Composition and method for color printing of resinous films

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PRINTING ON VINYL RESINS WHICH COMPRISES APPLYING BY ORDINARY PRINTING MEANS TO A VINYL RESIN FILM, SHEET OR ARTICLE A PRINTING PASTE COMPOSITION WHICH COMPRISES AN OIL-IN-WATER TYPE EMULSION HAVING AS THE WATER IMMISCIBLE PHASE A PIGMENT DISPERSED IN A SOLUTION OF A TERPENE ALCOHOL, A HYDROPHILIC SALT OF THE CONDENSATION PRODUCT OF A MONOVINYL BENZENE HYDROCARBON AND A MATERIAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF MALEIC ACID, MALEIC ANHYDRIDE, AND PARTIAL ESTERS OF MALEIC ACID, SAID SALT BEING SOLUBILIZED IN SAID TERPENE ALCOHOL BY A SOLUBILIZING AMOUNT OF AN ALIPHATIC MONOHYDRIC ALCOHOL CONTAINING FROM 4 TO 14 CARBON ATOMS, AND A VINYL RESIN LATEX SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HOMOPOLYMERIC VINYL HALIDE RESIN LATICES AND LATICES OF CO-POLYMERS OF VINYL HALIDES AND VINYL ACETATE AND AN AQUEOUS PHASE COMPRISING WATER, SAID COMPOSITION CONTAINING FROM 40% TO 70% WATER, AND SUBSEQUENTLY SLOWLY EVAPORATING THE WATER AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT 120* F. TO 150* F.