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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1999
Patrice M. Aurenty, Wood-Ridge, NJ (US);
Edward Stone, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
William P. Keaveney, Pompton Plains, NJ (US);
Kodak Polychrome Graphics LLC, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A fluid composition suitable for ink jetting upon a substrate, which includes a copolymer having a low surface energy and a plurality of tertiary amine sites, where the tertiary amine sites are at least partially neutralized with an acid; a nonionic or cationic surfactant; and water. The fluid composition may be used to prepare a printable media comprised of a substrate and an ink receptive thermoplastic image layer supported on the substrate; where the ink receptive layer contains a copolymer having a low surface energy and a plurality of tertiary amine sites, the amine sites being at least partially neutralized with an acid. The invention also relates to a method for preparing a printable media by applying a fluid composition onto a substrate having at least one basic surface by means of an ink jet printing apparatus; where the fluid composition contains a copolymer having a plurality of tertiary amine sites, the amine sites being at least partially neutralized with an acid, and drying the fluid composition.