| (19) |
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(11) |
EP 0 354 863 A3 |
| (12) |
EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
| (88) |
Date of publication A3: |
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13.03.1991 Bulletin 1991/11 |
| (43) |
Date of publication A2: |
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14.02.1990 Bulletin 1990/07 |
| (22) |
Date of filing: 29.06.1989 |
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| (84) |
Designated Contracting States: |
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DE FR GB IT |
| (30) |
Priority: |
08.08.1988 US 229194
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| (71) |
Applicant: LEXMARK INTERNATIONAL, INC. |
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Greenwich,
Connecticut 06830 (US) |
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| (72) |
Inventors: |
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- Findlay, Hugh Thomas
Lexington
Kentucky 40505 (US)
- Froman,, Kenneth Howard
Versailles
Kentucky, KY 40383 (US)
- Martone, James Francis
Lexington
Kentucky (US)
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| (74) |
Representative: Skailes, Humphrey John et al |
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Frank B. Dehn & Co.
Imperial House
15-19 Kingsway
London WC2B 6UZ
London WC2B 6UZ (GB) |
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| (54) |
Multicolored fabric printing ribbon |
(57) A fabric ribbon having multicolored regions has coloring matter in the regions of
only flushed pigments in a liquid vehicle. Flushed pigments do not migrate between
colored regions under normal conditions, and therefore mixing of the colors is avoided
without alteration of the fabric or use of a fabric with special characteristics or
regions.
Flushed pigments have very small particle size and perform like dyes with respect
to replenishing the ribbon for good ribbon life. Yet, the ribbon colors do not bleed
together, a characteristic of pigments.