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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenichi Kato, Nagano, JP;
Chiyoshige Nakazawa, Nagano, JP;
Kazuhiko Sato, Nagano, JP;
Hiroshi Mukai, Nagano, JP;
Katsuko Aoki, Nagano, JP;
Youichi Kubomura, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106 3143 ; 106 3149 ; 106 3159 ; 106 3175 ; 106 3178 ; 106 3189 ;
Abstract
An ink jet printer is disclosed, which jets a water-soluble ink from a recording head comprising at least an ink passage-forming member and an orifice through the orifice to form flying droplets which form a dot image on a recording medium, wherein at least a portion of the ink passage-forming member is composed of borosilicate glass and the water-soluble ink comprises at least one of urea and thiourea. Further, an ink for use in the ink jet printer is also disclosed.