Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100026749 | RECORDING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RECORDING DEVICE, AND OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM - A recording device forming a printed image by discharging droplets of an image forming solution from a nozzle and attaching the droplets on recording media, which includes a recording head provided with a specific nozzle which is selectively filled with the image forming solution and a solution preventing the nozzle from being clogged, and a controller that controls the performance of switching from a first filled state in which the specific nozzle is filled with the image forming solution to a second filled state in which the specific nozzle is filled with the solution preventing the nozzle from clogging in accordance with a predetermined condition. | 02-04-2010 |
20100028625 | INK COMPOSITION, RECORDED MATERIAL, RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink composition includes a polyurethane resin and at least one selected from a metal compound and hollow resin particles as a colorant, and in the ink composition described above, the polyurethane resin is a polycarbonate-based or a polyether-based anionic polyurethane resin. | 02-04-2010 |
20100028630 | Particle, Method For Manufacturing The Particle, Ink Composition Containing The Particle, And Recorded Matter Formed With The Ink Composition - A particle includes a hollow resin particle defined by an outer shell having a hollow interior, made of a first resin. The outer shell has an outer diameter of 0.2 to 1.0 μm and an inner diameter/outer diameter ratio of 0.2 or more. The outer shell contains a second resin in the hollow interior. | 02-04-2010 |
20100098918 | INK COMPOSITION, AND RECORDED MATTER, RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An ink composition contains hollow resin particles and an anti-clearing agent preventing the clearing phenomenon of the hollow resin particles. | 04-22-2010 |
20100119786 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING MATERIAL, AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording method includes forming a color image on a recording medium using a color ink composition containing a color colorant; and forming a white layer on the color image using a white ink composition containing a white colorant. In the image recording method described above, the white layer is formed on the color image so that an equivalent ratio of the white colorant to the color colorant is set to 1 to 1,000:1 to form a pastel color image. | 05-13-2010 |
20100183809 | SURFACE-TREATED PIGMENT, INK COMPOSITION, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - Provided is a surface-treated pigment that is a metallic pigment composed of plate-like particles of which surfaces are treated with an alkoxysilane compound having at least one long-chain alkyl group. | 07-22-2010 |
20100207973 | IMAGE-FORMING METHOD AND RECORD - An image-forming method includes a first image-forming step of forming an image on a fabric with a first ink composition and a second image-forming step of forming an image on the fabric with a second ink composition subsequently to the first image-forming step. The first ink composition contains a first colorant. The second ink composition contains a second colorant. The first colorant has an average particle size less than that of the second colorant. | 08-19-2010 |
20100227129 | IMAGE-FORMING METHOD AND RECORD - An image-forming method for forming an image on a sheet of fabric with an ink composition includes forming the image on the fabric sheet with the ink composition and pressing the fabric sheet subsequently to the formation of the image. The ink composition contains a colorant containing hollow resin particles or metal compound particles and also contains a resin dispersion containing resin particles having an average size greater than the average particle size of the colorant. | 09-09-2010 |
20100242789 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING WATER-REPELLENT TREATED ALUMINUM PIGMENT DISPERSION, WATER-REPELLENT TREATED ALUMINUM PIGMENT, AND AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME - A method for producing water-repellent treated aluminum pigment dispersion includes (a) adding a glycidyl group-containing compound represented by the following formula (1) to an aluminum pigment dispersion in which an aluminum pigment is dispersed in an organic solvent for reacting a hydroxyl group present on the surface of the aluminum pigment with the glycidyl group-containing compound represented by the formula (1) to form a covering layer on the surface of the aluminum pigment: | 09-30-2010 |
20100251929 | WATER-RESISTANT ALUMINUM PIGMENT, WATER-RESISTANT ALUMINUM PIGMENT DISPERSION, AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE AFOREMENTIONED, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING WATER-RESISTANT ALUMINUM PIGMENT DISPERSION - A method for producing a water-resistant aluminum pigment dispersion includes (a) adding a treatment agent containing a compound of general formula (1) described below to an aluminum pigment dispersion containing aluminum pigment particles dispersed in an organic solvent and reacting a hydroxy group present on a surface of each of the aluminum pigment particles with the compound of general formula (1) described below to form a film on the surface of each aluminum pigment particle, (b) removing at least a portion of the organic solvent, and (c) adding an aqueous solution containing at least one selected from polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphate and salts thereof, | 10-07-2010 |
