Phase change ink compositions

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C106S031610, C106S031430, C106S031750

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06319310

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Copending Application U.S. Pat. No. 6,132,499, filed Jul. 29, 1999, entitled “Inks,” with the named inventors Raymond W. Wong, Marcel P. Breton, Danielle C. Boils, Fatima M. Mayer, and Shadi L. Malhotra, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, discloses an ink composition comprising (1) a carbamate or thiourea each with a melting point of from about 60° C. to about 120° C. and an acoustic loss value of from about 25 to about 80 dB/mm, (2) an alcohol compound with melting point of about 25° C. to about 90° C. and with an acoustic loss value of from about 5 to about 40 dB/mm, (3) a lightfastness component, (4) an antioxidant, and (5) a colorant.
Copending Application U.S. Pat. No. 6,110,265, filed Apr. 27, 1999, entitled “Ink Compositions,”with the named inventors Marcel P. Breton, Shadi L. Malhotra, Raymond W. Wong, Danielle C. Boils, Carl P. Tripp, and Pudupodi R. Sundararajan, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, discloses an ink composition comprising (1) a solid oxazoline compound with a melting point of from about 60° C. to about 120° C. and an acoustic loss value of from about 25 to about 80 dB/mm; (2) a carbamate compound with a melting point of from about 25° C. to about 100° C.; (3) an alcohol compound; (4) a lightfastness component; (5) a lightfastness antioxidant; and (6) a colorant.
Copending Application U.S. Pat. No. 6,071,333, filed Apr. 27, 1999, entitled “Ink Compositions,” with the named inventors Marcel P. Breton, Shadi L. Malhotra, and Raymond W. Wong, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, discloses an ink composition containing (1) a solid carbamate compound; (2) an alcohol compound with a melting point of from about 25° C. to about 90° C.; (3) a lightfastness component; (4) a lightfastness antioxidant; and (5) a colorant,
Copending Application U.S. Pat. No. 6,187,082, filed Mar. 30, 1999, entitled “Ink Compositions,” with the named inventors H.
Bruce Goodbrand, Danielle C. Boils, Pudupadi R. Sundararajan, Raymond W. Wong, and Shadi L. Malhotra, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, discloses an ink composition comprising (1) a thiourea with a melting point of from about 60 to about 120° C. and with an acoustic loss value of from about 25 to about 80 dB/mm, (2) an optional ink carbamate with a melting point of from about 25° C. to about 60° C. and with an acoustic loss value of from about 5 to about 40 dB/mm, (3) a lightfastness component, (4) a lighffast antioxidant, and (5) a colorant.
Copending Application U.S. Pat. No. 6,300,373, filed Apr. 27, 1999, entitled “Ink Compositions,” with the named inventors Marcel P. Breton, Shadi L. Malhotra, and Raymond W. Wong, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, discloses an ink composition comprising (1) a solid urea compound; (2) an alcohol; (3) a lightfastness component; (4) a lightfast antioxidant; and (5) a colorant.
Copending Application U.S. Pat. No. 6,106,601, filed Apr. 27, 1999, entitled “Ink Compositions,” with the named inventors Shadi L. Malhotra, Raymond W. Wong, and Marcel P. Breton, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, discloses an ink composition comprising (1) an oxazoline compound, (2) a thiourea compound with an optional melting point of from about 25 to about 100° C., and with an optional acoustic loss value of from about 5 to about 40 dB/mm; (3) an alcohol; (4) a lightfastness compound; (5) an antioxidant, and (6) a colorant.
Copending Application U.S. Ser. No. 09/495,716, filed Feb. 1, 200, entitled “Acoustic Printing Inks Containing Bis(Carbamates),” with the named inventors H. Bruce Goodbrand, Danielle C. Boils, Pudupadi R. Sundararajan, and Raymond W. Wong, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, discloses a printing process which comprises (1) incorporating into an acoustic ink jet printing apparatus an ink composition comprising (a) an ink vehicle which comprises a bis(carbamate) of the formula
