PIGMENT-BASED NON-AQUEOUS DYES FOR JET PRINTING Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC C09D11/02 B41J2/01 B41M5/00 

FIELD: printing industry.

SUBSTANCE: dye composition for jet recording is proposed, containing a ground pigment, a surfactant and a system of non-aqueous dissolvents. The system of non-aqueous dissolvents includes 1) from around 50 wt % to around 95 wt % of the main system of co-solvents, selected from a group of ethers of propylene glycol, acetates of glycol ether, ketones and esters, having surface tension of less than 32 dyne/cm (32x10^-5 N/cm) at 25°C; 2) from around 1 wt % to around 30 wt % of the second system of co-solvents selected from a group of n-ethyl pyrrolidone, propylene carbonate, N-methyl pyrrolidone, methyl ester of lactic acid, 1,3-butanediol and glyceryl acetate, having surface tension of more than 32 dyne/cm (32x10^-5 N/cm) at 25°C; 3) from around 1 wt % to around 10 wt % gamma-butyrolacton; 4) at least 2 wt % of resin dissolved in the dye composition. Also a group of dyes is proposed, containing the specified dye composition, as well as a method of images printing.

EFFECT: higher speed of dye drying, its stability to fading and improved spreading of a raster dot.

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