Plastic webs, including webs of rigid and plasticized PVC, can be printed at high speed on conventional rotogravure presses with an ink whose vehicle consists of polyalkyl acrylate and polyalkyl methacrylate binder dispersed in a homogeneous, aqueous solvent in a weight ratio of 100:3 and 100:25. The imprints adhere well and resist abrasion.

The present invention pertains to an aqueous inkjet ink made from certain aqueous titanium dioxide slurries, and an associated inkjet ink set for inkjet printing. The invention also pertains to a method of inkjet printing with the ink and ink set. The use of the specific titanium dioxide slurries described herein result in inkjet inks having improved stability and better anti-settling performance with less pigment agglomeration and flocculation over time.

The present invention provides an ink jet recording ink which has excellent stability, high coloration on regular paper, high glossiness on gloss paper and excellent discharge stability of an ink from an ink jet head. This ink jet recording ink uses 2-methyl-2-propyl-1,3-propanediol. The added amount of 2-methyl-2-propyl-1,3-propanediol is no less than 0.1% by weight and no more than 2.0% by weight.

A pigmented ink for printing on untreated vinyl foils or substrates coated with vinyl by means of piezoelectric printing systems which include at least one heating device, wherein the ink is composed of a liquid carrier substance, water insoluble coloring agents, polymeric binding agents, drying decelerators, as well as additional additives, wherein the liquid carrier substance is composed of water and drying decelerators which are mixable in water. The liquid carrier substance has a content of ...

An ink-jet ink comprising at least water and an organic solvent having a boiling point of not less than 150.degree. C. in an amount of not less than 50 weight % and not more than 80 weight % based on the total weight of the ink, wherein the organic solvent comprises an alkane diol represented by Formula (1) or (2) in an amount of not less than 45 weight % and not more than 70 weight % based on the total weight of the ink, and a glycol mono-ether represented by Formula (3) in an amount of not les...

An ink jet ink composition comprising a liquid having an electrical resistance of at least 10.sup.9 Ohm.cm, insoluble marking particles in a range of from 0.5% to 30% by weight and a particle charging agent in a range of from 0.05 to 5% by weight, where the marking particles are capable of being charged and concentrated into agglomerations of the particles and ejected from the ink in the presence of non-uniform electrostatic field of significant gradient in an ink jet printing apparatus.

An ink jet printer employs a wire mesh gutter electrode assembly and a wire mesh high voltage electrode, each having angled or skewed configurations geometrically related for providing a relatively narrow constricted path for ink droplets, so that charged and partially charged droplets, which are not used for imprinting, traverse a short path and are effectively captured and collected for recirculation and use in the ink recording process.

An aqueous ink for an ink ejection process, particularly a blue ink for a process employing an ejection system which produces droplets, comprises (a) a water soluble triphenyl methane dye and (b) a buffer mixture of at least one organic hydroxy-containing carboxylic acid and at least one water soluble amine.

An ink supply system for an ink jet, or an array of ink jets, is disclosed in which an on-off valve is interposed in the conduit between the ink reservoir and the droplet forming nozzle, and a second source of ink under pressure is connected through a normally closed valve to the conduit between the nozzle and the on-off valve. To initially prime the nozzle, the on-off valve is closed, a vacuum pulled on the nozzle, and the valve opened to fill the conduit and nozzle. To reprime or clear obstruc...

Ink supply system and sequencing for purge, startup, operation, and shutoff of pressurized ink jet systems. Employing an ink jet head having an inlet, startup is accomplished by filling the head with ink, closing an inlet valve, building pressure behind the valve to a level significantly greater than required for operation, and opening the valve. The system includes an inlet valve connecting a pump from a reservoir to the ink jet head, and an outlet valve connecting an outlet from the head to th...