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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109623 | Ink-jet recording method and recorded matter An ink-jet recording method is provided. The ink-jet method includes recording an images by ejecting, onto a recording medium by an-inkjet method, a liquid composition containing polymer particles having a glass transition temperature (Tg) higher than the minimum fi... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109622 | Recording ink, ink cartridge, inkjet recording method, and inkjet recording apparatus The present invention provides a recording ink including a composite pigment particle, a water-soluble solvent, and water, wherein the composite pigment particle is a primary particle coated with a coating resin, wherein the primary particle is a white pigment on th... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8092003 | Digital printing system Systems and methods for digitally printing images onto substrates are provided using digital inks and catalysts which initiate and/or accelerate curing of the inks on the substrates. The ink and catalyst are kept separate from each other while inside the heads of an... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087768 | Ink-jet authentication mark for a product or product packaging A method of ink-jet printing an authentication mark on an article including, in order, the steps of: a) providing an article including an ink-receiving layer; b) applying a curable fluid on an ink-receiving layer according to a first image; c) at least partially cur... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087767 | Inkjet ink set An ink set is provided which produces a printed article having excellent physical durability. The ink set contains a first liquid composition containing a reactive carbonyl group and a second liquid composition containing a co-reactive amine group, at least one of t... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083339 | Ink set, treating liquid, recording liquid, image recording apparatus and image recording method To provide an ink set including a recording liquid and a treating liquid capable of obtaining a high-quality-image printed matter. To provide the high-quality-image printed matter by using the ink set including the recording liquid and the treating liquid, where the... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083341 | Thermal ink-jet ink and ink cartridge using the ink An ink cartridge for storing ink includes a thermal ink-jet head provided with a heating portion that generates thermal energy for discharging the ink. The heating portion has, on its surface in contact with the ink, a protective layer containing at least one of a s... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083340 | Container and method for storing light-curable ink There is provided a method of storing a light-curable ink composition. Air and the light-curable ink composition are introduced into a container. The distance from an air-liquid interface to a bottom portion of the container is equal to or less than 5 cm. The amount... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083338 | Radiation-curable ink-jet printing A radiation-curable ink-jet black ink is provided which includes a black pigment, at least one colour pigment and at least one radiation-curable compound. An ink-jet ink set which includes the radiation-curable ink-jet black ink and a process for printing with such ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079696 | Solid ink pastilles A particulate composition of solid phase change ink includes sub-granular size pastilles composed of at least a salt, an ink vehicle compound, a viscosity modifying amide compound and a colorant, and each sub-granular size pastille of the particulate composition is ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079695 | Inkjet inks having improved print uniformity An inkjet printer, includes an ink containing a print uniformity improving polymer obtained by chain copolymerizing at least the following ethylenically unsaturated monomers: (a) a first monomer having a lowest pKa value greater th... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075123 | Ink set for inkjet recording and inkjet recording method An ink set for inkjet recording is provided that includes at least a colored liquid composition having at least a radically polymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator, and a colorant, and an undercoat liquid composition having at least a radically polym... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075124 | Liquid cartridge containing a recording liquid having a pH of over 4 and under 6 An ink containing a hydrophobic colloid charged with a positive zeta potential when the pH of the ink is within a range of over 4 and under 6. Silicon or silicon compound can be limited from being eluted into the ink from a circuit board formed from a silicon wafer ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075122 | Inkjet ink set An inkjet ink set includes eleven colored inks and a surface enhancing ink. The eleven colored inks include a magenta ink, a light magenta ink, a yellow ink, a cyan ink, a light cyan ink, a medium gray ink, a light gray ink, a photo black ink, a red ink, a green ink... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075125 | Liquid spraying cartridge containing a recording liquid having a pH of over 4 and under 6 An ink containing a hydrophobic colloid charged with a positive zeta potential when the pH of the ink is within a range of over 4 and under 6. Silicon or silicon compound can be limited from being eluted into the ink from a circuit board formed from a silicon wafer ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075126 | Ink, ink jet recording method, recording unit, ink cartridge, and ink jet recording apparatus An ink jet ink contains at least a coloring material and a specific water-soluble organic solvent and has both excellent color developability and excellent humidity resistance. The coloring material exhibits a small (9 or less) color difference ΔE value which is de... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070280 | Ink-jet recording apparatus In an ink-jet recording apparatus, insoluble materials originating from rubber members employed in an ink passage are prevented from precipitating into a preservation solution or a water-based ink filled into the ink passage. The ink-jet recording apparatus in which... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066364 | Inkjet inks having anti-abrasion polymers and anti-abrasion aids An aqueous inkjet ink is described including water, a charge stabilized anti-abrasion polymer provided as a hydrophobic colloidal sol, a water-soluble humectant and a polyethyleneglycol-diether compound of Formula I as an anti-abrasion aid: R1â€... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061830 | Ink-jet recording ink set and ink-jet recording method The invention provides an ink-jet recording ink set including at least one first liquid A for at least forming an image and at least one second liquid B having a different composition from the composition of the first liquid A, wherein the first liquid A contains at... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061832 | Fast-drying, radiofrequency-activatable inkjet inks and methods and systems for their use The present invention provides methods of drying radiofrequency-activatable inkjet inks, methods for customizing the radiofrequency parameters of an RF source based on pre-selected printing conditions, and methods for selecting or formulating an RF inkjet ink compos... