Xerox Corporation

Kathleen M McGrane

Thomas W Smith

David J Luca

Kock-Yee Law

Joseph C Mammino

Ihor W Tarnawskyj

Milan Stolka

Martin A Abkowitz

William W Limburg

Gerald M Fletcher

Santokh Singh Badesha

Bing R Hsieh

John Stephen Facci

Samuel Kaplan

Robert M Ferguson

Gordon E Johnson

Frederick E Knier, Jr

Ronald J Weagley

Timothy J Fuller

Michael Jon Levy

H Bruce Goodbrand

Daniel A Foucher

Richard L Colt

William M Prest, Jr

Suresh K Ahuja

Frederick J Roberts, Jr

Robert A Nelson

Homer Antoniadis

Hiep Ly

Dina Popovic

David M Teegarden

Disclosed is a compound of one of the formulae wherein R, R, R, R, R, R, R, R, R, and Reach, independently of the others, is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group, Rand Reach, independently of the others, is an alkylene group, an arylene group, an arylalkylene group, or an alkylarylene group, G is a cationic moiety, A is an anionic moiety, n is an integer representing the number of repeat &#x2014;OSi(R)(R)&#x2014; monomer units, a is an integer representing the number of repeat &#x2014;OSi(R)(R-lightfastness moiety)- monomer units, and c is an integer representing the number of repeat &#x2014;OSi(R)(R-hydrophilic moiety)- monomer units.

Photoprotective and lightfastness-enhancing siloxanes

Disclosed is an aqueous ink composition comprising an aqueous liquid vehicle, a colorant, and an additive wherein, when the ink has been applied to a recording substrate in an image pattern and a substantial amount of the aqueous liquid vehicle has either evaporated from the ink image, hydrogen bonds of sufficient strength exist between the additive molecules so that the additive forms hydrogen-bonded oligomers or polymers.

Aqueous ink compositions

Disclosed is an ink composition comprising (a) water, (b) an anionic dye, (c) a polyquaternary amine compound, and (d) a quaternary ammonium substituted UV absorbing compound. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to an ink composition comprising (a) water, (b) a complex of (i) an anionic dye and (ii) a polyquaternary amine compound, and (c) a quaternary ammonium substituted UV absorbing compound.

Ink compositions containing quaternary-substituted lightfastness agents

Disclosed is a phase change ink composition comprising a colorant and an ink vehicle, the ink being a solid at temperatures less than about 50&#xb0; C. and exhibiting a viscosity of no more than about 20 centipoise at a jetting temperature of no more than about 160&#xb0; C., wherein at a first temperature hydrogen bonds of sufficient strength exist between the ink vehicle molecules so that the ink vehicle forms hydrogen-bonded dimers, oligomers, or polymers, and wherein at a second temperature which is higher than the first temperature the hydrogen bonds between the ink vehicle molecules are sufficiently broken that fewer hydrogen-bonded dimers, oligomers, or polymers are present in the ink at the second temperature than are present in the ink at the first temperature, so that the viscosity of the ink at the second temperature is lower than the viscosity of the ink at the first temperature.

Phase change ink compositions

A process comprising incorporating into an ink jet printing apparatus a developing composition; an oxidizing composition a coloring composition; and a fixing composition; ejecting droplets of the developing composition onto the substrate; ejecting droplets of the oxidizing composition onto the substrate; ejecting droplets of the coloring composition onto the substrate; and ejecting droplets of the fixing composition onto the substrate; wherein the process results in at least some portions of the substrate bearing images comprising all four compositions, the portions forming a printed image. Specific embodiments are directed to the realization of continuous tone and gray scale in image by control of the time at which color forming reactions are quenched by controlling the lime period between deposition of the color forming liquids and deposition of the fixing liquid; or control of the extent of color forming reactions by limitation of the quantity of one of the color forming liquids.

Ink jet printing process

Disclosed is a compound of one of the formulaewherein R, R, R, R, R, R, R, R, R, and Reach, independently of the others, is an alkyl group, an aryl group, an arylalkyl group, or an alkylaryl group, Rand Reach, independently of the others, is an alkylene group, an arylene group, an arylalkylene group, or an alkylarylene group, G is a cationic moiety, A is an anionic moiety, n is an integer representing the number of repeat &#x2014;OSi(R)(R)&#x2014; monomer units, a is an integer representing the number of repeat &#x2014;OSi(R)(R-lightfastness moiety)&#x2014; monomer units, and c is an integer representing the number of repeat &#x2014;OSi(R)(R-hydrophilic moiety)&#x2014; monomer units.

