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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128215 | Ink jet printer, ink jet recording method, and recorded matter The present invention provides an ink jet printer having an ink-contacting member which is in contact with an ink until the ink is injected from a print head and which contains an antioxidant, wherein the ink-contacting member has a concentration of a compound repre... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8087766 | Fast-drying, solvent-based inkjet composition and a method and system for printing such ink Disclosed herein is a fast drying solvent-based inkjet ink composition for thermal inkjet printing. The ink composition includes at least 40 weight percent base solvent, a solvent-compatible colorant, not more than 25 weight percent propellant, a decap-controlling a... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8075121 | Fast-drying, solvent-based inkjet ink composition and a method and system for printing such inks The present disclosure relates to a fast drying solvent-based inkjet ink composition for thermal inkjet printing, the ink composition comprising at least 40 weight percent base solvent, a solvent-compatible colorant, not more than 25 weight percent propellant, a dec... | 12/13/2011 |
| 7866805 | Introducing liquid for ink jet head, ink jet head, and ink jet recording apparatus An introducing liquid for an ink jet head in the invention is used to fill the ink jet head before introducing ink into the ink jet head. The introducing liquid has a surface tension satisfying the following equation (1), and a contact angle of not more than 25 degr... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7703905 | Method for treating inkjet liquid, recording apparatus using the same, liquid storage tank, liquid absorber for liquid storage and liquid treatment apparatus The present invention relates to a method for treating liquids used in inkjet recording including, providing a first printing liquid and a second printing liquid that is capable of reacting with the first printing liquid to cause coagulation and thickening if mixed ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7682009 | Cooling, condensation and freezing of atmospheric water or of a microfluidic working-material in or on microfluidic devices Condensation of water from a gas, such as from atmospheric air or other nearby ambient gas, is provided for use in a variety of jetting devices, such as inkjet and lab-on-a-chip applications. Further embodiments involve the use of frozen liquids, not limited to froz... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7597436 | Maintenance liquid for ink jet recording apparatus Disclosed is a maintenance liquid for an ink jet recording apparatus which possesses excellent cleaning properties. In particular, a maintenance liquid, which exhibits excellent cleaning properties even in an ink jet printer using an ink having a high colorant densi... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7594718 | UV curable coating composition Disclosed is method of coating an inkjet print head using a UV curable coating composition containing a (methyl)acryloxy or vinyl functionalized silane, silica and polyurethane acrylate oligomer containing at least two acrylate groups. ... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7530683 | Fixing fluid and inkjet ink sets comprising same The present invention pertains to a substantially colorless, oxysilyl groups-containing fixer fluid which, when applied over or under an inkjet ink, can enhance the properties of a printed image. The invention also pertains to an ink set comprising the fixer fluid, ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530682 | Correction ink for micro defect of color pattern, color filter, method for correcting micro defect of color pattern, and process for producing ink A correction ink of the present invention is used for correcting a micro defect in a color pattern, which includes a coloring agent, polymer, monomer having reactivity functional group and a solvent, wherein an amount of the solvent is from 25% by weight to 70% by w... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7527368 | Identification code, formation method of identification code, liquid droplet ejection apparatus, and electro-optic apparatus An identification code is formed in a code formation area provided on a substrate. The code formation area is divided into a plurality of data cells. A plurality of dots are bonded with the substrate in such a manner that each of the dots is arranged in a predetermi... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7472988 | Method for treating inkjet liquid, recording apparatus using the same, liquid storage tank, liquid absorber for liquid storage and liquid treatment apparatus The present invention relates to a method for treating liquids used in inkjet recording including, providing a first printing liquid and a second printing liquid that is capable of reacting with the first printing liquid to cause coagulation and thickening if mixed ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7441883 | Production process of inkjet ink composition and inkjet composition A process for producing an inkjet ink composition is provided and includes dispersion-treating a coloring material in a non-aqueous solvent with a dispersant having no coloring material-dispersing property, the coloring material being covered with a resin insoluble ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7438405 | Ink set for ink jet recording, ink jet recording method, and ink jet recording apparatus The present invention provides an ink set for ink jet recording, an ink jet recording method and an ink jet recording apparatus using the same. The ink set for ink jet recording includes a black ink and color inks including at least cyan, magenta and yellow inks. Th... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7427130 | Image forming process and image forming apparatus and ink set therefor An image is formed by applying a recording composition having a colorant and a treating composition including a component that reacts with colorant droplets so that the compositions contact and mix with each other on a recording medium; and adjusting the pH of the m... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425062 | Inkjet ink, ink set and method of printing This invention pertains to an inkjet ink including a polycarbodiimide groups-containing component, various ink sets comprising this ink, including one ink set with at least one co-reactive ink, and a method of printing with the ink and ink sets. When the inks are pr... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7404631 | Ink jet ink and recording method A UV-setting ink-jet ink containing at least color materials, UV-polymeric compound, and photo-induced polymerization initiator in a water-based medium, wherein the concentration of oxygen dissolved in the ink is 0.1 to 2 ppm at 25° C. This str... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402613 | Colored fine particle dispersion and a water-based ink for an ink-jet system A water-based ink for ink-jet printing, comprising colored particles containing: (a) a core particle having a colorant; and (b) a shell having a resin and encapsulating the core particle, wherein the resin comprises a monomer unit having a hydroxyl group in an amoun... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7396864 | Ink jet ink composition and method of printing A HAPs-free ink jet ink includes a pigment; a binder comprising vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer; and a HAPs-free solvent component comprising 1-methoxy-2-propanol acetate, a dispersing solvent selected from cyclohexanone, n-propyl acetate, n-butyl acetate, di... