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20090088521 | AQUEOUS COLORANT DISPERSION, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE AQUEOUS COLORANT DISPERSION, AND AQUEOUS INK FOR INKJET RECORDING - The invention provides an aqueous colorant dispersion having: a colorant (A); a polymer (B); and an aqueous liquid medium (I), a method of producing the dispersion, and an aqueous ink for inkjet recording using the dispersion. The polymer (B) is a copolymer containing a hydrophilic structural unit and a hydrophobic structural unit. The hydrophobic structural unit contains a hydrophobic structural unit (a) containing a benzene ring which is not directly bonded to an atom that forms a main chain of the polymer (B). The hydrophilic structural unit contains a hydrophilic structural unit (b) containing an ionic group. The polymer (B) contains a structural unit (c) different from the hydrophobic structural unit (a) and the hydrophilic structural unit (b). A content of the hydrophobic structural unit and a content of the structural unit (c) with respect to a total mass of the polymer (B) are respectively in specific ranges. | 04-02-2009 |
20090131577 | PIGMENT COMPOSITION, WATER-BASED PIGMENT DISPERSION, METHOD OF PRODUCING WATER-BASED PIGMENT DISPERSION, WATER-BASED INK FOR INK JET RECORDING, AND POLYMER COMPOUND - The invention provides a pigment composition having a pigment and a dispersant, wherein the dispersant is a copolymer comprising: a repeating unit (a) having a specific structure; and a repeating unit (b) having an ionic group. The invention ether provides a water-based pigment dispersion containing: the pigment composition; and water or a water-based carrier medium containing water and an organic solvent. The invention further provides a method for producing the water-based pigment dispersion. The invention further provides a water-based ink for ink jet recording containing the water-based pigment dispersion. The invention further provides a polymer compound having, as copolymerization components, a monomer having a specific structure, (meth)acrylic acid, and benzyl (meth)acrylate. | 05-21-2009 |
20110074867 | AQUEOUS PIGMENT DISPERSION, INK COMPOSITION, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An aqueous pigment dispersion including: (A) a pigment; (B) a dispersion polymer having a neutralization degree of from 50% to 90% and a solubility of from 0.2 g to 0.8 g per 5 ml of water (25° C.), and containing an acidic group and a hydrophobic structural unit (a) having an aromatic ring linked via a linking group to an atom included in a main chain, a content ratio of the aromatic ring being from 10% by mass to less than 20% by mass based on a total mass of the polymer; and (C) a water-based liquid medium. | 03-31-2011 |
20110227991 | INK COMPOSITION, INK SET AND INKJET RECORDING METHOD - An ink composition includes: a pigment; water; a polymerizable monomer that is capable of being polymerized by an active energy ray; and an initiator that is capable of initiating polymerization of the polymerizable monomer by the active energy ray, wherein a number of particles contained in the ink composition having a particle diameter of 0.8 μm or more is 20,000 particles/μl or less. | 09-22-2011 |
20110234684 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - Provided is an image forming method including applying an ink that forms an image by inkjetting an ink composition containing coloring particles, a water-soluble polymerizable compound, a polymerization initiator and water onto a recording medium in which a base paper, a first layer containing a binder, and a second layer containing a white pigment are layered in this order, and a Cobb water absorption degree on a surface of the first layer placed on the base paper is 5.0 g/m | 09-29-2011 |
20110242192 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an image forming method including ejecting an ink composition, using an ink jet apparatus, onto a recording medium thereby forming an image, the ink composition comprising a pigment, a water-soluble polymerizable monomer which is polymerized by actinic energy rays, and water, and the recording medium being composed of a base paper, a first layer including a binder, and a second layer including a white pigment and an acidic substance, which are disposed in this order, wherein a surface of the first layer is disposed on the base paper and has a Cobb water absorption capacity of 2.0 g/m | 10-06-2011 |
20110249055 | INK COMPOSITION, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, INK SET, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides an inkjet ink composition, which has excellent ink-ejection reliability over a long time and capability of forming an image without defects such as white spots, and which includes: a pigment coated with a dispersant polymer; a water soluble polymerizable compound; a polymerization initiator; and water, the dispersant polymer being formed from a water soluble dispersant by crosslinking with a crosslinking agent. | 10-13-2011 |
20120056930 | ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE INK COMPOSITION, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND INKJET PRINTED ARTICLE - An active energy ray-curable ink composition is disclosed which includes a colorant, a dispersant, a polymerizable compound and water. The dispersant includes a hydrophobic repeating unit including a residue obtained by removing one hydrogen atom from a compound selected from the group consisting of a benzene ring-containing compound, an aromatic hydrocarbon ring-condensed polycyclic compound, a heteromonocyclic compound and a hetero ring-condensed heteropolycyclic compound; a hydrophilic repeating unit including an ionic group; and a hydrophilic repeating unit including a nonionic group. | 03-08-2012 |
20120200651 | INK SET AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An ink set is disclosed which includes a yellow ink composition containing a resin-coated yellow pigment in which a yellow pigment is coated with a crosslinked water-soluble resin, a water-soluble polymerizable compound and water; a magenta ink composition containing a resin-coated magenta pigment in which a magenta pigment is coated with a crosslinked water-soluble resin, a water-soluble polymerizable compound and water; a cyan ink composition containing a resin-coated cyan pigment in which a cyan pigment is coated with a crosslinked water-soluble resin, a water-soluble polymerizable compound and water; and a treatment liquid containing an aggregating agent for aggregating components in the ink compositions. | 08-09-2012 |
