Patent number: 7416592
Abstract: A magenta ink composition used as a colorant, containing at least one type of compound represented by Formula (I) below and at least one type of compound represented by Formula (II) below: (wherein A represents the residue of the five member heterocyclic diazo moiety A-NH2; B1 and B2 represent —CR1? and —CR2?, or one represents a nitrogen atom, and the other represents —CR1? or —CR2?; R5 and R6 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, aliphatic group, aromatic group, heterocyclic group, acyl group, alkoxy carbonyl group, aryloxy carbonyl group, carbamoyl group, alkyl sulfonyl group, aryl sulfonyl group, or sulfamoyl group, each group therein being optionally substituted; G, R1 and R2 each independently represents a hydrogen atom, halogen atom, aliphatic group, aromatic group, heterocyclic group, cyano group, carboxyl group, carbamoyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, aryloxy carbonyl group, acyl group, hydroxyl group, alkoxy group, aryloxy group, silyloxy group, acyloxy group, carbamoyloxy group, heteroo
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 11, 2007
Date of Patent:
August 26, 2008
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation
Inventors:
Kazuhiko Kitamura, Hiroshi Fukumoto, Akihito Sao