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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2001
David Erdtmann, Rochester, NY (US);
Edgardo Lopez, Hilton, NY (US);
Richard C. Van Hanehem, Rochester, NY (US);
Steven Evans, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An ink jet ink composition comprising water, a humectant, a polyvalent transition metal complex of an 8-heterocyclylazo-5-hydroxy-quinoline and an anti-kogation material comprising an alkali metal salt of a monobasic organic or inorganic acid. Examples of anti-kogation materials useful in the invention include sodium hexanoate, sodium sulfate, sodium propionate, sodium benzoate, sodium p-toluenesulfonate, sodium acetate, sodium bromide, sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, lithium nitrate, lithium acetate, tetramethylammonium acetate and tetrabutylammonium bromide.