Pelikan Produktions Ag

3t Supplies Ag

Peter Drescher

Nicole Howald

Markus Schudel

Daniel Loosli

Bruno Mancini

Richard Keller

Description of an inkjet printing method, whereby a second and optionally a third and/or additional ink(s) is/are printed on top of each other or immediately next to each other, whereby (i) the first ink contains a coloring substance precipitable by a precipitation reagent, (ii) the first or the second ink contains the precipitation reagent in temporarily passivated form, and (iii) the first, second or third ink contains an activator for the temporarily passivated precipitation reagent, with the proviso that the temporarily passivated precipitation reagent and the activator are not present in the same ink. The method prevents or reduces the problem of mixing or running into each other of two inks at their border lines. The temporarily passivated precipitation agent can be a complexed multi-valent metal ion, which is displaced from the complex by the activator. The temporarily passivated precipitation reagent can also be a compound with pH-dependent ion strength which is activated by a proton-delivering or proton-accepting compound. The temporarily passivated precipitation reagent can also be a polyamine which is activated by protonizing or quaternizing.

Inkjet print method and inkset for multi color inkjet printer

Described is an ink for use in ink jet printers, comprising (a) a solvent, which consists at least of approximately 80% of a homopolar, non-watery solvent, (b) a pigment dispersed in the solvent and (c) a copolymer of vinyl-pyrrolidone with one or several long-chain .alpha.-olefins with at least 6 carbon atoms, specifically with 6 to 24 carbon atoms. Properties of the ink are as follows: reduced color bleeding, reduced penetration of coloring agent into the surface of the paper, improved optical density and improved storage stability.

Ink for use in ink jet printers

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Peter Drescher