AQUEOUS INKJET INK AND RECEIVER COMBINATION

US 20040061753A1
Filed: 09/27/2002
Published: 04/01/2004
Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2002
Status: Active Grant

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1. An aqueous inkjet ink and receiver combination wherein said aqueous ink jet ink comprises:

a pigment;

a polymer binder containing less than 25% of hydrophilic monomer by weight of the total polymer, the binder being dispersible but insoluble in aqueous media;

at least one surfactant;

a humectant; and

wherein said receiver comprises a non-absorbing substrate.

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An aqueous inkjet ink and receiver combination wherein the aqueous inkjet ink comprises: a pigment; a polymer binder containing less than 25% of a hydrophilic monomer by weight of the total polymer; the binder being dispersible but insoluble in aqueous media; at least one surfactant; a humectant; and wherein the receiver comprises a non-absorbing substrate.

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1. An aqueous inkjet ink and receiver combination wherein said aqueous ink jet ink comprises:
- a pigment;
  
  a polymer binder containing less than 25% of hydrophilic monomer by weight of the total polymer, the binder being dispersible but insoluble in aqueous media;
  
  at least one surfactant;
  
  a humectant; and
  
  wherein said receiver comprises a non-absorbing substrate.
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- - 2. The combination of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of the pigment to the polymer binder is 1:
    - 20 to 20;
      
      1.
  - 3. The combination of claim 1 wherein the weight ratio of the pigment to the polymer binder is 1:
    - 5 to 2;
      
      1.
  - 4. The combination of claim 1 wherein said pigment comprises up to 10% by weight of the ink composition.
  - 5. The combination of claim 1 wherein the pigment comprises up to 5% by weight of the ink composition.
  - 6. The combination of claim 1 wherein the pigment has an average particle size of less than 0.5 micron.
  - 7. The combination of claim 1 wherein the surfactant is a siliconated or a fluorinated surfactant or a mixture of both.
  - 8. The combination of claim 1 wherein the polymer binder is a polyester, an acrylic polymer or a polyurethane.
  - 9. The combination of claim 1 wherein the polymer binder is a polyurethane.
  - 10. The combination of claim 1 wherein the ink further comprises a cross-linking agent.
  - 11. The combination of claim 10 wherein the cross-linking agent is a di- or polyamine such as melamine, di- or polyhydrazide, isophorone diamine, 4,7-dioxadecene-1,10-diamine, or derivatives of dibasic acids.
  - 12. The method of claim 10 wherein the cross-linking agent is an adduct of melamine and an aldehyde.
  - 13. The combination of claim 1 wherein the polymer binder contains at least one reactive group capable of reacting with a cross-linking agent.
  - 14. The combination of claim 13 wherein the reactive group is an amine, carboxylic, hydroxy, epoxy, urea, urethane, or an active carbonyl.
  - 15. The combination of claim 1 wherein the polymer binder has a Tg of −
    - 50 to 80°
      
      C.
  - 16. The combination of claim 1 wherein the polymer binder has an average particle size of less than 0.5 micron.
  - 17. The combination of claim 1 wherein the polymer binder contains less than 10% of hydrophilic monomer by weight of the total polymer.
  - 18. The combination of claim 1 wherein the polymer binder contains less than 5% of hydrophilic monomer by weight of the total polymer.
  - 19. The combination of claim 1 wherein all monomer units in the polymer binder are hydrophobic.
  - 20. The combination of claim 8 wherein the acrylic polymer comprises a hydrophilic monomer unit selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, chloromethacrylic acid, maleic acid, allylamine, N,N-diethylallylamine, vinyl sulfonamide, sodium acrylate, sodium methacrylate, ammonium acrylate, ammonium methacrylate, acrylamidopropane-triethylammonium chloride, methacrylamidopropane-triethylammonium chloride, vinyl-pyridine hydrochloride, sodium vinyl phosphonate and sodium 1-methylvinylphosphonate, sodium vinyl sulfonate, sodium I-methylvinyl-sulfonate and sodium styrenesulfonate, ethyoxytriethylene glycol methacrylate, methoxypolyethylene oxide methacrylate, methoxypropylene oxide acrylate, polyethyleneoxide methacrylate, polyethylenoxide acrylate and N-vinyl pyrrolidone.
  - 21. The combination of claim 8 wherein the acrylic polymer contains at least one halogenated vinyl monomer unit.
  - 22. The combination of claim 21 wherein the halogenated vinyl monomer is selected from vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, vinyl fluoride, vinylidene fluoride, vinyl bromide, vinylidene bromide, and chloromethacrylic acid.
  - 23. The combination of claim 8 wherein the acrylic polymer is a homopolymer or copolymer.
  - 24. The combination of claim 23 wherein the copolymer latex further contains an ethylenically-unsaturated monomer capable of addition polymerization.
  - 25. The combination of claim 24 wherein the ethylenically-unsaturated monomer is selected from the group consisting of methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, butyl methacrylate, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, hexyl acrylate, n-octyl acrylate, lauryl methacrylate, 2-ethylhexyl methacrylate, nonyl acrylate, benzyl methacrylate, 2-hydroxypropyl methacrylate, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, vinyl acetate, vinyl propionate, vinylidene chloride, vinyl chloride, styrene, t-butyl styrene, vinyl toluene, butadiene, isoprene, N,N-dimethyl acrylamide, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, chloromethacrylic acid, maleic acid, allylamine, N,N-diethylallylamine, vinyl sulfonamide, sodium acrylate, sodium methacrylate, ammonium acrylate, ammonium methacrylate, acrylamidopropane-triethylammonium chloride, methacrylamidopropane-triethylammonium chloride, vinyl-pyridine hydrochloride, sodium vinyl phosphonate and sodium 1-methylvinylphosphonate, sodium vinyl sulfonate, sodium 1-methylvinyl-sulfonate and sodium styrenesulfonate.
  - 26. The combination of claim 1 where the pigment is a self-dispersing pigment, an encapsulated pigment or a pigment dispersed by a dispersant.
  - 27. The combination of claim 1 wherein the non-absorbing substrate is a plastic, glass, ceramic or metal substrate.
  - 28. The combination of claim 27 wherein the plastic substrate is an untreated vinyl.
  - 29. The combination of claim 10 wherein the dibasic acid is adipic dihydrazide, succinic dihydrazide, phthalica acid dihydrazide, dialkylmine derivatives of polyalkyl glycols, alkyl di- or triamines, epoxies, polyisocyanates, melamine or glycoluril.
  - 30. The combination of claim 13 wherein the active carbonyl is aldehyde or keto.

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Current Assignee
Commercial Copy Innovations Inc. (Quarterhill Inc. (f/k/a Wi-LAN Inc.))
Original Assignee
Eastman Kodak Company
Inventors
Wang, Xiaoru, Wang, Jin-Shan, Frazier, Ricky G., Chen, Huijuan D.

Granted Patent

US 6,848,777 B2
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US Class Current

347/100
CPC Class Codes

B41M 5/0023   Digital printing methods ch...

B41M 5/0047   by ink-jet printing

B41M 5/0058   on metals and oxidised meta...

B41M 5/0064   on plastics, horn, rubber, ...

B41M 5/007   on glass, ceramic, tiles, c...

C09D 11/30   Inkjet printing inks

C09D 11/322   Pigment inks

AQUEOUS INKJET INK AND RECEIVER COMBINATION

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