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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1999
Thomas W. Martin, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An ink jet printing method having the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with ink-receptive substrates; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition having from about 30 to about 90% by weight of water, from about 0.5 to about 30% by weight of a pigment, from about 0.05 to about 2% by weight of an aromatic sulfonate or disulfonate which is sodium p-toluenesulfonate, disodium 2,5-dihydroxybenzene-disulfonate monohydrate, sodium p-hydroxybenzene-sulfonate or sodium p-aminobenzenedisulfonate, and from about 10 to about 50% by weight of a humectant of a polyhydric alcohol; and D) printing on an ink-receptive substrate using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.