The invention relates to an ink capable of producing writing or marking on a non-absorbent or impermeable surface, which can easily be wiped off. The disadvantages inherent in the known inks are overcome by adding ester compounds of a certain composition to the ink.

An ink for ink-jet printing comprising a solution of C.I. Direct Black 168.

Ink comprising an aqueous medium, a water-insoluble colorant and a dispersant for dispersing the colorant in the aqueous medium, the dispersant being a water-soluble polymer obtained by polymerizing a monomer containing at least one monomer selected from acryloylmorpholine represented by the formula (1): ##STR1## and styrene sulfonate represented by the formula (2): ##STR2## [wherein M is an alkaline metal atom or an amino group] is provided. This ink is suitable for using for an ink-jet recordi...

An ink including: (a) a metal chelate compound of Formula (1) or salt thereof, wherein M is nickel; ##STR00001## and (b) a liquid medium.The inks are useful for ink jet printers.

A printing ink instantaneously hardenable upon contact with a catalyst comprising 65 to 80 weight percent of a varnish having a major amount of a liquid monomer of acrylic or methacrylic di- or triester and a minor proportion of a resin compatible with the liquid monomer, 10 to 30 weight percent pigment, a tertiary aromatic amine accelerator and 1 to 10 weight percent wax.

Non-aqueous inks having an electric conductivity of at least 10.sup.-4 Ohm.sup.-1 cm.sup.-1, a viscosity of at most 5 cP at 20.degree. C. and in which the liquid medium consists completely or predominantly of one or more solvents having each an evaporation index of less than 11 are most useful for the ink-jet recording process in which a jet of ink is ejected from a nozzle by application of pressure and after its breaking up into droplets is modulated according to the information to be recorded....

An aqueous blue ink for use in ink jet printing, the ink being a mixture of a blue dye, a cyan dye, a styrene/acrylic binder, water and ammonia as a volatile solubilizing constituent.

The ink is formed by a solution of a direct dye in a mixture of water and glycol wetting agents, to which a pigment which is finely ground to particles of dimensions of not more than 1000 .ANG. is added in dispersion, in a concentration of between 0.1 and 2%. The pigment particles serve to anchor the gaseous nuclei of gases which are dissolved in the ink for the purpose of stabilizing the boiling point of the ink. The ink is particularly suited to an ink jet printer of the type in which expulsio...

A hot-melt ink for an ink jet printer is formed from a solid organic solvent having a melting point less than 150.degree. C. and a low molecular weight thermosetting resin having a high hydroxyl number, together with a dye. The ink has excellent jetting characteristics, forms a hard, stable print raised above the surface of the substrate, provides high dot resolution, and remains colorfast both in the ink jet printer and on the paper, even when exposed to continued high temperatures. It is non-t...

An ink-jet printing ink composition which has high printing stability after long periods of time and at high temperatures is provided. The ink-jet printing ink composition is an aqueous ink having a nitrite ion concentration between about 0.2 to 10 parts per million (ppm) in order to lower the concentration of dissolved gas in the ink.