medium for dissolving the dye, wherein said dyes comprises a black dye, a magenta dye and a yellow dye, said black dye being selected from the group consisting of C.I. Food Black 1, C.I. Acid Black 140 and C.I. Acid Black 187, and contained in a proportion of from 40 to 95% by weight based on the dyes.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 66 words
A recording liquid comprising dyes and a liquid medium for dissolving the dye, wherein said dyes comprises a black dye, a magenta dye and a yellow dye, said black dye being selected from the group consisting of C.I. Food Black 1, C.I. Acid Black 140 and C.I. Acid Black 187, and contained in a proportion of from 40 to 95% by weight based on the dyes.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 20 words
A recording liquid according to Claim 11, and having the features set out in any of Claims 4 to 8.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 22 words
A recording liquid comprising at least one black dye and at least one other dye that enhances the blackness of the liquid.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 22 words
A recording liquid comprising at least one black dye and at least one other dye that enhances the blackness of the liquid.

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