Patent ID: 7393093
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: B41J,B41M,C08G,D06P

Abstract:
1. An ink-jet printing process comprising the steps (a) and (b) in any order or simultaneously: (a) applying an ink by means of an ink jet printer to a localised region of a substrate to form an image on the substrate; and (b) applying a fixing composition comprising a liquid medium and a polymeric biguanide comprising a repeat unit of Formula (1) or a salt thereof by means of an ink jet printer to a localised region of the substrate: wherein: X and Y are the same or different and represent divalent organic linking groups; and characterised in that the localised regions referred to in steps (a) and (b) are substantially coextensive and wherein the fixing composition in step (b) is free from binders.