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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1998
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a pigmented ink, in particular, an ink suitable for an ink-jet printing method comprising jet of ink droplets from a print head. More particularly, it relates to a pigmented ink excellent in the dispersibility and dispersion stability of pigment particles, storage stability, etc. There is provided a pigmented ink which comprises (1) an organic pigment having a surface made hydrophobic by adsorption thereon or binding thereto of an organic substance, (2) an amphiphilic compound composed of a poly(ethylene oxide) as a hydrophilic portion and an alkyl group and/or an aromatic group as a hydrophobic portion, and (3) water, and is excellent in the dispersion stability of pigment particles and storage stability by virtue of the above composition.