Abstract 1. A LITHOGRAPHIC INK FORMULATION COMPRISING AN OLEOPHILIC AND A HYDROPHILIC PHASE AND FURTHER COMPRISING A. A SMALL BUT EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF AT LEAST ONE POLYMERIC SURFACTANT TAKEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (1) POLYOXYETHYLENE ALCOHOLS OF THE FORMULA R-CO(CH2CH2O)A-H WHEREIN N IS 2; (2) POLYOXYETHYLENE ESTERS OF SATURATED FATTY ACIDS OF THE FORMULA R.COO(CH2CH2O)NCH2OH: (3) PHOLYMERIC POLYOL CONDENSATION PRODUCTS OF ETHYLENE OXIDE-PROPYLENE OXIDE HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF FROM 1,000 TO 5000 AND PREERABLY LESS THAN 2,000 WITH THE HYDROPHILIC ETHYLENE OXIDE UNITS COMPRISING LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE POLYMER; (4) THEPOLYMERIC POLYMER REACTION PRODUCT OF ETHYLENE OXIDE AND PROPYLENE OXIDE WITH ETHYLENE DIAMINE AND HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF ABOUT 4,000, WITH THE HYDROPHILIC POLYOX ETHYLENE UNIT MAKING UP ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF THE POLYMER; AND (C) POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF LESS THAN 200,000; AND B. A SMALL BUT EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF A POLYSTYRENE SULFONATE.
A LITHOGRAPHIC INK FORMULATION COMPRISING AN OLEOPHILIC AND A HYDROPHILIC PHASE AND FURTHER COMPRISING A. A SMALL BUT EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF AT LEAST ONE POLYMERIC SURFACTANT TAKEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (1) POLYOXYETHYLENE ALCOHOLS OF THE FORMULA R-CO(CH2CH2O)A-H WHEREIN N IS 2; (2) POLYOXYETHYLENE ESTERS OF SATURATED FATTY ACIDS OF THE FORMULA R.COO(CH2CH2O)NCH2OH: (3) PHOLYMERIC POLYOL CONDENSATION PRODUCTS OF ETHYLENE OXIDE-PROPYLENE OXIDE HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF FROM 1,000 TO 5000 AND PREERABLY LESS THAN 2,000 WITH THE HYDROPHILIC ETHYLENE OXIDE UNITS COMPRISING LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE POLYMER; (4) THEPOLYMERIC POLYMER REACTION PRODUCT OF ETHYLENE OXIDE AND PROPYLENE OXIDE WITH ETHYLENE DIAMINE AND HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF ABOUT 4,000, WITH THE HYDROPHILIC POLYOX ETHYLENE UNIT MAKING UP ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF THE POLYMER; AND (C) POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF LESS THAN 200,000; AND B. A SMALL BUT EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF A POLYSTYRENE SULFONATE.
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A LITHOGRAPHIC INK FORMULATION COMPRISING AN OLEOPHILIC AND A HYDROPHILIC PHASE AND FURTHER COMPRISING A. A SMALL BUT EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF AT LEAST ONE POLYMERIC SURFACTANT TAKEN FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (1) POLYOXYETHYLENE ALCOHOLS OF THE FORMULA R-CO(CH2CH2O)A-H WHEREIN N IS 2; (2) POLYOXYETHYLENE ESTERS OF SATURATED FATTY ACIDS OF THE FORMULA R.COO(CH2CH2O)NCH2OH: (3) PHOLYMERIC POLYOL CONDENSATION PRODUCTS OF ETHYLENE OXIDE-PROPYLENE OXIDE HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF FROM 1,000 TO 5000 AND PREERABLY LESS THAN 2,000 WITH THE HYDROPHILIC ETHYLENE OXIDE UNITS COMPRISING LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE POLYMER; (4) THEPOLYMERIC POLYMER REACTION PRODUCT OF ETHYLENE OXIDE AND PROPYLENE OXIDE WITH ETHYLENE DIAMINE AND HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF ABOUT 4,000, WITH THE HYDROPHILIC POLYOX ETHYLENE UNIT MAKING UP ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF THE POLYMER; AND (C) POLYVINYL PYRROLIDONE HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT OF LESS THAN 200,000; AND B. A SMALL BUT EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF A POLYSTYRENE SULFONATE.