Ink composition, recording method and recording images using the same, as well as ink set and ink head
First Claim
1. An ink composition comprising:
- water;
a colorant; and
a polyester resin containing a polybasic carboxylic acid ingredient and a polyhydric alcohol ingredient, the polybasic carboxylic acid ingredient containing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid having a metal sulfonate group.
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Abstract
An ink composition is prepared by incorporating water, a colorant and a polyester resin in which a polybasic carboxylic acid ingredient contains an aromatic dicarboxylic acid having a metal sulfonate group. The ink composition is stored in an ink tank of an ink head, the ink composition is supplied from the ink tank into an ink chamber having a discharge port, a voltage is applied to partition wall portions formed of a piezoelectric material, a pressure is applied to the ink composition contained in the ink chamber by the partition wall portions and liquid droplets of the ink composition are discharged from the discharge port and deposited on a recording material thereby recording images.
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1. An ink composition comprising:
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water;
a colorant; and
a polyester resin containing a polybasic carboxylic acid ingredient and a polyhydric alcohol ingredient, the polybasic carboxylic acid ingredient containing an aromatic dicarboxylic acid having a metal sulfonate group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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