20100253957 | PRINTING USING INKS OF PLURAL COLORS INCLUDING WHITE COLOR - Disclosed is a printing apparatus that performs printing by using inks of plural colors including a white color, which includes a first image forming unit that forms a first image, and a second image forming unit that forms a second image such that at least a part of the second image overlaps the first image. The second image forming unit forms at least a part of a section of the second image, which overlaps the first image, by using only a white ink, and forms at least a part of a section of the second image, which does not overlap the first image, by using inks of a white color and at least one color other than the white color. | 10-07-2010 |
20100253958 | MEASUREMENT OF OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE OF PRINTED MATTER - A printing method of performing printing on a printed matter by using a printing apparatus is disclosed. The print method includes obtaining from the printed matter a wavelength-based transmittance which is transmittance to plural visible light; determining an optical transmittance of the printed matter based on the wavelength-based transmittance; and ejecting white ink onto the printed matter based on the optical transmittance. | 10-07-2010 |
20100289859 | SURFACE-TREATED PIGMENT, INK COMPOSITION, AND INK-JET RECORDING METHOD - A surface-treated pigment is formed of a metal pigment including flat particles whose surfaces are treated with an alkoxysilane compound having a group having an unsaturated double bond between carbon atoms. | 11-18-2010 |
20110007318 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING WHITE COLOR SHIELDING DEGREE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WHITE INK, SUPPORT APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING WHITE INK, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WHITE COLOR PRINTED MATERIAL - A method for obtaining and evaluating a white color shielding degree of a white color printed material includes the steps of: measuring an L* value of the white color printed material; obtaining an integrated value of transmittance of the white color printed material in a visible light region; and obtaining the white color shielding degree from the L* value and the integrated value. | 01-13-2011 |
20110012956 | INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS, RECORDING METHOD, AND FLUSHING METHOD - An ink-jet recording apparatus includes an ink-jet recording head having a nozzle from which ink is ejected on the basis of print data, an ink-receiving unit that receives the ink ejected from the nozzle, and a surface-tension-depressant-solution supplying unit that supplies a liquid composition containing a surface tension depressant to the ink-receiving unit when the ink is ejected from the nozzle into the ink-receiving unit. | 01-20-2011 |
20110025783 | SURFACE-TREATED PIGMENT, INK COMPOSITION, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - Provided is a surface-treated pigment that is a metallic pigment composed of plate-like particles of which surfaces are treated with an alkoxysilane compound having at least one glycidyl group and one methoxy group. | 02-03-2011 |
20110050791 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes an ejection mechanism that ejects, toward a recording medium, a first ink containing hollow resin particles, and a second ink which does not contain a colorant and which contains a permeating liquid that permeates to the inside of the hollow resin particles and a fixing resin compound for fixing the permeating liquid, the fixing resin compound having an average particle diameter equal to or less than the average particle diameter of the hollow resin particles. | 03-03-2011 |
20110050792 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes an ejection mechanism that ejects, toward a recording medium, an ink containing hollow resin particles, and a moisturizing liquid that contains a humectant and that does not contain a thickener, the viscosity of which is increased by drying, or a colorant. | 03-03-2011 |
20110097558 | IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, RECORDING MATERIAL, AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - An image recording method is provided which includes forming an image on a recording medium by a color ink composition containing a color colorant and a white ink composition containing a white colorant, and in the above image recording method, the color ink composition and the white ink composition are adhered in this order to the recording medium so that an equivalent ratio of the white colorant to the color colorant is set to 1 to 1,000:1 to form a pastel color image. | 04-28-2011 |