wherein R
1
is an alkylene group and R
2
and R
3
each, independently of the other, are alkyl groups or alkylene oxide or polyalkylene oxide groups of the formula —(C
n
H
2n
O)
y
H, wherein n is an integer of 2 or 3 and y is an integer representing the number of repeat alkylene oxide units, (b) a colorant, (c) an optional conductivity enhancing agent, (d) an optional antioxidant, (e) an optional UV absorber, (f) an optional clarifier, (g) an optional tackifier, (h) an optional adhesive, and (i) an optional plasticizer, (2) melting the ink, and (3) causing droplets of the melted ink to be ejected by acoustic beams in an imagewise pattern onto a recording sheet.
Copending Application U.S. Pat. No. 6,187,083, filed Sep. 23, 1999, entitled “Conductive Inks Containing Sulfonate Salts,” with the named inventors Shadi L. Malhotra, Raymond W. Wong, and Marcel P. Breton, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, discloses an ink composition comprising (a) an ink vehicle which is selected from (i) 1,3-dialkyl ureas, (ii) N,N′-ethylene bisalkylamides, (iii) N-(4-chloro-3-(4,5-dihydro-5-oxo-1-(2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-3-yl amino) phenyl)-2-(1-octadecenyl) succinimide, (iv) 1,3-diamino-5,6-bis(octyloxy) isoindoline, (v) N,N-dimethyl alkylamine N-oxides, (vi) alkyl amides, or (vii) mixtures thereof, said ink vehicle having a melting point of no lower than about 60° C. and no higher than about 155° C., (b) a viscosity modifier which is an amide having a melting point of no lower than about 60° C. and no higher than about 155° C., (c) a conductive sulfonate salt having a melting point of no lower than about 60° C. and no higher than about 155° C., (d) a colorant, (e) an optional antioxidant, and (f) an optional ultraviolet absorber.
Copending Application U.S. Pat. No. 6,086,661, filed Apr. 27, 1999, entitled “Ink Compositions,” with the named inventors Shadi L. Malhotra, James D. Mayo, and Marcel P. Breton, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, discloses an aqueous ink composition comprising (1) a quaternary compound selected from the group consisting of (a) imidazolinium quaternary salts, (b) phosphonium quaternary salts, and (c) an ammonium quaternary salt; (2) a liquid ink vehicle, (3) a paper-curl reducing compound; (4) a lightfastness component; (5) a lightfastness antioxidant; (6) a substantially water soluble organic salt or a substantially water soluble inorganic salt; (7) a biocide; and (8) a colorant.
Copending Application U.S. Pat. No. 6,096,124, filed Apr. 27, 1999, entitled “Ink Compositions,” with the named inventors Raymond W. Wong, Shadi L. Malhotra, and Marcel P. Breton, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, discloses a conductive ink composition comprising (1) an acid salt; (2) a conductive quaternary compound; (3) a viscosity modifying compound; (4) a lightfastness component; (5) a lightfastness antioxidant; and (6) a colorant.
Copending Application U.S. Pat. No. 6,096,125, filed Apr. 27, 1999, entitled “Ink Compositions,” with the named inventors Marcel P. Breton Shadi L. Malhotra, Danielle C. Boils, Raymond W. Wong, Guerino G. Sacripante, and John M. Lennon, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, discloses an ink composition comprising (1) a mixture comprising a salt and an oxyalkylene compound wherein the conductive mixture possesses a melting point of from about 60° C. to about 120° C.; (2) an ink vehicle compound with a melting point of from about 80° C. to about 100° C.; (3) a viscosity modifying amide compound; (4) a lightfastness component; (5) a lightfastness antioxidant; and (6) a colorant.
Copending Application U.S. Pat. No. 6,174,355, filed Jul. 29, 1999, entitled “Ink Compositions,” with the named inventors James D. Mayo, Daniel A. Foucher, Marcel P. Breton, and Fereshteh Lesani, the disclosure of which is totally incorporated herein by reference, discloses an ink composition comprising a colorant and poly(diallyl diethyl ammonium) bromide

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