(19)
(11) EP 1 035 248 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.03.2006 Bulletin 2006/09

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.09.2000 Bulletin 2000/37

(21) Application number: 00105080.6

(22) Date of filing: 10.03.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
D06P 5/30(2006.01)
D06P 1/613(2006.01)
 D06P 1/39(2006.01)
D06P 1/651(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 12.03.1999 JP 6716199

(71) Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo-to (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Taniguchi Makoto, c/o Seiko Epson Corporation
    Suwa-Shi, Nagano-Ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)

   


(54) Ink composition for ink jet textile printing


(57) Disclosed are ink compositions for ink jet textile printing, comprising at least an acid dye, a surfactant, water, and at least one compound represented by formula (I), the ink composition having a viscosity of not more than 8.0 m·Pa·s (20°C), is printed on a woven fabric by means of a piezoelectric vibrator type ink jet recording head:

wherein EP1, EP2, and EP3 each independently represent an ethyleneoxy or propyleneoxy group; and l, m, and n each are independently 0 or a natural number of 1 or more, provided that at least one of l, m, and n is 1 or more with the average of l + m + n in the whole compound represented by formula (I) contained in the ink composition being 1 to 30.





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