20110184108 | WHITE INK COMPOSITION - A white ink composition contains a white coloring material and a fixing resin component. The fixing resin component includes a styrene acrylic resin and a urethane resin at a mass ratio of the styrene acrylic resin to the urethane resin (styrene acrylic resin/urethane resin) of at least 1/10. | 07-28-2011 |
20110206911 | WHITE INK COMPOSITION AND RECORDED MATERIAL USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a white ink composition that can give a white image having excellent abrasion resistance. The white ink composition according to the invention is a white ink composition containing hollow resin particles and a polyurethane resin characteristically having a glass transition temperature of 50° C. or less. | 08-25-2011 |
20110279611 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORD MADE BY THE SAME - An ink jet recording method includes making a record on a recording medium having micropores using an ink composition containing a glitter pigment. The glitter pigment has an average particle diameter in the range of 1 nm to 100 nm, inclusive, and the recording medium has an average micropore diameter in the range of 3 nm to 200 nm, inclusive. | 11-17-2011 |
20110281032 | INK COMPOSTION AND RECORDING METHOD - An ink composition includes an aluminum pigment, a white pigment, and a dispersion solvent, wherein the ink composition has a structure in which the aluminum pigment is dispersed in the dispersion solvent and the content of the white pigment is 0.01% to 10% based on the content of the aluminum pigment, or includes silver particles, a white pigment, and water, wherein the particle diameter d90 in the particle diameter accumulation curve of the silver particles is 50 nm to 1 μm, the ink composition has a structure in which the silver particles are dispersed in the water, and the content of the white pigment is 1% to 10% based on the content of the silver particles. | 11-17-2011 |
20110281089 | AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION AND RECORDED ARTICLE FORMED BY USING THE SAME - In an advantage of embodiments of the invention, there is provided an aqueous ink composition at least containing water, silver particles, and a humectant, and the humectant is at least one member selected from glycerols, glycols, and saccharide. | 11-17-2011 |
20120038702 | INK JET PRINTING METHOD, INK SET, AND PRINTED MATTER - Provided is an ink jet printing method of discharging glitter ink, of which glitter pigment is dispersed in water, onto a non-ink-absorption or low-ink-absorption printing medium in an ink jet method. The ink jet printing method includes: a foundation layer formation process of forming a foundation layer by providing resin ink, of which a resin component is dispersed or dissolved in a dispersion medium, onto at least a portion of the printing medium on which the glitter ink is intended to be discharged; and a glitter ink printing process of discharging the glitter ink onto the foundation layer. | 02-16-2012 |
20120056937 | PRINT APPARATUS AND PRINT METHOD - A print apparatus includes a color ink ejecting portion that ejects color ink and a metal ink ejecting portion that ejects metal ink, and prints an image using both color print data that is created based on color image data indicating a color image and specifies pixels to which the color ink is ejected and pixels to which the color ink is not ejected, and metallic print data that is created based on metallic image data indicating a metallic image and specifies pixels to which the metal ink is ejected and pixels to which the metallic ink is not ejected. When there exists an overlap portion of the color image and the metallic image, the pixels to which the color ink is ejected in the color print data and the pixels to which the metal ink is ejected in the metallic print data do not overlap each other. | 03-08-2012 |
20120067248 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING WATER-REPELLENT TREATED ALUMINUM PIGMENT DISPERSION, WATER-REPELLENT TREATED ALUMINUM PIGMENT, AND AQEOUS INK COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME - A method for producing water-repellent treated aluminum pigment dispersion includes (a) adding a polysilazane solution in which a polysilazane is dissolved in a second organic solvent to an aluminum pigment dispersion in which an aluminum pigment is dispersed in a first organic solvent for reacting a hydroxyl group present on the surface of the aluminum pigment with the polysilazane to form a covering film on the surface of the aluminum pigment. The amount of the polysilazane in the reaction system for forming the covering film is 0.4 parts by mass or less based on 1 part by mass of the aluminum pigment, and the total addition amount of the polysilazane is from 0.2 to 0.6 parts by mass based on 1 part by mass of the aluminum pigment. | 03-22-2012 |
