Fixer for a metallic inkjet ink system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsSukanya Rengaswamy, Christopher O. Oriakhi
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Abstract
A fixer includes an aqueous vehicle, and at least one film-forming material selected from amine copolymers, polyamines, alkyl phenols, polycarboxylates, carboxylated acrylic copolymers, dendrimers, silicone polymers, acrylic acid copolymers, polystyrene sulfonates, polyvinyl sulfonates, dehydroxanthan gum, celluloses, cyclodextrin polymers, polymers having a terminal hydrophobic hydrocarbon group, polymers having a polyalkylene oxide group linked to a urethanyl group via a polyoxyalkyl amine group, polymers having a polyalkylene oxide group linked to a urethanyl group via a quaternized polyoxyalkyl amine group, polymers having a polyalkylene oxide group linked to a urethanyl group via a quaternized polyamine, and combinations thereof.
Claims20
A fixer, comprising:
- an aqueous vehicle;
- and
- at least one film-forming material selected from amine copolymers, polyamines, polycarboxylates, carboxylated acrylic copolymers, alkyl phenols, dendrimers, silicone polymers, acrylic acid copolymers, polystyrene sulfonates, polyvinyl sulfonates, dehydroxanthan gum, celluloses, cyclodextrin polymers, polymers having a terminal hydrophobic hydrocarbon group, polymers having a polyalkylene oxide group linked to a urethanyl group via a polyoxyalkyl amine group, polymers having a polyalkylene oxide group linked to a urethanyl group via a quaternized polyoxyalkyl amine group, polymers having a polyalkylene oxide group linked to a urethanyl group via a quaternized polyamine, and combinations thereof.
A metallic inkjet ink system, comprising:
- a fixer, including:
- an aqueous vehicle;
- and
- at least one film-forming material selected from amine copolymers, polyamines, dendrimers, polycarboxylates, carboxylated acrylic copolymers, alkyl phenols, celluloses, cyclodextrin polymers, anionic polymers or copolymers, cationic polymers or copolymers, silicone polymers, and combinations thereof;
- and
- at least one metallic ink.
A metallic inkjet ink system, comprising:
- a fixer, consisting essentially of:
- at least one surfactant present in an amount ranging from about 0.02 wt % to about 4 wt %;
- at least one humectant present in an amount ranging from about 1 wt % to about 25 wt %;
- at least one additive present in an amount ranging from about 0.02 wt % to about 7 wt %;
- at least one film-forming material present in an amount ranging from about 0.05 wt % to about 10 wt %, wherein the at least one film-forming material is selected from amine copolymers, polyamines, dendrimers, polycarboxylates, carboxylated acrylic copolymers, alkyl phenols, celluloses, cyclodextrin polymers, anionic polymers or copolymers, cationic polymers or copolymers, silicone polymers, and combinations thereof;
- and
- water;
- and
- at least one metallic ink.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.