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396120 | Inkjet recording method and recording product A recording method performs recording on a recording medium using a pigment ink and a reaction liquid that has a higher surface tension than that of the pigment ink and contains a polyvalent metal salt capable of agglomerating the pigment ink. The method includes th... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393093 | Process for ink jet printing An ink-jet printing process containing the steps (a) and (b) in any order or simultaneously: (a) applying an ink by means of an ink printer to a localised region of substrate to form an image on the substrate; and (b) applying a fixing composition containing a liqui... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393094 | Ink for inkjet, ink set for inkjet, and inkjet recording method An ink for inkjet including: a dye; and water and/or a water-miscible organic solvent, wherein the dye includes a dye compound having at least one heterocyclic structure, and the ink further includes, as an additive, at least one compound capable of chemically inter... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390083 | Ink-jet recording ink and method of ink-jet recording An inkjet recording ink including an aqueous medium having dissolved or dispersed therein a dye having a specific property or structure, and containing at least one antiseptic is provided, which can ensure excellent ejection stability and color hue even after long-t... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7377630 | Ink-jet ink sets, ink-jet ink tanks, ink-jet recording methods, and ink-jet recording apparatuses An ink-jet ink set having a first liquid and a second liquid, wherein the first liquid includes a colored particle, a dispersant, a water-soluble solvent, and water, the second liquid includes a water-soluble solvent, water, a coagulant capable of coagulating or ins... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374279 | Liquid jet recording apparatus, liquid jet head and recording liquid A liquid jet head includes a nozzle element having nozzles from which a recording liquid is ejected to a recording medium, wherein the recording liquid contains fine particles of a pigment, wherein the fine particles of the pigment contained in the recording liquid ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374280 | Image forming apparatus and method The image forming apparatus comprises: an ink ejection device which ejects droplets of a radiation-curable ink onto a recording medium; a conveyance device which causes the ink ejection device and the recording medium to move relatively to each other in a relative m... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7374278 | Water-based ink containing colored microparticle dispersion A water-based ink including a colored microparticle dispersion having water and a microparticle containing a resin and a colorant, wherein the microparticle has a core part and a shell part to form a core-shell structure and the core part and the shell part are cros... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370952 | Ink, and, inkjet recording process, ink cartridge, recording unit, and inkjet recording apparatus using the ink A water-based ink containing a surface treated pigment as a coloring material, a water-soluble organic solvent, water, both for dispersing the pigment, an organic pH buffer selected from Good's buffers, and a compound selected from aminopropanediol derivatives. This... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370953 | Inkjet recording ink An inkjet recording ink includes at least one yellow-azo dye having specific properties or a specific structure dissolved and/or dispersed in an aqueous medium and containing a water-miscible organic solvent having a specific solubility with respect to dye. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367665 | Metal-cyanine dye having axial ligands which reduce visible absorption The present invention provides an IR-absorbing metal-cyanine dye, said metal having at least one axial ligand bound thereto, wherein said axial ligand comprises a moiety suitable for reducing intermolecular interactions between adjacent dye molecules, thereby minimi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364770 | Coated fine particles and method for producing coated fine particles by reverse Diels-Alder reaction An object of the present invention is to provide coated fine particles with a uniform particle size, having stable crystals on the surface, and to provide colored fine particles which exhibit good color development. A recorded image formed by a dispersion and an ink... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360883 | Active ray curable ink, image forming method and ink-jet recording apparatus An active ray curable ink containing at least two photo-polymerization compounds, one of which is an oxetane compound having a specific formula, and the other is an epoxy compound, having an oxirane ring in the molecule. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7354126 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and image forming program An image forming apparatus comprises: a recording head that record dots corresponding to pixels of image data by discharging ink droplets from plural nozzles and discharge, in correspondence to the dots, colorless or light-colored aggregating liquid that causes colo... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354211 | Perforation forming mechanism for use in an imaging apparatus An apparatus for perforating a sheet of print media having a front side and a back side includes a printhead carriage for carrying a printhead. A perforator carriage carries a perforation forming mechanism. An isolation damper having elastic, vibration absorbing, ch... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355044 | Self-assembling dyes A novel dye according to formula (I): capable of self-assembling thus forming supra-molecular structures. These self-assembling dyes may be advantageously used in an ink-jet ink for improving the stability of ink-jet ink im... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7344235 | Ink composition for ink jet recording, ink cartridge, nozzle plate for ink jet recording, ink jet head, and recording apparatus An ink composition is produced using a water-soluble substance that undergoes condensation polymerization in the absence of water (e.g., a hydrolyzable silane compound), which includes fluoroalkyl groups. Alternatively, a water-repellent film of a nozzle plate is su... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7344236 | Ink-jet cloth printing ink and an ink-jet recording method An ink-jet cloth printing ink containing a disperse dye, a dispersing agent, water and a water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the average particle diameter of the disperse dye is from 100 nm to 300 nm and the solubility of the dye in the ink is from 10−5 | 03/18/2008 |
| 7344237 | Recording liquid, liquid cartridge, liquid ejection cartridge, liquid ejection apparatus, and liquid ejection method A recording liquid contains a coloring matter, a solvent for dissolving or dispersing the coloring matter, and a nonionic surfactant, wherein the recording liquid has a foaming power of 0 mm to 50 mm and a foam stability of 0 mm to 50 mm, the foaming power and the f... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341768 | Transfer paper for printing with an inkjet printer Transfer paper suitable for inkjet printing, provided, at least on the side to be printed, with a release or barrier layer, the layer having a porosity of at most 100 ml/min, and a method for manufacturing a transfer paper and a method for printing transfer paper wi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341334 | System and method for preventing security ink tampering An ink supply system for a printer including an inner chamber comprising a controlled security ink; an outer chamber comprising a chemical; an ink conduit from the inner chamber through and out of the outer chamber; and a rupture wall at a junction between the inner... | 03/11/2008 |
