Black aqueous ink composition, ink jet recording process using the same, and recorded matter

• US 6,858,069 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2002
• Issued: 02/22/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Orient Chemical Industries Ltd, Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Matsui, Makiko, Sawatari, Yoshihiro, Kitamura, Kazuhiko, Sugawara, Shuji, Fukumoto, Hiroshi, Aoyama, Tetsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): KLEMANSKI, HELENE G
• Application Number:
  US10/279,740
• Publication Number:
  US 20040040466A1
• Time in Patent Office: 852 Days
• Field of Search: 106/31.52, 106/31.49, 106/31.58, 106/31.59, 347/100, 534/809, 534/810, 534/663, 534/667
• US Class Current: 106/31.52
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 11/32 characterised by colouring agents
• CPC Class Codes: C09D 11/328 characterised by dyes

Abstract

To provide a black aqueous ink composition for excellent light and gas fastness, an ink set including the ink composition, and an ink jet recording process using the same, the black aqueous ink composition contains at least a trisazo dye represented by Chemical Formula 31.

Claims

1. A black aqueous ink composition containing at least a trisazo dye represented by the following formula 1:

wherein A represents a hydrogen atom or a carboxyl group (—

COOM);

R¹, R², R³, and R⁴ each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a hydroxyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a carbamoyl group, an acetyl group, a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, or a halogen atom;

Nps is selected from the group consisting of;

wherein M is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, ammonium, and an organic ammonium;

B is selected from the group consisting of;

wherein M is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, ammonium, and an organic ammonium.

2. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 1, wherein the trisazo dye is a trisazo dye represented by the following formula 2:

wherein A represents a hydrogen atom or a carboxyl group (—

COOM);

R¹, R², R³, and R⁴ each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a hydroxyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a carbamoyl group, an acetyl group, a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, or a halogen atom; and

M is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, ammonium, and an organic ammonium.

3. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 1, wherein the trisazo dye is a trisazo dye represented by the following formula 3:

wherein A represents a hydrogen atom or a carboxyl group (—

COOM);

R¹, R², R³, and R⁴ each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a hydroxyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a carbamoyl group, an acetyl group, a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, or a halogen atom; and

M is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, ammonium, and an organic ammonium.

4. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 1, wherein the trisazo dye is a trisazo dye represented by the following formula 4:

wherein A represents a hydrogen atom or a carboxyl group (—

COOM);

R¹, R², R³, and R⁴ each independently represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a hydroxyl group, a sulfamoyl group, a carbamoyl group, an acetyl group, a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, or a halogen atom; and

M is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkali metal, ammonium, and an organic ammonium.

5. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 1, wherein M in the trisazo dye represented by formula 1 is an organic ammonium.

6. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 5, wherein the organic ammonium is an organic ammonium derived from a tertiary amine.

7. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 6, wherein the tertiary amine is N,N-dimethylethanolamine, triethanolamine, or triisopropanolamine.

8. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 1, which contains the trisazo dye in an amount of from 0.1 to 12% by weight based on the whole amount of the ink composition.

9. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 1, which further contains a nitrogen-containing organic solvent.

10. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 9, wherein the nitrogen-containing organic solvent is 2-pyrrolidone.

11. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 1, which further contains a nonionic surfactant.

12. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 11, wherein the nonionic surfactant is an acetylene glycol type surfactant.

13. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 11, which contains the nonionic surfactant in an amount of from 0.1 to 5% by weight based on the whole amount of the ink composition.

14. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 1, which further contains a penetrating agent.

15. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 14, wherein the penetrating agent is a glycol ether.

16. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 1, which has a pH as measured at 20°

C. of from 7.5 to 10.5.

17. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 1, which further contains a yellow dye as a complementary color.

18. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 17, wherein the yellow dye is C.I. Direct Yellow 86, 132, or 173.

19. An ink jet recording process comprising depositing ink droplets comprising the black aqueous ink composition of claim 2 onto a recording medium.

20. The ink jet recording process of claim 19, wherein the ink jet recording process is a recording process using an ink jet head which forms the ink droplets by means of mechanical deformations of an electrostrictive element.

21. An ink jet recording process which comprises ejecting droplets of an ink composition and adhering the droplets to a recording medium to conduct recording, wherein a black aqueous ink composition of claim 1 is used as the ink composition.

22. Recorded matter obtained through recording with a black aqueous ink composition of claim 1.

23. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 2, wherein M in the trisazo dye represented by formula 2 is an organic ammonium.

24. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 3, wherein M in the trisazo dye represented by formula 3 is an organic ammonium.

25. The black aqueous ink composition of claim 4, wherein M in the trisazo dye represented by formula 4 is an organic ammonium.