Patent ID: 8652575
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: C09D

Abstract:
1. A light-cyan solid ink, comprising an ink vehicle that is solid at room temperature, a colorant, and optional additives, the colorant comprising: a cyan colorant, a hue-adjusting colorant that absorbs wavelengths of light within a range of about 500 to about 600 nm, and an optional shade-adjusting colorant that absorbs wavelengths of light within a range of about 400 to about 500 nm, wherein the light-cyan ink when printed at 100% halftone area coverage has substantially the same color as a nominal cyan ink when printed at a halftone area coverage value of from about 15% to about 70% halftone area coverage, the light-cyan ink, when 100% solid, has a lightness L* of about 10 to about 45 units above that of a nominal cyan ink at 100% solid, the cyan colorant is present in an amount of from about 0.05% to about 6% by weight of the ink, the hue-adjusting colorant is present in an amount of from about 0.001% by weight to about 1% by weight of the ink, and the shade-adjusting colorant, if present, is present in an amount of from about 0.001% by weight to about 0.6% by weight of the ink.