Claims
- 1. A method of printing a design by means of an ink jet printer using heat activated dye solids, comprising the steps of:
a. preparing a liquid ink formulation suitable for use in an ink jet printer which uses liquid ink, wherein said liquid ink formulation comprises at least one solvent, at least one emulsifying enforcing agent, and heat activated dye solids which are finely divided to a particle size which yields an emulsion when said heat activated dye solids are emulsified within said at least one solvent by means of said emulsifying enforcing agent; b. supplying an ink jet printer which uses liquid ink with said liquid ink formulation; c. printing said liquid ink formulation in a desired image by means of said ink jet printer onto a medium at a temperature which is below the temperature at which said heat activated dye solids activate; and d. transferring said image from said medium to an object on which the image is to appear by thermal means at a temperature which is above the temperature at which said heat activated dye solids activate, so as to cause said heat activated dye solids to transfer onto said object.
- 2. A method of printing a design by means of an ink jet printer using heat activated dye solids as described in claim 1, wherein the step of preparing the liquid ink formulation comprises the step of dissolving a sulfonated lignin as an emulsifying enforcing agent in said at least one solvent.
- 3. A method of printing a design by means of an ink jet printer using heat activated dye solids as described in claim 1, wherein said ink formulation comprises not less than 1%, nor more than 20%, of said at least one emulsifying enforcing agent by weight.
- 4. A method of printing a design by means of an ink jet printer using heat activated dye solids as described in claim 1, wherein said at least one solvent is water.
- 5. A method of printing a design by means of an ink jet printer using heat activated dye solids as described in claim 4, wherein said liquid ink formulation comprises not less than 30% water by weight.
- 6. A method of printing a design by means of an ink jet printer using heat activated dye solids as described in claim 5, wherein said at least one solvent is water.
- 7. A method of printing a design by means of an ink jet printer using heat activated dye solids as described in claim 1, wherein said liquid ink formulation comprises from 1% to 2% by total weight of said liquid ink formulation of said heat activated dye solids, and from 1% to 20% of at least one emulsifying enforcing agent.
- 8. A method of printing a design by means of an ink jet printer using heat activated dye solids, comprising the steps of:
a. preparing a solid ink jet ink formulation comprising heat activated dye solids, from 1% to 20% of at least one emulsifying enforcing agent, and from 20% to 70% by weight of a transfer vehicle; and from 0% to 30% by weight of a binder; b. supplying an ink jet printer with said ink formulation: c. printing said ink formulation in a desired image by means of said jet printer onto a medium at a temperature which is below the temperature at which said heat activated dye solids activate; and d. transferring said image from said medium to an object on which the image is to appear by thermal means at a temperature which is above the temperature at which said heat activated dye solids activate, so as to cause said heat activated dye solids to transfer onto said object.
- 9. A method of printing a design by means of an ink jet printer using heat activated dye solids as described in claim 1, wherein said medium does not comprise an ink binder prior to printing said liquid ink formulation by means of said jet printer onto said medium.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This application is a divisional of pending application Ser. No. 09/661,931, filed Sep. 14, 2000, which is a continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 09/206,262, filed Oct. 27, 1998; which is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/749,426, filed Nov. 15, 1996, now abandoned; which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/565,999, filed Dec. 1, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,601,023, issued Feb. 11, 1997; which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/207,756, filed Aug. 8, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,485,614, issued Jan. 30, 1996, and a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/506,894, filed Jul. 25, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,734,396, issued Mar. 24, 1998.
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