Memjet Technology Limited

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Jognandan Prashar

Brian Robert Brown

Samuel George Mallinson

Angus John North

Geordie McBain

Philip Palma

Chia-An Lin

Mile Jurevic

Michele Shepard

Sam Myers

Duncan McRae

Benjamin Powell

Adrian Peter Bisson

Iain Blake

Galo David Jaramillo

Doreen Bali

Jeffrey Tsang

Jeff Tsang

David Alvin Tyvoll

Simon Fielder

Christopher Barton

Michele Gimona

Mile Jercevic

Richard Myors

Luke Grassy

Mile Jurcevic

Geordie Mcbain

Duncan Mcrae

Sam Mallinson

An inkjet ink includes: an ink vehicle; a polymer; a surfactant package containing an ethoxylated acetylenic nonionic surfactant having an HLB value in the range of 5 to 10; and an ABA-type bis-alkoxylated silicone compound. The ink has a surface tension in the range of 26 to 31 mN/m.

Inkjet inks for minimizing ghosting artefacts

An inkjet ink includes: an ink vehicle; a colorant; a diethylene glycol Calkyl ether; a first surfactant of formula (I); and a second surfactant different than the first surfactant, the first surfactant being present in a greater amount than the second surfactant. 

Ink additives for improving dry time and printhead dehydration performance

An inkjet ink includes: (i) a disazo dye of formula (I): (ii) 1,3-propanediol; (iii) a glycol compound selected from the group consisting of: triethylene glycol and tetraethylene glycol; and (iv) water. The ink has low toxicity and is preferably absent ethylene glycol and sulfolane.

Low toxicity ink formulations with improved printhead lifetime

A method of multi-color printing in a single pass using a fixed pagewide array of monochrome inkjet printheads. The printheads are aligned with each other in a media feed direction and the method includes the steps of: feeding print media along the media feed direction past a first printhead positioned furthest upstream in the array, a third printhead downstream of the first printhead and a second printhead positioned furthest downstream in the array; printing a yellow ink onto the print media using the first printhead; printing a black ink onto the print media using the third printhead; and printing a cyan or magenta ink onto the print media using the second printhead.

Method of multi-color pagewide printing with optimized nozzle hydration

A multi-color printer has an array of monochrome fixed inkjet printheads aligned in a media feed direction. The printer includes: a first printhead positioned furthest upstream relative to the media feed direction; a second printhead positioned furthest downstream relative to the media feed direction; and a third printhead positioned between the first and second printheads. Each printhead is supplied with a respective ink from a multi-color ink set, the first printhead being supplied with a lowest luminance ink of the ink set and the third printhead being supplied with a highest luminance ink of the ink set.

Multi-color printer with ink plumbing for optimized nozzle hydration

An inkjet ink includes: (i) a disazo dye of formula (I): (ii) a glycol compound selected from the group consisting of: triethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol and pentaethylene glycol; and (iv) water.

Ink formulations for improving printhead lifetime

An inkjet ink for improving printhead lifetimes includes: an aqueous-based ink vehicle; a colorant; an anti-kogation additive; and an anti-corrosion additive having at least one acetylenic group, the acetylenic group being absent any tertiary or quaternary &#x3b1;-carbon atoms.

Ink additive combinations for improving printhead lifetime

A method of printing from a fixed inkjet printhead having a plurality of ink planes. The method includes the steps of: feeding a print medium past the printhead in a media feed direction, the media feed direction defining relative upstream and downstream sides of the printhead; printing an image onto the print medium, the image being defined by image data; and printing a keep-wet pattern onto the print medium from each ink plane of the printhead, the keep-wet pattern being defined by a plurality of dots printed at a frequency sufficient to maintain hydration of each nozzle in the printhead. A first keep-wet pattern from a first ink plane is printed at a higher frequency than a second keep-wet pattern from a second ink plane, the first ink plane being furthest upstream in the printhead.

Method of inkjet printing and maintaining nozzle hydration

An inkjet ink includes: (i) a disazo dye of formula (I): (ii) sulfolane; (iii) a glycol compound selected from the group consisting of: ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol and pentaethylene glycol; and (iv) water.

An inkjet printer includes a stationary inkjet printhead positioned relative to a media feed direction. The printhead includes a plurality of color planes for ejecting a plurality of different inks, each color plane having a row of nozzles and each nozzle in a respective color plane being supplied with a same ink. A first ink tank containing yellow ink is in fluid communication with a first color plane of the printhead and a second ink tank containing black ink is in fluid communication with a second color plane of the printhead. The first color plane is positioned furthest upstream in the printhead with respect to the media feed direction, and the second color plane neighbors the first color plane.

Optimized color plane ordering in a high-speed inkjet printer

An inkjet printer includes an inkjet printhead having a plurality of color planes for ejecting a plurality of different inks. Each color plane has a nozzle row defined in a nozzle face of the printhead and each nozzle in a respective color plane is supplied with a same ink. The printhead is plumbed such that a first color plane ejecting a first ink having a relatively low luminance is sandwiched between second and third color planes ejecting respective second and third inks having a relatively high luminance. A plurality of ink reservoirs are in fluid communication with the printhead, the ink reservoirs containing the first, second and third inks. An amount of surfactant in the first ink is at least 0.4 wt % greater than an amount of surfactant in the second and third inks.

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