INK JET INK COMPRISING DIBUTYL SEBACATE AND METHOD OF USING SAME

摘要

A novel ink jet ink composition for use in drop on demand ink jet printers comprising 85-99 weight percent of a vehicle consisting essentially of dibutyl sebacate and oleic acid. In the preferred embodiment, the dibutyl sebacate comprises between 40 to 65, preferably about 60 weight percent of said ink. The subject ink, when utilizing an infrared readable colorant such as nigrosine base, is particularly suited for printing methods for generating IR readable bar codes.