Claims
- 1. A method of making an ink jettable fluid composition, comprising the steps of:(a) selecting a solvent component to incorporate into the composition, wherein the solvent component comprises solvent having a surface tension and wherein said solvent is selected for incorporation into the composition from information comprising a solvent characteristic indicative of the solvent surface tension; and (b) incorporating from about 1 to about 15 weight percent of the solvent into a composition comprising said solvent, one or more oligo/resins, and a radiation curable, reactive diluent having a surface tension, wherein the surface tension of the solvent is no more than about the surface tension of the radiation curable reactive diluent.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the surface tension of the solvent is less than about 30 dynes/cm.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the surface tension of the solvent is at least 2 dynes/cm less than the surface tension of the radiation curable reactive diluent.
- 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the solvent is nonpolar.
- 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the composition is substantially nonconductive.
- 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the composition is at least substantially free of flow control agents comprising silicone and/or fluorinated moieties.
- 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the solvent is an acetate ester.
- 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the solvent has a flash point of at least 50° C.
- 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the composition comprises 1 to 10 weight percent of the solvent.
- 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the solvent is an ester comprising a branched aliphatic moiety including 4 to 20 carbon atoms.
- 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the branched aliphatic moiety is an isoalkyl moiety.
- 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the solvent is at least substantially free of radiation curable moieties.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/711,345, filed Nov. 9, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,558,753, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference.
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