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US 2014/0132680 A1Published application
Water-Based Ink for Ink-Jet Recording, Ink Cartridge, Ink-Jet Recording Apparatus, and Ink-Jet Recording Method
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorChisato Hayashi
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Abstract
There is provided a water-based ink for inkjet recording, including: a self-dispersible pigment modified by carboxylic acid group; glycerol; diethylene glycol; alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether; and water, wherein the glycerol and the diethylene glycol satisfy the following condition (i): 0.24≦DEG/(Gly+DEG)≦0.92 (i) in the condition (i), Gly represents an amount of the glycerol in the water-based ink (% by weight); and DEG represents an amount of the diethylene glycol in the water-based ink (% by weight).
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A water-based ink for ink jet recording, comprising:
- a self-dispersible pigment modified by carboxylic acid group;
- glycerol;
- diethylene glycol;
- alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether;
- and
- water,
- wherein the glycerol and the diethylene glycol satisfy the following condition
- 0.24≦DEG/(Gly+DEG)≦0.92 (i)
- in the condition (i), Gly represents an amount of the glycerol in the water-based ink (% by weight);
- and DEG represents an amount of the diethylene glycol in the water-based ink (% by weight).
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