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US 6,866,707 B2Granted
Ink set for ink jet recording and ink jet recording process
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorShinichi Kato
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AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorShinichi Kato
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The invention relates to an ink set for ink jet recording comprising at least one “resin-containing pigment ink containing water and a pigment made dispersible in water with a resin” and at least one “self-dispersion type pigment ink containing water and a pigment dispersible in water without a dispersing agent”, wherein the ink set is constituted so that the at least one resin-containing pigment ink and the at least one self-dispersion type pigment ink correspond to each other in terms of hue. Also disclosed is an ink jet recording process for conducting ink jet recording using the ink set described above, wherein the resin-containing pigment ink contained in the ink set is used for paper exclusive to ink jet recording, and the self-dispersion type pigment ink contained in the ink set is used for plain paper.
An ink set for ink jet recording comprising (a) at least one resin-containing pigment ink containing water and a pigment made dispersible in water with a resin, wherein the pigment in the resin-containing pigment ink is made dispersible by coating the pigment with the resin, and (b) at least one self-dispersion type pigment ink containing water and a pigment dispersible in water without a dispersing agent, wherein the ink set is constituted so that the at least one resin-containing pigment ink and the at least one self-dispersion type pigment ink correspond to each other in terms of hue.
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