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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2006
Eniko Toma, Mississauga, CA;
Peter G. Odell, Mississauga, CA;
C. Geoffrey Allen, Waterdown, CA;
Jennifer Lynne Belelie, Oakville, CA;
Eniko Toma, Mississauga, CA;
Peter G. Odell, Mississauga, CA;
C. Geoffrey Allen, Waterdown, CA;
Jennifer Lynne Belelie, Oakville, CA;
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Ink vehicles having improved gellant solubility and ink compositions including such ink vehicles are provided. Exemplary ink vehicles include first and second co-monomers, and a gellant that includes that includes a curable epoxy-polyamide composite gellant; in which the first and second co-monomers are radiation curable are different from each other. Additional exemplary ink vehicles include at least two chemically distinct gellants. The chemically distinct gellant materials include a first gellant that includes a curable epoxy-polyamide composite gellant, and a second gellant that includes an amide gellant. Methods for making and using these ink vehicles and ink compositions are also provided.