Abstract: This invention relates to an ink jet ink composition comprising an aqueous medium and at least two different polymers, a first polymer and a second polymer, having a weight average acid number of 70 to 200. In one embodiment the ink is substantially colorless.

Abstract: An ink jet ink composition comprising an aqueous media and a pigment dispersion comprising a specific carbon black pigment and a polymeric dispersant wherein said polymeric dispersant is a copolymer comprising at least a hydrophobic methacrylate or acrylate monomer containing an aliphatic chain having greater than or equal to 12 carbons; and a hydrophilic methacrylic or acrylic acid monomer; wherein said copolymer comprises at least 10% by weight of the methacrylate or acrylate monomer and at least 5% by weight of the methacrylic or acrylic acid monomer; and wherein the copolymer comprises, in total, 20 to 95 weight % of hydrophobic monomer.

Abstract: This invention relates to method of printing an ink jet image using an ink jet ink set comprising a colored aqueous ink and a substantially colorless aqueous ink, wherein the colored ink comprises a cationic coloring agent and the colorless ink comprises an anionic polymer or oligomer.

Abstract: This invention is related to an inkjet ink comprising water, a first self-dispersing pigment, and a second self-dispersing pigment, wherein said first self-dispersing pigment comprises a charged group bonded directly to the surface thereof, and said second self-dispersing pigment comprises a charged group bonded through a linking group to the surface thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to an ink jet ink set comprising a colored aqueous ink and a substantially colorless aqueous ink, wherein the colored ink comprises a cationic coloring agent and the colorless ink comprises an anionic polymer or oligomer.

Abstract: This invention relates to an ink jet ink comprising water, a charged self-dispersed pigment characterized in having a charge equivalence of at least 0.5 mEq/g, a volatile counterion content of 0.01 to 0.5 percent by weight, and a surface-active paper penetrant.

Abstract: This invention relates to an ink jet ink composition comprising an aqueous medium and microgel particles, said particles comprising a crosslinked copolymer prepared from a monomer mixture comprising at least a crosslinking monomer, a polymerizable carboxylic acid monomer, and one or more polymerizable water insoluble vinyl type monomers. The ink composition may be a colorless ink or it may contain a colorant.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ink composition containing a multimetallic oligomeric or polymeric azo colorant wherein the colorant is derived from the polymerization reaction of a polyvalent metal cation with a dimeric tridentate ligand containing a coordinating azo group.

Abstract: This invention relates to a multilayer silver halide photographic element, generally processed with phenylenediamine based developer solutions, comprising a support bearing a cyan dye image-forming unit comprised of at least one red-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one cyan dye-forming coupler, a magenta dye image-forming unit comprising at least one green-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one magenta dye-forming coupler, and a yellow dye image-forming unit comprising at least one blue-sensitive silver halide emulsion layer having associated therewith at least one yellow dye-forming coupler, wherein at least one layer additionally contains a 2-substituted-5-amino-1-napthol DIR according to Formula (I): wherein: X is chosen from among hydrogen, halogen atoms, an alkyl group with 6 carbon atoms or less or a N-substituted carbamoyl group where the N substituent is either an alkyl group with 6 carbon atoms or less or an ar

Abstract: This invention relates to an ink composition (and a method of printing therewith) comprising water, a humectant, and polymer-dye particles, wherein said polymer-dye particles comprise a colorant phase containing a water insoluble dye of formula (I), and a polymer phase, said particles being associated with a co-stabilizer wherein R1 is a substituent as described in the application; R2 is a substituent as described in the application; R3 has a Pi of 0 to 1.5; and R4 has a Pi of greater than or equal to 0.6.

Abstract: A multilayer compensator has two or more first layers and one or more second layers. The overall in-plane retardation of the compensator is from 0 to 300 nm and the out-of-plane retardation is more negative than ?20 nm or more positive than +20 nm. The compensator may be fabricated by: coating at least one barrier layer on at least one first layer; coating at least one second layer from an organic coating solvent on the barrier layer to produce an intermediate compensator structure; and stretching the intermediate compensator structure in at least one direction by between 1% and 60%. The barrier layer contains a polymer that is water soluble or water dispersible in an amount sufficient to impede the diffusion of the organic solvent between the other first layers and the second layers. All layers have been stretched simultaneously.

