A solution to the specific problem of black to yellow color bleed is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,198,023, entitled Cationic Dyes with Added Multi-Valent Cations to Reduce Bleed in Thermal Ink-Jet Inks", and assigned to the same assignee as the present application, wherein multivalent cations such as calcium chloride and magnesium chloride are added at concentrations ranging from about 1 to 10 wt