Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd.

Akemi Sagawa

Masahiko Sakai

Ren Itoh

Riyuuichi Shimizu

Michio Ebata

There is disclosed a hot melt type ink for an ink jet which has a small rate of a volume change accompanied with a phase change from a melt status to a solid matter and does not cause an offset and which provides a clear color image on an OHP sheet. The above ink composition has a volume change rate falling in a range of less than 10%, preferably 8 to 4% and a phase change temperature range of 60.degree. C. to the jetting temperature.

Hot melt type ink composition for ink jet

A hot-melt ink composition for an ink jet printer comprising from 10 to 65% by weight of a polyamide resin, from 5 to 60% by weight of a fatty acid amide, from 5 to 40% by weight of a glyceride, and up to 5% by weight of a colorant. The composition is excellent in transparency to provide a highly transparent ink image on an OHP sheet.

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