Patent ID: 8372189

Claim:
A phase change ink consisting of: an amorphous component, wherein the amorphous component is an ester of citric acid having a formula of wherein R 1 , R 2 , and R 3 each, independently of the other, is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, wherein the alkyl portion can be straight, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group, and mixtures thereof; a crystalline component, wherein the crystalline component is an ester of an aliphatic linear diacid having the following structure: wherein R 4 may be substituted or unsubstituted alkyl chain and is selected from the group consisting of —(CH 2 ) 1 — to —(CH 2 ) 12 —, and wherein R 5 and R 6 , each independently of the other, is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, wherein the alkyl portion can be straight, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, having from 1 to 40 carbon atoms, or a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group, and mixtures thereof; and an colorant.