Patent ID: 6020401
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: C09D

Abstract:
A gravure printing ink comprising pigment, a resinate, and a hydrocarbon-soluble pigment binder composition, wherein the binder composition comprises the solution polymerization reaction product of:(a) about 80.0% to about 95.0% by weight of a member selected from the group consisting of styrene, alkylated styrene, and combinations thereof;(b) about 5.0% to about 20.0% by weight of a member selected from the group consisting of alkyl esters of acrylic acid, alkyl esters of methacrylic acid, cycloalkyl esters of acrylic acid, cycloalkyl esters of methacrylic acid, and combinations thereof;(c) about 0.2% to about 15.0% by weight of a carboxyl-containing monomer; and(d) about 0.1% to about 2.0% by weight of a difunctional ethylenically unsaturated monomer.