Ink jet printing process
AssigneeEastman Kodak Company
InventorsKristine B. Lawrence, Paul D. Yacobucci, Csaba A. Kovacs, Steven Evans
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Abstract
An ink jet printing process for improving the dye density and fixability of an ink jet image comprising: a) providing an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-recording layer comprising a mixture of an anionic, water-dispersible polyurethane and a hydrophilic polymer; and b) applying droplets of a liquid ink on the image-recording layer in an image-wise manner, the ink comprising water, humectant and a water-soluble cationic or basic dye.
Claims14
An ink jet printing process for improving the dye density and fixability of an ink jet image comprising:
- a) providing an ink jet recording element comprising a support having thereon an image-recording layer comprising a mixture of an anionic, water-dispersible polyurethane and a hydrophilic polymer;
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- b) applying droplets of a liquid ink to impact upon said image-recording layer in an image-wise manner to form a printed ink jet image in said image-recording layer, said ink comprising water, humectant and a water-soluble cationic or basic dye, said printed ink jet image being fixed within said image-recording layer.
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