PIGMENT-BASED INK FORMULATIONS INCLUDING DISPERSANTS AND BINDERS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME

摘要

Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure include ink formulation and encapsulated pigments. One exemplary ink formulation (10) includes an aqueous vehicle (16); a pigment (P) dispersed throughout the aqueous vehicle, the pigment having styrene-acrylic copolymeric resins encapsulating (F) the pigment; and at least one styrene-acrylic copolymeric binder (B) dispersed throughout the aqueous vehicle.