Patent ID: 7754779
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: C09D

Abstract:
1. An ink for an ink jet printer, comprising an ink vehicle comprising at least one radically curable, multifunctional acrylate monomer and at least one radically curable, multifunctional acrylate oligomer, at least one colorant, and at least one photoinitiator, wherein the ink is substantially free of solvents, and wherein the at least one multifunctional acrylate monomer and the at least one multifunctional acrylate oligomer is selected from the group consisting of: propoxylated neopentyl glycol diacrylate, hexanediol diacrylate, tripropylene glycol diacrylate, dipropylene glycol diacrylate, amine modified polyether acrylates, trimethylolpropane triacrylate, dipentaerythritol penta-/hexa-acrylate, ethoxylated pentaerythritol tetraacrylate, and mixtures thereof.