Abstract: A light redirecting article redirects light toward a target angle. The light redirecting article has an input surface for accepting incident illumination over a range of incident angles and an output surface with a plurality of light redirecting structures, each light redirecting structure having an internal reflection surface oriented at a first angle with respect to the plane of the input surface and an exit surface for emitting an output light at an emitted light angle, wherein the exit surface is oriented at a second angle relative the plane of the input surface. For incident illumination at a principal angle greater than 60 degrees from normal, light is reflected from the internal reflection surface and emitted from the exit surface at an emitted light angle that is within 5 degrees of the target angle.

Abstract: This invention relates to a yellow ink composition for ink jet printing comprising a dye represented by Formula I, water and a humectant: wherein: R1 and R5 independently are hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aromatic or heterocyclic group; R2 and R4 independently are hydrogen or a non-metallic substituent; R3 is hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, acyl, sulfonyl, aromatic or heterocyclic group; and X is an electron withdrawing group; with the proviso at least one of R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 comprises a group capable of imparting water solubility to the dye.

Abstract: This invention relates to a multimetallic oligomeric or polymeric colorant wherein said colorant is derived from the polymerization of a metal cation with a dimeric tridentate ligand containing a coordinating azo group.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel kind of anthranilic acid compound that releases a UG as a function of chemical bond cleavage according to Formula (I): Q-(AAS)-UG where UG is an useful group and is chemically bonded to (AAS); (AAS) is an anthranilic acid switching group; and Q is a group in which the bond to (AAS) is broken so that the -(AAS)-UG fragment subsequently decomposes to the free UG.

Abstract: A substrate coating is provided for application in association with ink jet ink imaging on the substrate. The coating enhances permanence of black and specialty non-black color ink jet prints. The coating material of the present invention can be applied to any non-porous or semi-porous substrate as a pre-print coating. The coating comprises a combination of two polymers, and DMEA to discourage adverse interaction between the two polymers.

Abstract: This invention relates to an ink composition comprising a dye represented by Formula I: wherein R1 is independently a non-metallic substituent; s is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; R2 is hydrogen or a non-metallic substituent; R3 is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heterocyclic group with the proviso that if R3 is a quinoline moiety, the azo group is not bonded to the 5, 6, 7 or 8 position of the quinoline ring; wherein the dye must bear at least one ionizable group that is capable of imparting water solubility to the dye. It also relates to dyes which comprise a specific subset of the above dyes.

Abstract: This invention relates to an ink jet ink set comprising; A) a cyan ink comprising an aqueous vehicle and a sulfonated copper phthalocyanine dye, B) a magenta ink comprising an aqueous vehicle and an azo-naphthol derivative magenta dye, a metal complex magenta dye, or a anthrapyridone magenta dye or mixtures thereof, C) a yellow ink comprising an aqueous vehicle and a pyrazoleazoindole yellow dye or azo pyrazole-azole yellow dye or mixtures thereof and D) a black ink comprising an aqueous vehicle and a metal complex black dye.

Abstract: This invention relates to a silver halide photographic element comprising a support bearing a cyan dye image forming unit comprised of at least one red sensitive silver halide emulsion, a magenta dye image forming unit comprised of at least one green sensitive silver halide emulsion, and a yellow dye image forming unit comprised of at least one blue sensitive silver halide emulsion; wherein the at least one green sensitive silver halide emulsion comprises two absorptance peaks, the first peak being between 515 and 540 nm (short wavelength peak) and the second peak being between 565 and 590 nm, (long wavelength peak) and wherein (a) the ratio of the absorptance peak value of the short wavelength peak to the absorptance peak value of the long wavelength peak is from 0.65 to 1.55; (b) the absorptance minimum between the two absorptance peaks is between 530 and 560 nm; (c) the ratio of the absorptance value at the absorptance minimum to that of the smaller absorptance peak is 0.

Abstract: This invention relates to a composition comprising microcapsules suspended in an aqueous media, said microcapsules comprising a water immiscible material contained within an encapsulating wall of polymeric material, wherein the aqueous media contains a stabilizer comprising an anionic polymer mixture comprising a first sulfonated polystyrene polymer and a second sulfonated polystyrene polymer wherein the ratio of the weight average polymer molecular weight of the first polymer to the second polymer is greater than 2. It further relates to an imaging element comprising said microcapsules.