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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2000

Filed:

Apr. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Hiang P Lauw, Corvallis, OR (US);

Mary E Austin, Corvallis, OR (US);

Vladek P Kasperchik, Corvallis, OR (US);

Assignee:

Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
106 3127 ; 106 3148 ; 106 3149 ;
Abstract

In accordance with the invention inks suitable for use in ink-jet printers and method for using the same are provided. More particularly, inks comprising the present dye set exhibits excellent color performance and lightfastness across a range of media. Furthermore, the dye set enables good reliability in an environment having a relatively high concentration of precipitating agents. This reliability enables the use of precipitation bleed control mechanisms. More specifically, a specific dye set for formulating the yellow, magenta, and cyan inks is disclosed, comprising Acid Yellow 17 and a yellow dye according to Formula I; Acid Red 52 and a magenta dye according to Formula II; and Direct Blue 199 and Acid Blue 9; respectively.


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