Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080257203 | FIXER FLUID AND INKJET INK SETS INCLUDING THE SAME - A fixer fluid for an inkjet ink set includes an aqueous vehicle, and a tri-alkyl-substituted amine-N-oxide. The fixer fluid also includes an acid, a cationic polyelectrolyte, or combinations of the acid and polyelectrolyte(s). | 10-23-2008 |
20110303113 | PRINTING METHOD - A printing method for producing durable images is disclosed. Said method encompasses applying a pre-treatment composition, including a liquid vehicle and a polyvalent metal salt as fixing agent, onto a recording medium; applying an ink composition over said pre-treatment composition, said ink composition including an aqueous liquid vehicle and a colorant; and applying an over-print varnish composition. | 12-15-2011 |
20110304661 | PRINTING SYSTEM - A printing system and method form one of more pretreatment compositions on a medium. | 12-15-2011 |
20120314000 | PRE-TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS FOR INKJET PRINTING - The present disclosure provides for a pre-treatment composition for inkjet printing, comprising: a liquid vehicle, a fixing agent, a non-ionic defoaming surfactant, a surface tension reducing surfactant, and a latex resin having an acid number of less than 20. | 12-13-2012 |
20130034656 | PRE-TREATMENT COMPOSITION - Pre-treatment composition and printing method for printing durable images using such pre-treatment composition are disclosed. A disclosed example of the pre-treatment composition includes a liquid vehicle, a polyvalent metal salt, a latex resin and thickener. Moreover, a printing method is also disclosed with an ink composition comprising of an aqueous liquid vehicle and a colorant after pre-treatment with said pre-treatment composition. | 02-07-2013 |
20130044157 | PRINTING METHOD AND PRE-TREATMENT COMPOSITION - Pre-treatment composition and printing method, for producing durable images, using it are disclosed. Said pre-treatment composition includes a liquid vehicle, a polyvalent metal salt as fixing agent, and a latex resin having a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from −22° C. to 20° C. Said method encompasses applying the pre-treatment composition onto a recording medium and applying an ink composition including an aqueous liquid vehicle and a colorant, over said pre-treatment composition, wherein the time interval between the finishing point of the application of the pre-treatment composition and between the starting point of the application of the ink composition is between 1 and 30 seconds. | 02-21-2013 |
20130076842 | PRE-TREATMENT COMPOSITION - Pre-treatment composition and printing method using such pre-treatment composition are disclosed. A disclosed example of the pre-treatment composition includes a liquid vehicle, a polyvalent metal salt as fixing agent, and a latex resin having an acid number of less than 20. | 03-28-2013 |
20130156953 | PRETREATMENT FLUIDS WITH ASSOCIATIVE THICKER FOR PRINTING MEDIA - A pretreatment fluid for printing media with a pigment ink composition includes a liquid vehicle, at least one polymeric binder selected from the group consisting of acrylic polymers, acrylic copolymers, polyurethanes, salts thereof, and/or combinations thereof; and an associative thickener. The pretreatment fluid has a viscosity of about 10 cps to about 1000 cps and a surface tension of about 16 dynes/cm to about 30 dynes/cm. | 06-20-2013 |
20130286081 | INKS AND INK SETS FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND IMAGE QUALITY - Ink sets can include a plurality of aqueous inks. In one embodiment, a first ink can include a magenta dye and a magenta pigment. A second ink can include a cyan pigment, and a third ink can include a yellow pigment, wherein the second and third inks are substantially devoid of dye. The inks can independently include 2-pyrrolidone or 2-hydroxyethyl-2-pyrrolidone and an additional solvent selected from a glycol, a second pyrrolidone, and mixtures thereof. In another embodiment, an aqueous ink-jet ink can comprise a pigment and a liquid vehicle including water, 2-pyrrolidone, 2-hydroxyethyl-2-pyrrolidone, tetraethylene glycol, and 1,6-hexanediol. | 10-31-2013 |
20140118449 | WHITE PRE-TREATMENT COMPOSITION - A white pre-treatment composition and printing method using such pre-treatment composition are disclosed. Said white pre-treatment composition encompasses a liquid vehicle, a polyvalent metal salt, a latex resin and, at least, 8 wt % of a titanium dioxide particles dispersion. Also disclosed is an ink-set containing said white pre-treatment composition and, at least, an ink composition comprising a liquid vehicle and a colorant. | 05-01-2014 |
20140253650 | INK SETS FOR INK-JET PRINTING - The present disclosure is drawn to ink-jet ink sets, as well as related systems and methods. In one example, an ink set for ink-jet printing can comprise a cyan ink-jet ink including from about 2 wt % to about 5 wt % of a cyan pigment admixed in a first ink vehicle; a magenta ink-jet ink including a magenta colorant comprising from about 2 wt % to about 5 wt % of a magenta pigment and about 0.1 wt % to about 1 wt % of a slightly soluble magenta dye admixed in a second ink vehicle; and a yellow ink-jet ink including from about 2 wt % to about 5 wt % of a yellow pigment admixed in a third ink vehicle. | 09-11-2014 |
20140308447 | PRETREATMENT FLUIDS WITH AMMONIUM METAL CHELATE CROSS-LINKER FOR PRINTING MEDIA - A pretreatment fluid for printing media with a pigment ink composition includes a liquid vehicle, at least one polymeric binder having pendant carboxyl groups, and an ammonium metal chelate cross-linker. | 10-16-2014 |
20140362137 | INK SET - The present disclosure provides ink sets and related methods. An ink set can comprise an ink including an ink colorant and an ink vehicle, the ink devoid of metal salt; a treatment fluid including a latex, the treatment fluid devoid of thickener and colorant; and a fixer fluid including a precipitating agent, the fixer fluid devoid of colorant. | 12-11-2014 |