Curable Solid Ink Compositions
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsMarcel P. Breton, Michelle N. Chrétien, Peter G. Odell, Christopher Wagner
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Abstract
A radiation curable solid ink composition comprising at least one curable wax that is curable by free radical polymerization; at least one monomer, oligomer, or prepolymer; at least one non-curable wax; at least one free-radical photoinitiator or photoinitiating moiety; and a colorant; wherein the components form a curable ink composition that is a solid at a first temperature of from about 20 to about 25° C.; and wherein the components form a liquid composition at a second temperature of greater than about 40° C.
Claims20
A radiation curable solid ink composition comprising:
- at least one curable wax that is curable by free radical polymerization;
- at least one monomer, oligomer, or prepolymer;
- at least one non-curable wax;
- at least one free-radical photoinitiator or photoinitiating moiety;
- and
- a colorant;
- wherein the components form a curable ink composition that is a solid at a first temperature, wherein the first temperature is from about 20 to about 25° C.;
- and
- wherein the components form a liquid composition at a second temperature, wherein the second temperature is greater than about 40° C.
An ink jet printer ink stick or pellet containing a curable solid ink composition comprising at least one curable wax that is curable by free radical polymerization;
- at least one monomer, oligomer, or prepolymer;
- at least one non-curable wax;
- at least one free-radical photoinitiator or photoinitiating moiety;
- and a colorant;
- wherein the components form a curable ink composition that is a solid at a first temperature, wherein the first temperature is from about 20 to about 25° C.;
- and
- wherein the components form a liquid composition at a second temperature, wherein the second temperature is greater than about 40° C.
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