US 7,468,100 B2
Ink for ink-jet recording
Yasuhiro Taga, Nagoya (Japan); and Kazuma Goto, Nagoya (Japan)
Assigned to Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken (Japan)
Filed on Sep. 04, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/849,733.
Claims priority of application No. 2006-252232 (JP), filed on Sep. 19, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2008/0066643 A1, Mar. 20, 2008
Int. Cl. C09D 11/00 (2006.01); C09D 11/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 106—31.78  [106/31.28; 106/31.49] 20 Claims
 
1. An ink for ink-jet recording comprising a benzotriazole compound and a copper phthalocyanine pigment,
wherein the ink further comprises a metallic phthalocyanine compound having one or more counter ions,
wherein about 2 mol % to about 20 mol % of the counter ions is selected from the group consisting of ammonium ions, organic ammonium ions, and combinations thereof.