20120249701 | BLACK INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A black ink composition includes a resin-coated carbon black containing a water-soluble resin and carbon black, a water-soluble polymerizable compound, a polymerization initiator, and water, wherein an average primary particle diameter of the carbon black is 20 nm or more, and an absorbance ratio of absorbance at a wavelength of 350 nm with respect to absorbance at a wavelength of 600 nm (absorbance at a wavelength of 350 nm/absorbance at a wavelength of 600 nm), when the black ink composition is diluted 5,000-fold with water, is 1.9 or lower. | 10-04-2012 |
20130050366 | BLACK INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A black ink composition is provided which suppresses change in hue and can form an image with superior blocking resistance and scratch resistance. | 02-28-2013 |
20140287206 | WHITE INK COMPOSITION, INK SET FOR FORMING MULTIPLE LAYERS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND PRINTED MATTER - The invention provides a white ink composition for inkjet recording, including: titanium dioxide having an average primary particle diameter of from 200 nm to 350 nm; a hydrophilic, layered clay mineral; a water-soluble resin; and water. The invention further provides: an ink set for multilayer formation including the white ink composition and an ink composition for inkjet recording, including a colorant having a hue other than white; an image forming method including applying the white ink composition to a recording medium and irradiating the white ink composition applied to the recording medium with an active energy ray; and a printed matter including an image formed on a recording medium by the image forming method. | 09-25-2014 |
20140288208 | INK COMPOSITION FOR INKJET - An ink composition for an inkjet including titanium dioxide having an average primary particle diameter of 200 nm or more; a water-soluble resin; self-dispersing resin particles having an average particle diameter of 40 nm or less; and water. | 09-25-2014 |
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20090203823 | AQUEOUS INKJET RECORDING INK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An aqueous inkjet recording ink including pigment particles coated with a water-insoluble resin, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent including at least one hydroxy group, wherein the water-insoluble resin has a salt-forming group and a structural unit which is derived from a methacrylate and has an aromatic ring linked via a linking group to an atom in the main chain of the water-insoluble resin, and the water-insoluble resin satisfies the condition that when the water-insoluble resin, an organic solvent, one equivalent of a neutralizing agent with respect to the salt-forming group, and water are mixed with a total content of the water-insoluble resin and the organic solvent being 35% by mass relative to the total mass of the mixture, an emulsion is formed without precipitation of the water-insoluble resin, and after the emulsion is allowed to stand for three hours, a transparent single phase is formed, or two separate phases are formed and at least an aqueous phase of the two phases is transparent. | 08-13-2009 |
20090203833 | AQEOUS INKJET RECORDING INK - An aqueous inkjet recording ink including at least a resin (A), a pigment (B) dispersed with the resin (A), a resin emulsion (C), and an aqueous liquid medium (D), wherein the resin (A) includes hydrophobic structural units (a) and hydrophilic structural units (b), the hydrophobic structural units (a) include a hydrophobic structural unit (a | 08-13-2009 |
20090208652 | INK SET FOR INKJET RECORDING AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - An ink set for inkjet recording, including: an aqueous ink composition containing a pigment coated with a water-insoluble resin including a structural unit represented by the following formula (I), an organic solvent, a neutralizing agent, and water; and an aqueous liquid composition containing a component which aggregates the pigment in the aqueous ink composition when the aqueous liquid composition is mixed with the aqueous ink composition: | 08-20-2009 |
20090221742 | AQUEOUS COLORANT DISPERSION, PRODUCTION METHOD OF AQUEOUS COLORANT DISPERSION, AND AQUEOUS INK FOR INKJET RECORDING - An aqueous colorant dispersion including a colorant (A), a polymer (B), and an aqueous liquid medium (I), wherein the polymer (B) is a copolymer including a hydrophilic structural unit and a hydrophobic structural unit, the content of the hydrophobic structural unit in the polymer (B) being more than 80% by mass but less than 100% by mass, the hydrophobic structural unit includes a hydrophobic structural unit (a) having an aromatic ring linked via a linking group to an atom included in the main chain of the polymer (B), the content of aromatic rings in the polymer (B) is 10% by mass or more but less than 20% by mass with respect to the mass of the polymer (B), the hydrophilic structural unit includes a hydrophilic structural unit (b) including an ionic group, and the polymer (B) includes a structural unit (c) different from the hydrophobic structural unit (a) and from the hydrophilic structural unit (b), the content of the structural unit (c) in the polymer (B) being more than 15% by mass but less than 90% by mass. | 09-03-2009 |
20090291215 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The method forms an image by directly depositing aqueous ink ejected from an inkjet recording apparatus onto a recording medium. The method comprises: using, as the inkjet recording apparatus, an apparatus including: an image formation unit having a line head type inkjet head disposed opposite a circumferential surface of an image formation drum, the inkjet head depositing the aqueous ink onto the recording medium while the recording medium is held and conveyed in rotation on the circumferential surface of the image formation drum; and a drying unit arranged on a downstream side of the image formation unit, the drying unit having a drying device disposed opposite a circumferential surface of a drying drum, the drying device drying a solvent in the aqueous ink deposited on the recording medium, the drying unit drying the solvent by means of the drying device while the recording medium is held and conveyed in rotation on the circumferential surface of the drying drum; using, as the recording medium, a special paper which is a recording medium successively laminated from a base paper, a first layer containing a binder and a second layer containing a white pigment, the base paper with the first layer provided thereon having a Cobb water absorbency of not higher than 5.0 g/m | 11-26-2009 |