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Huijuan D Chen

James Albert Reczek

Jin-Shan Wang

Xiaoru Wang

Gang C Han-Adebekun

Ricky G Frazier

Steven Evans

Kevin W Williams

Derek D Chapman

Shiying Zheng

David Erdtmann

Leslie Shuttleworth

Richard P Szajewski

Hwei-Ling Yau

Douglas W Couwenhoven

Margaret Jones Helber

Michael J Simons

Joan C Potenza

Richard A Landholm

Ruizheng Wang

Richard C Reem

Ann L Carroll-Lee

Tien-Teh Chen

Larry P Seaman

Charles E Heckler

Richard A Dibiase

W S Gaugh

A method of printing with an inkjet printer, the method includes moving the carriage along a first carriage scan direction while the second drop ejector array ejects drops of anti-curl solution onto the portion of recording medium providing a delay time that is greater than 15 milliseconds after the second drop ejector ejects drops of anti-curl solution at a given location on the portion of recording medium and before printing with the first drop ejector array moving the carriage along a second carriage scan direction while the first drop ejector array ejects drops of ink in an image-wise fashion onto the given location of the portion of recording medium.

Method of printing with anti-curl solution

An aqueous ink jet ink composition including a pigment, a polymer latex containing at least one halogenated vinyl monomer, at least one surfactant, and a humectant. An ink and receiver combination for a non-absorbing substrate is also disclosed.

Inkjet ink composition and ink/receiver combination

This invention relates to an ink jet ink composition comprising water, a humectant, and polymer-dye particles, wherein said polymer-dye particles comprise a colorant phase containing a water insoluble dye, and a polymer phase, said particles being associated with a water-dispersible polymeric co-stabilizer. This invention further relates to an ink jet printing method utilizing the above ink jet ink composition.

Ink jet ink composition and printing method

An ink jet ink composition of water, a humectant, and a hyperbranched polymeric dye of a hyperbranched polymer having a dye chromophore pendant on the polymer chain or incorporated into the polymer backbone.

Ink jet ink composition

This invention relates to an ink composition (and a method of printing therewith) comprising water, a humectant, and polymer-dye particles, wherein said polymer-dye particles comprise a colorant phase containing a water insoluble dye of formula (I), and a polymer phase, said particles being associated with a co-stabilizer wherein Ris a substituent as described in the application;

Stable ink jet ink composition and printing method

An ink jet printing method, including the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading said printer with an ink jet recording element, having a non-absorbing substrate; C) loading said printer with an ink jet ink composition having an aqueous ink jet ink composition comprising: a pigment; a heat sensitive ionomer; at least one surfactant; and a humectant; wherein the ionomer is a charged polymer having at least 5 mol % of the recurring units negatively or positively charged, and D) printing on said ink jet recording element accompanied by a heating step using said ink jet ink composition in response to said digital data signals.

Inkjet printing method

An ink jet ink composition comprising water, a pigment, a humectant and a hyperbranched polymer having end groups consisting essentially of hydrophilic moieties, said hyperbranched polymer having the following formula:HB&#x2014;X

The invention relates to a method of preparing a printing plate includes ink-jet printing an oleophilic image on a surface of a support by applying to the support an aqueous solution or aqueous colloidal dispersion of a polymer having water-solubilising groups wherein the water-solubilising groups interact with the surface of the support thereby binding the polymer to the support and rendering the polymer insoluble, wherein the aqueous solution or aqueous colloidal dispersion of polymer comprises pigment particles dispersed therein. The invention further relates to a composition suitable for the preparation of a printing plate by inkjet printing including an aqueous solution or aqueous colloidal dispersion of a polymer having water-solubilising groups characterised in that said aqueous solution or aqueous colloidal dispersion further includes pigment particles dispersed therein.

Method and composition for the preparation of a printing plate

An ink set composition, an apparatus, and a method of providing an image on a receiver are provided. The method includes operating a printhead having a first segment that applies a gloss matching fluid to the non-imaged area of the printed area of the image and a second segment that applies an ink set having at least one color to the imaged area of the printed area of the image, wherein the ink set has a predetermined minimum gloss value (GV) and a maximum gloss value (GV), and the gloss matching fluid has a predetermined gloss value (GV), wherein the predetermined gloss value GVsatisfying the following condition: 0.1 GV&#x2266;GV, wherein GVand GVare predetermined gloss values calculated according to the following equations:=MIN()=MAX()

Ink set composition, and an apparatus and method of forming images having reduced gloss differential

An ink jet ink set and recording element combination including: A) a porous ink jet recording element having a 60&#xb0; specular gloss of at least about 30; and B) a pigment based ink jet ink set having at least two inks; wherein the RGD value is less than 40% when 60&#xb0; is used as the specular angle and the RGD value is calculated according to Equation (A):Where

Ink jet ink set/receiver combination

An aqueous inkjet ink including: a pigment; a water-soluble heat sensitive ionomer; at least one surfactant; and a humectant; wherein the ionomer is a charged polymer having at least 15 mole % of the recurring units negatively or positively charged.

Inkjet ink composition and an ink/receiver combination

A color set for forming an ink jet image comprising:

Ink jet ink set

This invention relates to a process for making polymer-dye particles comprising, in order: It further relates to composite polymer dye particles prepared by the above process and to composite polymer dye particles comprising a colorant phase containing a water insoluble dye, and a polymer phase, said particles being associated with a co-stabilizer.

Polymer dye particles and process for making polymer dye particles

An aqueous inkjet ink and receiver combination wherein the aqueous inkjet ink comprises: a pigment; a polymer binder containing less than 25% of a hydrophilic monomer by weight of the total polymer; the binder being dispersible but insoluble in aqueous media; at least one surfactant; a humectant; and wherein the receiver comprises a non-absorbing substrate.

Aqueous inkjet ink and receiver combination

An ink jet printing method, comprising the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with an ink jet recording element comprising a non-absorbing substrate; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition comprising an aqueous ink jet ink composition comprising: a pigment, a polymer binder containing less than 25% of hydrophilic monomer by weight of the total polymer, which is dispersible but insoluble in aqueous media, at least one surfactant, and a humectant; and D) printing on the ink jet recording element accompanied by a heating step using the ink jet ink composition in response to the digital data signals.

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Huijuan D Chen