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061831 | Inkjet ink and ink set The present invention pertains to a yellow ink for inkjet printing and, in particular, to a yellow ink containing a combination of specific yellow colorants, namely Direct yellow 169 and Acid Yellow 79. The present invention further pertains to ink set... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8057031 | Method of forming a phase change ink image on a self-laminating recording medium A method of creating an image on a recording medium including a support having thereon a porous fusible layer, using an ink composition that is solid at room temperature and liquid at elevated temperature including the steps of generating droplets of the ink composi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052268 | Ink set and method for making the same An ink set includes a light gray ink, a medium gray ink, and a black ink. Each of the inks in the ink set includes a carboxylic polymer. The light gray ink has a carboxylic polymer load equal to or greater than about 4.27 wt %. The medium gray ink has a carboxylic p... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052270 | Ink-jet ink and ink-jet recording method An ink-jet ink including water, a pigment dispersion, a water-soluble polymerizing or cross-linking substance having an ethylenic unsaturated group, and a water-soluble photo-initiator, wherein the pigment dispersion is anionic, and the photo-initiator is anionic an... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8052269 | Jettable inks with reduced frothing An ink includes a jettable vehicle including a surfactant, and a color component dispersed in the jettable vehicle. According to one exemplary embodiment, the jettable vehicle exhibits a froth half life of less than 100 minutes. ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8038279 | Ink-jet inks for neutral black printing Ink, ink sets, and methods of printing are provided. The inks can include an aqueous solvent system including from about 5 wt % to about 20 wt % organic co-solvent, from about 2 wt % to about 5 wt % black dye, and a dye selected from cyan, magenta, and yellow dyes. ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029122 | Recording ink, inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus A recording ink containing at least: water; a water-soluble organic solvent; a surfactant; and a carbon black having a hydrophilic group on a surface thereof, wherein at least part of a terminal of the hydrophilic group on the carbon black is substituted with an alk... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029123 | Material set for recording and recording apparatus A material set for recording includes: ink receiving particles that include a resin having an acid value of from about 50 mg KOH/g to about 750 mg KOH/g, and have a neutralization degree of from more than 0 to less than 1; and an ink that includes at least a coloran... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8016405 | Ink-jet recording apparatus The ink-jet recording apparatus has an ink passage into which a water based ink or a preservation solution is filled. The ink passage employs a rubber member formed from a rubber which is formed of a butyl rubber polymer, a rubber polymer vulcanizable with an organi... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016406 | Aqueous ink, aqueous ink set, ink cartridge, ink-jet recording apparatus, ink-jet recording method, and image-forming method An aqueous ink comprises water, a water-insoluble coloring material, and plurality of water-soluble organic solvents and the plurality of water-soluble organic solvents including a good medium or good mediums for the water-insoluble coloring material and a poor medi... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011777 | Ink set, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, and ink jet recording apparatus An ink set includes a combination of a first ink and a second ink, the first ink containing a self-dispersion pigment having at least one hydrophilic group directly or through another atomic group bonded to the surface of the pigment particle, and ammonium ions, the... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011774 | Azo dye, colored composition, heat-sensitive transfer recording ink sheet, heat-sensitive transfer recording method, color toner, inkjet ink and color filter An azo dye represented by formula (1): wherein, R11 represents a monovalent substituent, R12 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent, Ar1 represents a specific heterocyclic gr... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011775 | Ink set, ink system and method for printing an image An ink set includes a red ink and a magenta ink. The red ink includes an effective amount of a red pigment having a predetermined red/green lambda cutoff, and the magenta ink includes an effective amount of a magenta pigment having a predetermined red/green lambda c... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011778 | Sealant for ink jet head, ink jet head, and ink jet recording apparatus A sealant for an ink jet head includes at least an oxetane compound having a biphenyl skeleton, an alicyclic epoxy compound, and a cationic polymerization initiator. ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8011776 | Inkjet-recording ink set, inkjet-recording ink and inkjet image-recording method The present invention provides an inkjet-recording ink set including multiple kinds of liquid including at least first and second liquids, wherein the first liquid contains a metal compound dissolved therein, and at least one of the multiple kinds of liquid contains... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007097 | Water-based ink, ink jet recording method, ink cartridge, recording unit, ink jet recording apparatus, and image forming method A water-based ink of the present invention includes water, a plurality of different water-soluble organic solvents, and a water-insoluble coloring material, wherein the above water-soluble organic solvents consist of a good solvent to the above water-insoluble color... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8007096 | Ink compositions for use in highlighter markers and associated methods Highlighter ink compositions can be prepared which provide improved abilities to reduce smear during highlighting. Highlighter ink compositions can include an acid buffer having a pKa from about 2 to about 6, a highlighter colorant, and a liquid vehicle. The image f... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7997713 | Thermal ink-jet including polymer encapsulated pigment The present invention is drawn to thermal ink-jet inks including a polymer encapsulated pigment, and systems and methods that use the same. Such polymer encapsulated pigments are the result of polymerization at the surface of the pigment using a plurality of monomer... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7997714 | Matting liquid for ink-jet printing A system and associated methods for printing matte and glossy images on a glossy media substrate including an ink set that includes at least one pigmented ink-jet ink including an anionic surface charged pigment dispersed in a first liquid vehicle and a substantiall... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992989 | Ink jet recording method and ink jet recording device An ink jet recording method comprising: applying an undercoating liquid containing an oligomer onto a recording medium; partially curing the undercoating liquid that has been applied onto the recording medium; and recording an image by ejecting an ink that is curabl... | 08/09/2011 |
