Xerox Corporation

Ian R Duffy

Marcel Philippe Breton

Michelle Chretien

Christopher A Wagner

Peter Gordon Odell

Stephan V Drappel

Jeffrey H Banning

This disclosure is generally directed to curable solid inks, such as radiation-curable solid inks, and their use in forming images, such as through transfuse printing. More specifically, this disclosure is directed to radiation-curable solid inks, such as ultraviolet-light-curable phase-change inks, that comprise curable and non-curable waxes.

Radiation curable solid ink compositions suitable for transfuse printing applications

A curable solid ink composition including a curable component, a non-curable component including an ethoxylated octylphenol derivative, a photoinitiator, and a colorant. The curable solid ink composition has a viscosity in the range of less than 10 cPs at 90&#xb0; C., a shrinkage value of less than 3%, and a superior curing rate compared to existing curable solid ink compositions. The ethoxylated octylphenol derivatives may be prepared by reacting an ethoxylated octylphenol, a linear alcohol, and diisocyanates or polyisocyanates.

Curable solid ink compositions

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