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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2002
Andrei Andrievsky, Webster, NY (US);
David T. Southby, Rochester, NY (US);
Steven Evans, Rochester, NY (US);
Dale E. Decann, Rochester, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
An ink jet printing process having the steps of: A) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; B) loading the printer with ink jet recording elements having a support having thereon an image-receiving layer; C) loading the printer with an ink jet ink composition of water, humectant and a self-assembling colorant that is capable of spontaneously forming a nanoparticulate dispersion without any prior physical attrition or surface modification, the colorant having the formula: (A) —Q—(Z) wherein: Q represents a chromophore; each A independently represents an organic or inorganic group capable of hydrogen bonding or other non-covalent bonding; each Z independently represents an organic or inorganic group capable of electrostatic bonding; and m and n each independently represents an integer from 0 to 10; with the proviso that n+m is at least 1; and with the further proviso that at least about 50 wt. % of the colorant is present in the composition as particles; and D) printing on the image-receiving layer using the ink jet ink in response to the digital data signals.