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US 7,118,620 B2Granted
Inkjet inks with particulate additive
AssigneeLexmark International, Inc.
InventorMohanram Jayaram
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Abstract
To reduce show through, particularly for color pigments, a particulate negative metal oxide. Specifically in an anionic ink, tin oxide of primary particle size in the range of about 10 to 30 nm, is incorporated in inkjet inks in amount of less than 2 percent by weight of the total weight of the ink.
Claims4
An aqueous, inkjet ink comprising a color pigment and water vehicle wherein the improvement comprises said ink having greater than or equal to about 0.9 percent by weight and less than 2 percent by weight of tin oxide suspended in said ink, said tin oxide having a primary particle size of less than 200 nm.
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