Claims
- 1. A substrate selected from the group consisting of a textile, a polymeric film, and a paper, a portion of which is contacted with a black offset ink composition comprising at least one black pigment, at least one diluent selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, hydrocarbon solvents, vegetable oils and mixtures thereof, and a toner component, wherein said toner component is a urethane compound produced through the reaction of an organic chromophore having at least one reactive hydroxyl or amine substituent group and at least one monoisocyanate reactant.
- 2. The substrate of claim 1 wherein said organic chromophore is selected from the group consisting of azo, diphenylmethane, triarylmethane, xanthene, methine, acridine, quinoline, thiazole, indamine, indophenol, azine, oxazine, thiazine, anthraquinone, indigoid, and phthalocyanine chromophores.
- 3. The substrate of claim 2 wherein said organic chromophore comprises at least one poly(oxyalkylene) substituent, having a straight or branched chain of from 3 to 200 residues of C2-18 alkylene oxides.
- 4. The substrate of claim 3 wherein said alkylene oxide residues are selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and mixtures thereof.
- 5. The substrate of claim 1 wherein said monoisocyanate is selected from the group consisting of octadecenylisocyanate, butylisocyanate, and any mixtures thereof.
- 6. A substrate selected from the group consisting of a textile, a polymeric film, and a paper, a portion of which is contacted with a black offset ink composition comprising at least one black pigment, at least one diluent selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, hydrocarbon solvents, vegetable oils and mixtures thereof, and a toner component, wherein said toner component is a urethane or urea compound produced through the sequential reaction of an organic chromophore having at least one reactive hydroxyl or amine substituent group and at least one polyisocyanate to produce a resultant isocyanate intermediate, followed by reaction of said resultant isocyanate intermediate with a long chain alcohol having at least eight carbon atoms therein.
- 7. The substrate of claim 6 wherein said long chain alcohol is selected from the group consisting of octanol, tetradecanol, undecanol, stearyl alcohol, 2-decanol, 1,12-dodecanol, 1,2-decanol, 1,10-decanol, 4-decanol, 2-octanol, 3-octanol, 3-octanol, nonanol, 2-undecanol, 2-tetradecanol, 1,2-tetradecanol, 1,14-tetradecanediol, heptadecanol, and mixtures thereof.
- 8. The substrate of claim 7 wherein said organic chromophore is selected from the group consisting of azo, diphenylmethane, triarylmethane, xanthene, methine, acridine, quinoline, thiazole, indamine, indophenol, azine, oxazine, thiazine, anthraquinone, indigoid, and phthalocyanine chromophores.
- 9. The substrate claim 8 wherein said organic chromophore comprises at least one poly(oxyalkylene) substituent, having a straight or branched chain of from 3 to 200 residues of C2-18 alkylene oxides.
- 10. The substrate of claim 9 wherein said alkylene oxide residues are selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and mixtures thereof.
- 11. The substrate of claim 6 wherein said polyisocyanate is selected from the group consisting of 2,4-toluene diisocyanate, 2,6-toluene diisocyanate, 4,4′-biphenylene diisocyanate, 2,2′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, 4,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, 2,4′-diphenylmethane diisocyanate, tetramethyl-m-xylene diisocyanate, p-xylene diisocyanate, methylenedi-p-phenyl diisocyanate, m-phenylene diisocyanate, p-phenylene diisocyanate, hexamethylene diisocyanate, isophorone diisocyanate, 4,4′-diisocyanatodiphenyl ether, bis(4-isocyanatophenyl)sulfone, isopropylidene bis(4-phenyl isocyanate), naphthalene-1,5-diisocyanate, 1-chloro-2,4-phenylene diisocyanate, 3,3′-bitolylene-4,4′-diisocyanate, 3,3′-dimethoxy-4,4′-biphenylene diisocyanate, 3,3′-dichloro-4,4′-biphenylene diisocyanate, 2,2′,5,5′-tetramethyl-4,4′-biphenylene diisocyanate, diphenylethane-4,4′-diisocyanate, dicyclohexylmethane-4,4′-diisocyanate, and any mixtures thereof.
