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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2003
Applicant:
Kazuhide Kubota, Nagano-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhide Kubota, Nagano-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C09D 11/10 (2006.01); B05D 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to reduce uneven glossiness of images formed with pigmented ink compositions on glossy inkjet media by setting the type of surfactant and the content of an alkanediol and a glycol ether. The ink composition of the present invention contains a pigment, an alkanediol, a glycol ether, a polyether-modified polysiloxane compound, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, and the sum of the contents of alkanediol and glycol ether is 10 wt % or more, but less than 20 wt %.