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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2015
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuko Aoki, Kiso, JP;
Takayoshi Kagata, Shiojiri, JP;
Masahiro Yatake, Shiojiri, JP;
Shoki Kasahara, Mobara, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An ink composition, which is recorded on a heated recording medium, includes: a color material; water; a first polymer particle; and a second polymer particle, in which the first polymer particle has a core-shell structure including a first core polymer and a first shell polymer, the second polymer particle has a core-shell structure including a second core polymer and a second shell polymer, each of the first shell polymer and the second shell polymer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 40° C. or higher, and the glass transition temperature Tg of the first shell polymer is higher than that of the second shell polymer.