Eastman-kodak Company

Charles H Coney

Theron E Parsons, Iii

Don R Leonard

John R Gossett, Jr

A composition useful in printing inks exemplified as comprising:

Ink compositions and preparation

In a process for printing a substrate employing apparatus elements such as printing plates, engraved rolls, wiping blades, transfer rolls, metering rolls, or the like, and printing ink which comes into contact with the elements and substrate, the improvement comprising carrying out the printing with an ink comprising an aqueous system of colorant and water dispersible polymer having carbonyloxy linking groups in the linear molecular structure wherein up to 80% of the linking groups may be carbonylamido linking groups, the polymer having an inherent viscosity of at least about 0.1 measured in a 60/40 parts by weight solution of phenol/tetrachloroethane at 25.degree. C. and at a concentration of about 0.25 gram of polymer in 100 ml. of the solvent, allowing the ink to substantially dry, and subsequently contacting the dried ink with a solution of one or more multivalent cation salts to impart thereto a high degree of resistance to water dispersibility.

Printing processes employing water dispersible inks

Disclosed are compositions comprising an aqueous dispersion of a finely divided organic substance and a sequestering agent. The sequestering agent is a linear, water-dissipatable polymer having an inherent viscosity of at least about 0.1 and comprising the reaction products of the following components or ester forming or esteramide forming derivatives thereof;

Sequestering agents and compositions produced therefrom

Coating compositions useful as a dielectric layer for electrostatic recording sheet material are disclosed. The compositions comprise a polyester derived mainly from terephthalic acid and 1,2-propanediol. Minor amounts of isophthalic acid and ethylene glycol may be included. Preferably, the compositions include an ester prepared from gum, wood and/or tall oil rosin in an amount of up to about 70% based on the combined weight of polyester and rosin ester.

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Kingsport, TN, United States of America

Charles H Coney