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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1995
Yasuhiro Ouki, Suwa, JP;
Miharu Kanaya, Suwa, JP;
Hiroko Hayashi, Suwa, JP;
Kiyohiko Takemoto, Suwa, JP;
Masaaki Itano, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo-to, JP;
Abstract
An ink composition for ink jet recording is provided which can satisfy property requirements of quality of print, drying property of print, clogging resistance, water resistance, storage stability, and nonattacking on members constituting an ink passage, such as a printing head. The ink composition for ink jet recording comprises a dye represented by the following formula (I), glycerin, pyrrolidone, a monohydric lower alcohol, a tri(hydroxyalkyl)amine, and water: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents phenyl or naphthyl substituted by a group selected from hydroxyl, --NH.sub.2, --SO.sub.3 M and --COOM, R.sup.2 represents carboxyalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, phenyl, or alkanoyl, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, and R.sup.5 represent hydrogen or --SO.sub.3 M.