- 12. A substrate selected from the group consisting of a textile, a polymeric film, and a paper, a portion of which is contacted with a black offset ink composition comprising at least one black pigment, at least one diluent selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, hydrocarbon solvents, vegetable oils and mixtures thereof, and a toner component, wherein said toner component is a urethane compound conforming to the structure of Formula (I) wherein A is a chromophore, B is a linking group selected from the group consisting of N, NR, O, S, SO2, SO2N, SO2NR, CO2, CON and CONR, Q is selected from the group consisting of C2-C18 alkyleneoxy and any combinations thereof, x is from 0 to 200, y is 0 or 1, Z is selected from the group consisting of aliphatic residues and aromatic residues, R′ is C4-C30 alkyl, a is 1 or 2, b is 1-5, and R is C1-C12 alkyl.
- 13. The substrate of claim 12 wherein A is a group exhibiting one of the following chromophoric backbones selected from the group consisting of such backbones as nitroso, nitro, azo, diarylmethane, triarylmethane, xanthene, acridine, quinoline, methine, thiazole, indamine, indophenol, lactone, aminoketone, hydroxyketone, stilbene, azine, oxazine, thiazine, anthraquinone, phthalocyanine and indigoid.
- 14. The substrate of claim 12 wherein Q is a combination of ethyleneoxy and propyleneoxy groups with from about 3 to about 50 moles thereof.
- 15. A method of coloring a paper, polymeric film, or textile substrate comprising the steps of(a) providing a substrate selected from the group consisting of a paper article, a polymeric film, and a textile article; (b) contacting at least a portion of said substrate with a black offset ink composition comprising at least one black pigment, and least one diluent selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, hydrocarbon solvents, vegetable oils and mixtures thereof, and a toner component, wherein said toner component is a urethane compound produced through the reaction of an organic chromophore having at least one reactive hydroxyl or amine substituent group and at least one monoisocyanate reactant; and (c) heating said contacted substrate to a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to effectively fix said compound to the surface of said substrate.
- 16. A method of coloring a paper, polymeric film, or textile substrate comprising the steps of(a) providing a substrate selected from the group consisting of a paper article, a polymeric film, and a textile article; (b) contacting at least a portion of said substrate with a black offset ink composition comprising at least one black pigment, at least one diluent selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, hydrocarbon solvents, vegetable oils and mixtures thereof, and a toner component, wherein said toner component is a urethane or urea compound produced through the sequential reaction of an organic chromophore having at least one reactive hydroxyl or amine substituent group and at least one polyisocyanate to produce a resultant isocyanate intermediate, followed by reaction of said resultant isocyanate intermediate with a long chain alcohol having at least eight carbon atoms therein; and (c) heating said contacted substrate to a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to effectively fix said compound to the surface of said substrate.
- 17. A method of coloring a paper, polymeric film, or textile substrate comprising the steps of(a) providing a substrate selected from the group consisting of a paper article, a polymeric film, and a textile article; (b) contacting at least a portion of said substrate with a black offset ink composition comprising at least one black pigment, at least one diluent selected from the group consisting of mineral oils, hydrocarbon solvents, vegetable oils and mixtures thereof, and a toner component, wherein said toner component is a urethane compound conforming to the structure of Formula (I) wherein A is a chromophore, B is a linking group selected from the group consisting of N, NR, O, S, SO2, SO2N, SO2NR, CO2, CON and CONR, Q is selected from the group consisting of C2-C18 alkyleneoxy and any combinations thereof, x is from 0 to 200, y is 0 or 1, Z is selected from the group consisting of aliphatic residues and aromatic residues, R′ is C4-C30 alkyl, a is 1 or 2, b is 1-5, and R is C1-C12 alkyl; and(c) heating said contacted substrate to a temperature and for a period of time sufficient to effectively fix said compound to the surface of said substrate.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a divisional of co-pending application 10/001,351, filed on Oct. 26, 2001 “now U.S. Pat. No. 6,664,311”.
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