Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Xiaohe Chen

George Sarkisian

Dennis Z Guo

Gregg A Lane

Keshava A Prasad

Zeying Ma

Yuan Yu

Yi-Hua Tsao

Dennis P Parazak

David Alvin Tyvoll

Rodney David Stramel

Howard Doumaux

Kai-Kong Iu

Brian Douglas Mather

John M Gardner

Fereshteh Khorrami

Kai Kong Iu

Jodi A Bates

Ervin Mubarekyan

Yan Zhu

Savka Ilieva Stoeva

John Morrow Gardner

Pradeep Kumar Koyadan Kizhakkedath

Tze Hwei Tseeng

George M Sarkisian

Jennifer Tseeng

An ink composition is disclosed herein. The ink composition includes from about 5 wt % to about 25 wt % of a co-solvent; from about 0.025 wt % to about 0.2 wt % of i) a chelating agent represented by formula 1, wherein R' is a carboxylic acid functional group or a carboxylate salt functional group and n&#x3e;2; ii) a chelating agent represented by formula 2:, wherein R is a carboxylic acid functional group or a carboxylate salt functional group, m is greater than or equal to 1, x is greater than or equal to 2, y is greater than or equal to 1, and z is greater than or equal to 2; iii) a chelating agent represented by formula 3, wherein any of r, s, t, or u is a sulfonic acid functional group or a sulfonate functional group; or iv) combinations of any of i, ii, and iii. The ink composition also includes a balance of water.

Ink composition

An inkjet ink set includes a black ink, a yellow ink, a cyan ink, and a magenta ink. The magenta ink includes an ink vehicle including a polyurethane binder, and a dispersed magenta pigment in the ink vehicle. The magenta pigment is chosen from Pigment Red 282.

Inkjet ink set

Compositions, systems, and methods for ink-jet printing having improved slewing decap time can comprise a pigment having an aryltricarboxyl group covalently attached thereto; at least 12 wt % of an anti-slewing decap cosolvent selected from the group consisting of 2-pyrrolidone, derivatized 2-pyrrolidone, and mixtures thereof; and a liquid vehicle.

Aryltricarboxyl-attached pigment-based inks with improved slewing decap

An ink-jet ink composition includes a jettable vehicle, a plurality of pigment solids dispersed in the jettable vehicle, and a half-ester of styrene maleic anhydride (SMA) dispersed in the jettable vehicle.

Ink system containing polymer binders

The present invention provides ink compositions for ink-jet printing. The ink compositions comprise by weight from about 0.1 to 5% by weight of a water-soluble polyurethane; from about 0.1 to 15% by weight of a 1,2-alkyldiol having 5-9 carbon atoms; and from about 0.5 to 6% by weight of a pigment. The present invention also provides a process for printing an image on a print medium that comprises applying an inventive ink composition thereto by means of an ink-jet printer. The present invention further provides ink-jet cartridges containing inventive ink compositions.

Ink compositions for ink-jet printing

The present disclosure is drawn to an ink-jet ink and a method of ink-jet printing over a prolonged period of time. The ink-jet ink include from 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % pigment by solids, from 0.1 wt % to 15 wt % latex by solids, and from 0.01 wt % to 3 wt % phosphate-containing surfactant, wherein when the ink-jet ink is fired from a thermal ink-jet printhead at 400 million drops per nozzle with said nozzle having an orifice size of about 20 microns, at least 80% drop weight is retained compared to an initial firing prior to firing the 400 million drops per nozzle.

Phosphate-containing surfactants for use with pigment&#x2014;and latex-containing ink-jet inks

Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include ink formulation and modified pigments. One exemplary modified pigment, among others, includes a pigment A represented by the formula in FIG.

Ink formulations, modified pigment-based ink formulations and methods of making

Compositions, systems, and methods for ink-jet printing having improved black to color bleed control, reduced wicking, and/or reduced halo are described. The composition can include a functionalized carbon pigment dispersed in an ink vehicle. The carbon pigment includes functional groups chemically attached thereto. Suitable functional groups includes an aromatic ring structure having multiple carboxyl groups (or salts thereof) attached to the aromatic ring structure, wherein at least two of the multiple carboxyl groups are positioned on adjacent carbon atoms of the aromatic ring structure.

Ink-jet inks and ink sets exhibiting reduced bleed, wicking, and/or halo effect and associated methods

A printing system for use in inkjet printing. The printing system includes an inkjet ink having a free binder, an additional free binder, and a chemically modified pigment, a fixer fluid and a porous print medium.

Inkjet inks providing improved wet smudge on porous print media

Compositions, systems, and methods of printing an ink-jet image are provided. The composition can be an ink-jet ink, comprising a liquid vehicle; from 0.5 wt % to 10 wt % of a polymer-dispersed pigment; and from 0.5 wt % to 10 wt % of a self-dispersed pigment selected from the group consisting of a second polymer-dispersed pigment and a small molecule-dispersed pigment.

Self-dispersed pigment mixtures for ink-jet applications

The present invention is drawn toward systems, methods, and images printed on substrate. The system includes a porous media substrate, an ink-jet ink including a self-dispersed pigment and a polyurethane binder having acid value 20 to 100, wherein the ink-jet ink is configured for being printed on the porous media substrate, and a fixing fluid including a crashing agent, wherein the fixing fluid is configured for being overprinted or underprinted with respect to the ink-jet ink.

Pigment-based ink-jet ink systems with polyurethane binder and crashing agent

A waterfast, environmentally friendly ink-jet ink, is disclosed comprising from 1% to 90% by weight of a first humectant selected from the group consisting of glycerol, propanediol, and combinations thereof; from 1% to 25% by weight of a second humectant selected from the group consisting of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and combinations thereof; from 1% to 20% by weight of a drying agent selected from the group consisting of 1,2-hexanediol, 1,2-pentanediol, and combinations thereof; from 0% to 20% by weight of 2-pyrrolidone; from 0.05% to 10.0% by weight of a waterfastness control dye selected from the group consisting of azo-containing dyes and phthalocyanine-containing dyes; and at least one additional dye present at from about 1.0% to 10.0% by weight. If the waterfastness control dye is an azo-containing dye, such dyes can include Direct Red 227, Direct Red 254, Direct Yellow 86, and Acid Orange 7. Alternatively, if the waterfastness control dye is a phthalocyanine-containing dye, the nickel, copper or aluminum phthalocyanines can be used.

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Xiaohe Chen