Oxazoline hot melt ink compositions
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1. An ink composition comprised of a colorant and a vehicle component, and which vehicle component is comprised of the condensation product of an organic acid and an amino alcohol, and a mixture of an amide and an amino ester, and wherein said mixture contains from about 1 to about 99 parts of said amide and from about 99 parts to about 1 part of said ester.
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An ink composition comprised of a colorant and a vehicle component, and which vehicle component is comprised of the condensation product of an organic acid and an amino alcohol.
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- 1. An ink composition comprised of a colorant and a vehicle component, and which vehicle component is comprised of the condensation product of an organic acid and an amino alcohol, and a mixture of an amide and an amino ester, and wherein said mixture contains from about 1 to about 99 parts of said amide and from about 99 parts to about 1 part of said ester.
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15. A process which comprises (a) providing an acoustic ink printer having a pool of liquid ink with a free surface, and a printhead including at least one droplet ejector for radiating the free surface of said ink with focused acoustic radiation to eject individual droplets of ink therefrom on demand, said radiation being brought to focus with a finite waist diameter in a focal plane, and wherein said ink composition selected is comprised of a colorant, and a vehicle component, and which vehicle component is comprised of the condensation product of an organic acid and an amino alcohol;
- and (b) causing droplets of said ink to be ejected onto a recording sheet in an imagewise pattern at a temperature of from about 120°
C. to about 185°
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- and (b) causing droplets of said ink to be ejected onto a recording sheet in an imagewise pattern at a temperature of from about 120°
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16. A printing process which comprises incorporating into an acoustic ink jet printer an ink and wherein said ink composition selected is comprised of a colorant and a vehicle component, and which vehicle component is comprised of the condensation product of an organic acid and an amino alcohol.
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