Patent ID: 8747536

Claim:
A phase change ink composition comprising an amorphous component comprising: at least one non-ester material and at least one ester of malic acid having a formula of wherein R 1 and R 2 each, independently of the other, is an alkyl group, and further wherein the alkyl portion can be straight, branched or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, substituted or unsubstituted, having from 1 to about 40 carbon atoms, an substituted or unsubstituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group, and mixtures thereof, wherein the at least one non-ester material and the at least one ester of malic acid are reaction products from the malic acid and one or more alcohols, wherein the component has a viscosity of from about 1 to about 100 cps at a temperature from about 100° C. to about 140° C.