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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2004
Howard Dungworth, Halifax, GB;
Andrew Naisby, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Joseph Suhadolnik, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
David A. Yale, White Plains, NY (US);
Howard Dungworth, Halifax, GB;
Andrew Naisby, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Joseph Suhadolnik, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
David A. Yale, White Plains, NY (US);
Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
An ink jet recording media system is described which comprises at least one coating layer that comprises a zwitterionic copolymer or cooligomer, which copolymer or cooligomer comprises monomer units derived from at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of the zwitterionic monomers and at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of the hydroxy functional monomers and etherified hydroxy functional monomers. The media system exhibits fast dry times, excellent image quality, low levels of glycol smear, low color coalescence and excellent light fastness.