20120147085 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND RECORD - An ink jet recording method includes forming a first image by applying by an ink jet method a glitter ink in which a glitter pigment is dispersed to a first region of a recording medium in which the glitter first image is to be formed, and forming a second image by applying by an ink jet method a color ink containing a coloring material to a second region of the recording medium in which the colored second image is to be formed, the amount per unit area of the glitter ink ejected in an overlapping region in which the first region overlaps the second region being smaller than the amount per unit area of the glitter ink ejected in the first region excluding the overlapping region. | 06-14-2012 |
20120176441 | INK COMPOSITION, RECORDED MATERIAL, RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDING APPARATUS - An ink composition includes a polyurethane resin and at least one selected from a metal compound and hollow resin particles as a colorant, and in the ink composition described above, the polyurethane resin is a polycarbonate-based or a polyether-based anionic polyurethane resin. | 07-12-2012 |
20120223984 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a head unit that ejects ink and a control unit that forms a metallic image by causing metallic ink that includes metallic particles to be ejected onto a medium from the head unit are provided, wherein the control unit changes the amount of the metallic ink that is ejected per unit area of the medium based on the gradation values of the pixels that configure the metallic image while causing the metallic image to have a predetermined width or greater. | 09-06-2012 |
20120223993 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes: a head unit that ejects ink; and a control unit that creates pixel data showing the amount of the ink ejected on predetermined pixels, and ejects metallic ink containing metallic particles from the head units such that the amount of the metallic ink is smaller than the amount of the metallic ink shown by the pixel data in a portion of the pixel inside the pixels on the outline of a metallic image formed by the ejected metallic ink and such that the amount of the eject ink per area is larger than the amount of the metallic ink at the inside pixels in the pixels on the outline, on the basis of the pixel data. | 09-06-2012 |
20120223998 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A head unit that ejects ink and a control unit that forms a metallic image by ejecting metallic ink that includes metallic particles from the head unit onto a medium are provided, wherein the control unit changes the amount of the metallic ink that is ejected per unit area of the medium based on information that represents the angle between the line of view of a user and an image when the user views the formed metallic image. | 09-06-2012 |
20130038664 | INK COMPOSITION, RECORDING UNIT AND INK JET RECORDING APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND RECORDED MATERIAL - An aspect of the invention provides an ink composition ejected from a nozzle having a step, the ink composition containing at least any one of a first water-soluble organic solvent and a second water-soluble organic solvent, wherein the first water-soluble organic solvent exhibits a surface tension of 30 mN/m or lower at 20° C., an aqueous solution of the second water-soluble organic solvent of 10 mass % exhibits a surface tension of 50 mN/m or lower at 20° C., and the total content of the first water-soluble organic solvent and the second water-soluble organic solvent is 0.15 mass % or higher. | 02-14-2013 |
20130057616 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD AND RECORDING MATTER - An ink jet recording method according to an aspect of the invention includes: discharging droplets of a glitter ink composition containing a glitter pigment onto a recording medium to form a glitter region on the recording medium; and discharging a colored ink composition containing a colorant onto the glitter region to form a colored glitter region on the recording medium, wherein when light is irradiated on the colored glitter region at an angle of 45 degrees, with a normal direction with respect to the colored glitter region as 0 degrees, the ratio [(C*45°)/(C*0°)] between the saturation of the colored glitter region measured based on light reflected at an angle of −45 degrees (C*45°) and the saturation of the colored glitter region measured based on light reflected at an angle of 0 degrees (C*0°) is equal to or greater than 1. | 03-07-2013 |
20130068130 | WATER RESISTANT ALUMINUM PIGMENT DISPERSION, AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WATER RESISTANT ALUMINUM PIGMENT DISPERSION - A water resistant aluminum pigment dispersion includes an aluminum pigment covered with a silica film, which is dispersed in an aqueous solution containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a copolymer A including a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) or the following formula (2) and a structural unit represented by the following general formula (3), a copolymer B including a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) or the following formula (2) and a structural unit represented by the following general formula (4), and a copolymer C including a structural unit represented by the following general formula (1) or the following formula (2) and a structural unit represented by the general formula (5) | 03-21-2013 |
