US20070101900A1 — Inkjet ink set

Claim 1

Independent Claim 64 words

1 . A dye-based inkjet ink set comprising at least two differently colored inks, wherein at least one of the inks is a first ink which is a green ink comprising a green dye in an aqueous vehicle, wherein said green dye is selected from the group consisting of Acid Green 28, Acid Green 25, Acid Green 81, Acid Green 84 and mixtures thereof.

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 64 words

1 . A dye-based inkjet ink set comprising at least two differently colored inks, wherein at least one of the inks is a first ink which is a green ink comprising a green dye in an aqueous vehicle, wherein said green dye is selected from the group consisting of Acid Green 28, Acid Green 25, Acid Green 81, Acid Green 84 and mixtures thereof.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 18 words

2 . The dye-based ink set of claim 1 , wherein the first ink comprises Acid Green 28.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 39 words

3 . The dye-based ink set of claim 1 , wherein the first ink comprises Acid Green 28 in an amount of from about 2.5 wt % and about 7 wt %, based on the total weight of ink.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 28 words

4 . The dye-based ink set of claim 1 , further comprising a second ink which is a blue ink comprising Acid Blue 260 in an aqueous vehicle.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 98 words

5 . The dye-based ink set of claim 4 , further comprising one or more of inks (a) through (f) defined as follows: (a) a yellow ink comprising Acid Yellow 79 dye in an aqueous vehicle; (b) a violet ink comprising Acid Violet 48 dye in an aqueous vehicle; (c) a black ink comprising Acid Black 194 in an aqueous vehicle; (d) a magenta ink comprising Reactive Red 245 in an aqueous vehicle; (e) an orange ink comprising Reactive Orange 95 in an aqueous vehicle, and/or (f) a red ink comprising Acid Red 361 in an aqueous vehicle.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 62 words

6 . The dye-based ink set of claim 5 , comprising a third ink that is selected from the group consisting of inks (a) through (g), and a fourth ink that is selected from the group consisting of inks (a) through (g), provided that such fourth ink is not the same of inks (a) through (g) as selected for the third ink.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 49 words

7 . The dye-based ink set of claim 6 , further comprising a fifth ink that is selected from the group consisting of inks (a) through (g), provided that such fourth ink is not the same of inks (a) through (g) as selected for the third and fourth inks.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 134 words

8 . The dye-based ink set of claim 1 , further comprising: (a) a second ink that is a blue ink comprising Acid Blue 260 dye in an aqueous vehicle; (b) a third ink that is a yellow ink comprising Acid Yellow 79 dye in an aqueous vehicle; (c) a fourth ink that is a violet ink comprising Acid Violet 48 in an aqueous vehicle; (d) a fifth ink that is a black ink comprising Acid Black 194 in an aqueous vehicle; (e) a sixth ink that is a magenta ink comprising Reactive Red 245 in an aqueous vehicle; (f) a seventh ink that is an orange ink comprising Reactive Orange 13 in an aqueous vehicle; and (g) an eighth ink that is a red ink comprising Acid Red 361 in an aqueous vehicle.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 33 words

9 . The dye-based ink set of claim 3 , further comprising a blue ink comprising from about 4 wt % to about 8 wt % Acid Blue 260 in an aqueous vehicle.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 158 words

10 . The dye-based ink set of claim 9 , further comprising one or more of inks (a) through (f) defined as follows: (a) a yellow ink comprising from about 7 wt % to about 11 wt % Acid Yellow 79 dye in an aqueous vehicle; (b) a violet ink comprising from about 4 wt % to about 8 wt % Acid Violet 48 dye in an aqueous vehicle; (c) a black ink comprising from about 6 wt % to about 10 wt % Acid Black 194 in an aqueous vehicle; (d) a magenta ink comprising from about 8 wt % to about 12 wt % Reactive Red 245 in an aqueous vehicle; (e) an orange ink comprising from about 5 wt % to about 15 wt % Reactive Orange 95 in an aqueous vehicle; and/or (f) a red ink comprising from about 4 wt % to about 8 wt % Acid Red 361 in an aqueous vehicle.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 18 words

11 . The dye-based ink set of claim 10 , further comprising all of inks (a) through (f).

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 17 words

12 . The dye-based ink set of claim 1 , which does not include a cyan ink.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 128 words

13 . A method for ink jet printing onto a fabric, comprising the steps of: (a) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; (b) loading the printer with a polyamide fabric substrate to be printed; (c) loading the printer with a dye-based inkjet ink set comprising at least two differently colored inks, wherein at least one of the inks is a first ink which is a green ink comprising a green dye in an aqueous vehicle, wherein said green dye is selected from the group consisting of Acid Green 28, Acid Green 25, Acid Green 81, Acid Green 84 and mixtures thereof; and (d) printing onto the polyamide fabric substrate using the dye-based inkjet ink set in response to the digital data signals.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 128 words

13 . A method for ink jet printing onto a fabric, comprising the steps of: (a) providing an ink jet printer that is responsive to digital data signals; (b) loading the printer with a polyamide fabric substrate to be printed; (c) loading the printer with a dye-based inkjet ink set comprising at least two differently colored inks, wherein at least one of the inks is a first ink which is a green ink comprising a green dye in an aqueous vehicle, wherein said green dye is selected from the group consisting of Acid Green 28, Acid Green 25, Acid Green 81, Acid Green 84 and mixtures thereof; and (d) printing onto the polyamide fabric substrate using the dye-based inkjet ink set in response to the digital data signals.

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 30 words

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising the steps of: (e) heating the printed fabric with steam-treatment to set the colors, and (f) washing the steam-treated fabric.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 17 words

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the polyamide fabric is flag and banner stock.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 34 words

16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the polyamide fabric substrate is printed to an ink coverage of from about 5 to about 17 grams of ink per square meter of fabric.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 26 words

17 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the dye-based ink set further comprises a blue ink comprising Acid Blue 260 in an aqueous vehicle.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 100 words

18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the dye-based ink set comprises one or more of inks (a) through (f) defined as follows: (a) a yellow ink comprising Acid Yellow 79 dye in an aqueous vehicle; (b) a violet ink comprising Acid Violet 48 dye in an aqueous vehicle; (c) a black ink comprising Acid Black 194 in an aqueous vehicle; (d) a magenta ink comprising Reactive Red 245 in an aqueous vehicle; (e) an orange ink comprising Reactive Orange 95 in an aqueous vehicle; and/or (f) a red ink comprising Acid Red 361 in an aqueous vehicle.

Claim 21

Dependent Claim 20 words

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the dye-based ink further comprising all of inks (a) through (g).

Claim 22

Dependent Claim 19 words

20 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the dye-based ink set does not include a cyan ink.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 14 words

21 . A polyamide fabric article printed according the method of claim 11 .

Claim 24

Dependent Claim 19 words

22 . The polyamide fabric article of claim 21 , wherein the polyamide fabric is flag and banner stock.

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