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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2010
Scott Matthew Starling, Balmain, AU;
Simone Charlotte Vonwiller, Balmain, AU;
Damon Donald Ridley, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Scott Matthew Starling, Balmain, AU;
Simone Charlotte Vonwiller, Balmain, AU;
Damon Donald Ridley, Balmain, AU;
Kia Silverbrook, Balmain, AU;
Silverbrook Research Pty Ltd, Balmain, New South Wales, AU;
Abstract
A printing module for an analog printer. The printing module includes an ink supply, a printing plate and an ink applicator for disposing ink from the ink supply onto the plate. The ink contains an IR-absorbing phthalocyanine dye formulated in a solvent-based or oil-based ink vehicle. The phthalocyanine dye has sulfonate groups, wherein a counterion of each sulfonate group is a phosphonium cation. Each phosphonium cation is of formula: P(R)(R)(R)(R); each of R, R, Rand Ris independently selected from the group consisting of: Calkyl, Caryl and Carylalkyl; and at least one of R, R, Rand Rincludes more than 4 carbon atoms.