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Mediation of waterfastness in ink-jet ink compositions by using partial chemically-treated macromolecular chromophores (MMCS)
Assignee: Hewlett Packard Development Co LP
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Filing: 1998-11-10
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Granted: 2000-03-07
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Expires: 2018-11-10
Abstract
Abstract The ink of the invention comprises (a) a vehicle comprising (1) about 1 to 50 wt % of at least one organic solvent as humectants, and (2) about 0.01 to 20 wt % of at least one water-soluble surfactant or amphiphilic polymer (cationic, anionic, or non-ionic); (b) about 1 to 20 wt % of at least one partial chemically-modified, water-soluble colorant, the colorant having sufficient functional groups associated therewith to be substantially waterfast in deionized water while being sufficiently stable in the ink to avoid flocculation; and (c) the balance water. The use of a partial chemically-modified, water-soluble colorant (macromolecular chromophore) results in an ink that is both waterfast and non-flocculating.
Inventors
- 👤 Joseph W Tsang
- 👤 John R Moffatt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-25 10:10
CPC Classifications
C; C09; C09D; C09D11/00; C09D11/30; C09D11/32; B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/005; B41J2/01; C09B; C09B67/00; C09B67/0071; C09B67/0072; C09B67/0073; C09C; C09C1/00; C09C1/44; C09C1/48; C09C1/56; C09C3/00; C09C3/08; C09D11/322; C09D11/36; C09D11/38; C01; C01P; C01P2006/00; C01P2006/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
42 words
A colorant for a thermal ink-jet ink for thermal ink-jet printing comprising a partially chemically-modified, water-soluble colorant, said colorant having sufficient functional groups associated therewith to be substantially waterfast in deionized water while being sufficiently stable in said ink to avoid flocculation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
42 words
A colorant for a thermal ink-jet ink for thermal ink-jet printing comprising a partially chemically-modified, water-soluble colorant, said colorant having sufficient functional groups associated therewith to be substantially waterfast in deionized water while being sufficiently stable in said ink to avoid flocculation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The colorant of claim 1, wherein said chemically-modified, water-soluble colorant includes a pigment.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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The colorant of claim 2, wherein said pigment is selected from the group consisting of black, cyan, yellow, and magenta pigments.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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The colorant of claim 3, wherein said colorant is anionic and is associated with a counterion selected from the group consisting of alkali metal ions, alkaline earth metal ions, substituted ammonium ions, and unsubstituted ammonium ions.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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The colorant of claim 4, wherein said functional groups on said anionic colorant are selected from the group consisting of sulfonate and carboxylate ions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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The colorant of claim 3, wherein said colorant is cationic and is associated with a counterion selected from the group consisting of halide, sulfate, nitrate, phosphate, sulfonate, carboxylate, carbonate, bicarbonate, borate, tetraborate, tetrafluoroborate, methane sulfonate, methyl benzene sulfonate, phosphite, phosphonate, hexaflurophosphonate, phosphene, phenolate, perchlorate, tungstate, molybdate, and silicate ions.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
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The colorant of claim 6, wherein said functional groups on said cationic colorant consist essentially of quaternary ammonium ions and phosphonium ions.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
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The colorant of claim 1, wherein said colorant exhibits a transfer of ink of less than 200 optical density units when water is dripped on horizontal bars of said ink printed on paper.
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