Disclosed is an ink composition which comprises water, a colorant, and a lightfastness agent which is a polysiloxane having thereon a hydrophilic moiety and a lightfastness moiety. Also disclosed are printing processes using the ink.

Disclosed is an ink composition comprising water, a colorant, and sodium tetraphenylboride. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a set of inks for printing multicolor images in an ink jet printer, the ink set comprising (1) a first ink having a first color and comprising water, a first colorant, and at least one of (a) a cationic polymer, (b) a cationic surfactant, or (c) an inorganic salt the cation of which has a tetraphenylboride salt that is substantially insoluble in water, and (2) a second ink having a second color different from the first color and comprising water, a second colorant, and sodium tetraphenylboride, wherein intercolor bleed between the first ink and the second ink is reduced when the second ink is printed adjacent to, on top of, or underneath the first ink on a print substrate.

Ink compositions containing sodium tetraphenylboride

Disclosed is a recording sheet which comprises a substrate and an image-receiving coating situated on at least one surface of the substrate, said image-receiving coating being suitable for receiving images of an aqueous ink, said image-receiving coating comprising a lightfastness agent which is a polysiloxane having thereon a hydrophilic moiety and a lightfastness moiety.

Recording sheets with lightfastness-enhancing siloxanes

A process comprising (a) incorporating into an ink jet printing apparatus (1) a developing composition comprising a liquid vehicle and a color developer; (2) an oxidizing composition comprising a liquid vehicle and an oxidizing agent; (3) a coloring composition comprising a liquid vehicle and a dye coupler; and (4) a fixing composition comprising a liquid vehicle and a fixative; (b) causing droplets of the developing composition to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate; (c) causing droplets of the oxidizing composition to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate; (d) causing droplets of the coloring composition to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate; and (e) causing droplets of the fixing composition to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate; wherein the process results in at least some portions of the substrate bearing images comprising all four of the developing composition, the oxidizing composition, the coloring composition, and the fixing composition, said portions forming a printed image. Specific embodiments of the present invention are directed to the realization of continuous tone and gray scale in images by (1) control of the time at which color forming reactions are quenched by controlling the time period between deposition of the color forming liquids and deposition of the fixing liquid; (2) control of the extent of color forming reactions by limitation of the quantity of one of the color forming liquids; or (3) control of pixel size by drop placement control over the overlap areas of drops of color forming liquids.

Disclosed is a process which comprises (a) applying to a substrate a fixing fluid which comprises a material selected from the group consisting of (1) block or graft copolymers of dialkylsiloxanes and polar, hydrophilic monomers capable of interacting with an ink colorant to cause the colorant to become complexed, laked, or mordanted, (2) organopolysiloxane copolymers having functional side groups capable of interacting with an ink colorant to cause the colorant to become complexed, laked, or mordanted, (3) perfluorinated polyalkoxy polymers, (4) perfluoroalkyl surfactants having thereon at least one group capable of interacting with an ink colorant to cause the colorant to become complexed, laked, or mordanted, and (5) mixtures thereof; (b) incorporating into an ink jet printing apparatus an ink composition which comprises water and a colorant which becomes complexed, laked, or mordanted upon contacting the fixing fluid; and (c) causing droplets of the ink composition to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate.

Ink jet printing process with improved image fixation

Disclosed is a composition comprising a blend of (a) a thermally reactive polymer selected from the group consisting of resoles, novolacs, thermally reactive polyarylene ethers, and mixtures thereof; and (b) a photoreactive epoxy resin that is photoreactive in the absence of a photocationic initiator.

Photoresist compositions for ink jet printheads

Disclosed is a fluid deposition apparatus comprising (a) a fluid supply, (b) a porous fluid distribution member in operative connection with the fluid supply, enabling wetting of the fluid distribution member with a fluid, and (c) a porous metering membrane situated on the fluid distribution member, whereby the metering membrane enables uniform metering of the fluid from the fluid distribution member onto a substrate.

System for depositing image enhancing fluid and ink jet printing process

A bias charging member capable of receiving a bias for contact charging a member to be charged, wherein the bias charging member has an electrically conductive core, an optional intermediate layer, and an outer surface layer comprising a fluorinated carbon filled fluoroelastomer is disclosed.

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Webster, NY, United States of America

Kathleen M McGrane