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Cyan and magenta pigment set
Assignee: Eastman Kodak Co
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Filing: 1996-08-20
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Granted: 1997-10-21
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Expires: 2016-08-20
Abstract
Abstract The invention provides a pigment set comprising a magenta pigment, a yellow pigment, and a cyan pigment wherein the normalized spectral transmission density distribution curve of the cyan pigment has a density between 0.66 and 0.94 at 600 nm and a density between 0.83 and 1.0 at 610 nm, and the magenta pigment has a density between 0.25 and 0.93 at 520 nm, a density between 0.9 and 1.0 at 540 nm, and a density between 0.9 and 1.0 at 560 nm. Such a pigment set enables an increase in the color gamut available for imaging.
Inventors
- 👤 Elizabeth McInerney
- 👤 David Joseph Oldfield
- 👤 Douglas Eugene Bugner
- 👤 Alexandra DiLauro Bermel
- 👤 Domenic Santilli
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 01:56
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D11/00; C09D11/30; C09D11/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
79 words
A pigment set comprising a magenta pigment, a yellow pigment, and a cyan pigment wherein the normalized spectral transmission density distribution curve of the cyan pigment has a density between 0.66 and 0.94 at 600 nm and a density between 0.83 and 1.0 at 610 nm, and the magenta pigment has a density between 0.25 and 0.93 at 520 nm, a density between 0.9 and 1.0 at 540 nm, and a density between 0.9 and 1.0 at 560 nm.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
79 words
A pigment set comprising a magenta pigment, a yellow pigment, and a cyan pigment wherein the normalized spectral transmission density distribution curve of the cyan pigment has a density between 0.66 and 0.94 at 600 nm and a density between 0.83 and 1.0 at 610 nm, and the magenta pigment has a density between 0.25 and 0.93 at 520 nm, a density between 0.9 and 1.0 at 540 nm, and a density between 0.9 and 1.0 at 560 nm.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The pigment set of claim 1 wherein the distribution curve of the magenta pigment also has a density between 0.25 and 0.86 at 510 nm.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The pigment set of claim 2 wherein the distribution curve of the magenta pigment also has a density between 0.25 and 0.79 at 500 nm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The pigment set of claim 1 wherein the distribution curve of the cyan pigment also has a density between 0.5 and 0.89 at 590 nm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The pigment set of claim 4 wherein the distribution curve of the cyan pigment also has a density between 0.33 and 0.83 at 580 nm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The pigment set of claim 3 wherein the distribution curve of the cyan pigment also has a density between 0.5 and 0.89 at 590 nm.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
The pigment set of claim 6 wherein the distribution curve of the cyan pigment also has a density between 0.33 and 0.83 at 580 nm.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
11 words
The pigment set of claim 1 additionally comprising an achromatic pigment.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
The pigment set of claim 1 wherein the yellow pigment exhibits a normalized spectral transmission density distribution curve which has a transmission density between 0.9 and 1.0 at 450 nm and between 0.8 and 1.0 at 470 nm.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
The pigment set of claim 9 wherein the normalized spectral transmission density distribution curve of the yellow pigment has a density between 0.5 and 0.90 at 490 nm.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
20 words
The pigment set of claim 10 wherein the yellow pigment has a density between 0.5 and 0.8 at 490 nm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
11 words
The pigment set of claim 9 additionally comprising an achromatic pigment.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
12 words
An imaging system comprising a pigment set in accordance with claim 1.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
12 words
An imaging system comprising a pigment set in accordance with claim 3.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
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An imaging system comprising a pigment set in accordance with claim 5.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
12 words
An imaging system comprising a pigment set in accordance with claim 8.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
12 words
An imaging system comprising reservoirs containing the pigment set of claim 1.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
14 words
An ink jet printing system comprising reservoirs containing the pigment set of claim 8.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
14 words
An ink jet printing system comprising reservoirs containing the pigment set of claim 9.
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