U.S. Pat. No. 4,705,567 discloses a heterophase ink composition comprising water and a dye covalently attached to a component selected from the group consisting of poly(ethylene glycols) and poly(ethylene imines), which component is complexed with a heteropolyanion.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,664,715 discloses lakes based on basic dyes and heteropolyacids (PM, PTM, SM, PSTM and STM) and that are prepared by a process in which the lakes are heated to 50-100° C. at pH 2-5 in the presence of (1) primary, secondary or tertiary aliphatic amines, (2) alkylamino-C2-C8-alkanoic acids, (3) diaryl- or triarylamines, (4) acidic or neutral phosphates based on fatty alcohols, their ethylene oxide or propylene oxide/ethylene oxide adducts, polypropylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, or propylene oxide/ethylene oxide block copolymers, (5) sulfuric acid half esters of fatty alcohols, of their ethylene oxide adducts or alkylphenol/ethylene oxide adducts, (6) C8-C20-alkanoic acids and alkenoic acids, alkylbenzenesulfonic acids, alkylnaphthalenesulfonic acids or dialkylsulfimides, (7) alkylphenol/ethylene oxide adducts, alkanol/ethylene oxide adducts or alkylamine/ethylene oxide adducts, (8) propylene glycols or propylene oxide/ethylene oxide block copolymers of alkanediols or -polyols or (9) naphthols or alkylphenols.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,576,649 discloses the preparation of permanent pigments from selected cationic dyes by precipitation from aqueous solution with complex heteropoly acids in the presence of selected amine color enhancing agents.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,142,618 discloses a fluid deposition apparatus comprising (a) a fluid supply, (b) a porous fluid distribution member in operative connection with the fluid supply, enabling wetting of the fluid distribution member with a fluid, and (c) a porous metering membrane situated on the fluid distribution member, whereby the metering membrane enables uniform metering of the fluid from the fluid distribution member onto a substrate.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,270,214 discloses a process which comprises (a) applying to a substrate a fixing fluid which comprises a material selected from the group consisting of (1) block or graft copolymers of dialkylsiloxanes and polar, hydrophilic monomers capable of interacting with an ink colorant to cause the colorant to become complexed, laked, or mordanted, (2) organopolysiloxane copolymers having functional side groups capable of interacting with an ink colorant to cause the colorant to become complexed, laked, or mordanted, (3) perfluorinated polyalkoxy polymers, (4) perfluoroalkyl surfactants having thereon at least one group capable of interacting with an ink colorant to cause the colorant to become complexed, laked, or mordanted, and (5) mixtures thereof; (b) incorporating into an ink jet printing apparatus an ink composition which comprises water and a colorant which becomes complexed, laked, or mordanted upon contacting the fixing fluid; and (c) causing droplets of the ink composition to be ejected in an imagewise pattern onto the substrate.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,544,321 discloses pigment particles prepared by a process which comprises (a) preparing a solution of a polyalkylene oxide compound in water; (b) preparing a solution of a cationic dye in water; (c) admixing the solution containing the polyalkylene oxide compound with the solution containing the cationic dye to form a mixture; (d) adding to the mixture a solution containing a heteropolyacid in water, an alcohol, or a mixture thereof, thereby resulting in formation of pigment particles having an average particle diameter of no more than about 300 nanometers; and (e) after addition of the heteropolyacid to the mixture, neutralizing the mixture by addition of a base.