20130100188 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes a nozzle that ejects brilliant ink to a medium to form a brilliant image, a nozzle that ejects color ink to the medium to form a color image, and a control unit that ejects the color ink after ejecting the brilliant ink to the medium, applies, to the color image, a pattern in which blocks each having a predetermined area and each formed of pixels with the same gradation are arranged, and ejects the color ink so that the color image after the application is formed. | 04-25-2013 |
20130106937 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND PRINTING PROGRAM | 05-02-2013 |
20130106943 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND PRINTING PROGRAM | 05-02-2013 |
20130106955 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
20130201231 | Printing Apparatus, Printing Method and Printed Matter - Provided is a printing apparatus including a first nozzle through which to eject a clear ink, a second nozzle through which to eject a color ink, a third nozzle through which to eject a glitter ink, and a control unit that controls ejections of the inks through the first nozzle, the second nozzle and the third nozzle, wherein the control unit performs control, at the time of forming a color image on a transparent medium, in a manner that ejects the clear ink onto the transparent medium through the first nozzle, ejects the color ink to be ejected onto the clear ink through the second nozzle to form an image resulting from the color ink, and ejects the glitter ink onto the clear ink and the color ink through the third nozzle. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201232 | Printing Apparatus, Printing Method and Printed Matter - A printing apparatus includes a first nozzle through which to discharge color ink to form a first dot, a second nozzle through which to discharge at least one of white ink, clear ink, and first glitter ink to form a second dot, a third nozzle through which to discharge second glitter ink, lower in diffuse reflection rate than the ink discharged from the second nozzle, to form a third dot, in which an image to be visually recognized from the opposite side of an image formation side via a printable medium is formed by forming a glittering base layer, resulting from the third dot, on a color image and the second dot, after forming the color image, resulting from the first dot, on the printable medium and forming the second dot on the first dot making up the color image. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201239 | Printing Apparatus, Printing Method and Printed Matter - A printing apparatus includes a first nozzle through which to eject color ink, a second nozzle through which to eject clear ink, a control unit that performs control, in a manner that ejects the color ink onto a glittering layer through the first nozzle, and ejects the clear ink onto the color ink through the second nozzle, at the time of forming an image on a medium on which the glittering layer is formed, in which the control unit controls ejection of the clear ink through the second nozzle in such a manner that an amount of the clear ink to be ejected onto the color ink varies according to a light absorption rate of the color ink. | 08-08-2013 |
20130260107 | PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING MEDIUM - A printer includes a printing unit that performs printing by causing at least one of respective colors of ink, clear ink and white ink to be ejected onto a transparent medium, and a controller that controls the printing unit, in which the controller performs control so as to form a design image by causing respective colors of ink to be ejected onto a transparent medium, and performs control so as to form a clear layer by causing clear ink to be ejected in a state overlapped on the design image, and performs controls so as to form a base layer by causing white ink to be ejected overlapped on the clear layer. | 10-03-2013 |
20140087153 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD - A printing apparatus includes: a first nozzle for ejecting clear ink to form a first dot; and a second nozzle for ejecting color ink to form a second dot, wherein, when forming a color image on a photoluminescent ground layer by means of the second dot, the first dot is formed at an area where the color image does not exist. | 03-27-2014 |
20140292899 | WHITE INK COMPOSITION FOR INK JET RECORDING - A white ink composition for ink jet recording, substantially not containing a metal oxide or hollow resin particles, contains resin particles having a refractive index of 1.6 or more, and a material (B) including at least one material selected from the group consisting of a first material having a refractive index in the range of 1.5 to less than 1.6, a second material having a refractive index in the range of 1.4 to less than 1.5, and a third material having a refractive index of less than 1.4. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292902 | WHITE-BASED PIGMENT, WHITE-BASED INK COMPOSITION, INK SET, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD - A white-based pigment has an S of at least 0.15. The S is defined by equation (1): | 10-02-2014 |