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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1998
Douglas E Bugner, Rochester, NY (US);
Alexandra D Bermel, Spencerport, NY (US);
William Gruenbaum, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An ink jet printing method is described. It comprising the steps of: providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; loading the printer with ink receptive substrates; loading the printer with an aqueous ink jet ink, said ink A) comprising a pigment, an aqueous carrier and potassium N-methyl-N-oleoyl taurate; and B) having a surface tension of 20 to 60 dynes/cm at 25.degree. C., a viscosity of 1 to 10 centipoise at 25.degree. C. and a particle size of less than 1.0 .mu.m; and printing on the ink receptive substrate in response to the digital data signals.