Abstract: An article comprising a substrate and a patterned electrically conductive metal phase, wherein the electrically conductive metal phase is selectively deposited on the substrate via sequential or simultaneous ink jetting of combinations of a reducible soluble metal salt, a reduction catalyst and a reducing agent. On substrates having layered structures, the selectively deposited electrically conductive metal phase is intertwined with the substrate microstructure. A method of forming the same is also provided. In a particular embodiment of the method, the selective deposition of the electrically conductive phase onto the substrate comprises a first jetting of a composition comprising the reducible soluble metal salt and the reduction catalyst in a predetermined area followed by a subsequent jetting of a composition comprising the reducible metal salt and the reducing agent over the same predetermined area.

Abstract: An ink jet ink composition comprising an aqueous media and a pigment dispersion comprising a 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: 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: An article comprising a substrate and a patterned electrically conductive metal phase, wherein the electrically conductive metal phase is selectively deposited on the substrate via sequential or simultaneous ink jetting of combinations of a reducible soluble metal salt, a reduction catalyst and a reducing agent. On substrates having layered structures, the selectively deposited electrically conductive metal phase is intertwined with the substrate microstructure. A method of forming the same is also provided. In a particular embodiment of the method, the selective deposition of the electrically conductive phase onto the substrate comprises a first jetting of a composition comprising the reducible soluble metal salt and the reduction catalyst in a predetermined area followed by a subsequent jetting of a composition comprising the reducible metal salt and the reducing agent over the same predetermined area.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pigment dispersion for an ink jet ink composition, the pigment dispersion comprising pigment particles having a median particle size of 200 nm or less, and a polymeric dispersant comprising a random addition copolymer comprising at least one hydrophobic monomer type and at least one hydrophilic monomer type, wherein the polymeric dispersant comprises from 50 weight percent to 80 weight percent of hydrophobic monomers relative to the total weight of the polymeric dispersant, and wherein, when the polymer comprises more than one hydrophobic monomer type, at least 50 weight percent of the hydrophobic monomers relative to the total weight of the hydrophobic monomers is an acrylate comprising an aromatic group. The invention also provides an ink composition and ink jet printing method using the pigment dispersion.

Abstract: The invention provides a pigment dispersion for an ink jet ink composition in which the pigment dispersion contains pigment particles having a median particle size of 200 nm or less, and a random graft copolymer dispersant containing a hydrophilic monomer type, a hydrophobic monomer type having a molecular weight of less than 200, and a macro-monomer type. The invention also provides an aqueous ink jet ink composition and printing method using the pigment dispersion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an imaging service method which permits a consumer to view multiple renderings of an image or images supplied by the consumer. The image looks as provided by the slideshow of the present invention permits the consumer to see how an image or aspects of the image change among the various renderings prior to a hard copy output. With the method of the present invention, at least one image received from a customer can be modified to create a plurality of versions of the one image, and a slideshow is created to display each version of the one image for a predetermined period of time. The slideshow can be placed on a digital image storage media so as to permit the consumer to view the slideshow.