Abstract:
A liquid composition for ink-jet recording, or an ink set for ink-jet recording which produces an image having water resistance and excellent print quality, and which can reduce color bleeding that occurs in formation of color images, and furthermore, which can extend a life-span of ink-jet recording heads, as well as an ink-jet recording method, a recording unit, an ink cartridge and an ink-jet recording apparatus are provided. The liquid composition or a color ink constituting the ink set comprising a polyvalent metal salt, a material selected from the group consisting of acids including amino groups and salts thereof, and a liquid medium is used.
Abstract:
An ink-jet image recording method is disclosed. In the method an aqueous ink containing a colored particles comprising a colorant and a resin is employed, and following Formula 1 is satisfied; 15≦w≦150 Formula 1 wherein, w is a parameter expressed by following Formula 2; w=[(dm+ds)/{(NV×vd)/r3}]×10,000 Formula 2 wherein, ds is a recording density in dpi in a moving direction of the recording medium and dm is a recording density in dpi in a direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the recording medium, NV is the colored particle content in the ink in weight percent, vd is a volume average radius in meter of the colored particles and r is radius in meter of the ink droplet.
Abstract:
A pressure measurement method using a pressure measuring film in which a toner layer with a definite thickness is held between an adhesive layer formed on a first support and an inactive adhesive layer formed on a second support. Prior to applying the pressure to be measured to the measuring film, the inactive adhesive layer is activated to have an adhesive property. After pressure to be measured is applied to the film, the first support is removed and the applied pressure is determined based on the amount of toner attached to the second support. Using a toner having extremely small size, an extremely low pressure applied to an extremely small contact area can be measured. Also the pressure measuring film is not affected by use conditions (temperature, humidity). The inactive adhesive layer may be formed of a thermoplastic resin adhesive which can be activated by heating to become adhesive.
Abstract:
In a sensor attachment structure, a lead wire connecting a sensor is pinched in a pinch portion provided at a tip side portion of an extending bar, proximate to the sensor. The pinch portion has a protrusion that protrudes from the end surface of the pinch portion toward the sensor. A contact surface of the protrusion is inclined toward the sensor from a protruding direction of the pinch portion to have an inclination angle equal to or larger than a deflection angle that is formed at the tip side of the extending bar against the extending direction of the lead wire. Accordingly, even when a tensile force F is exerted to the lead wire opposite to the sensor side, a component force of the tensile force F along the contact surface becomes zero or is directed to the base of the pinch portion.
Abstract:
A method of reducing the kogation of the surface of the heater of a recording head for applying thermal energy to the ink in the recording head in order to discharge the ink from the recording head can effectively reduce the kogation to make it possible to print high quality images and prolong the service life of the recording head. With the method of reducing the kogation of the surface of the heater of the ink-jet recording head of an ink-jet printer, the ink-jet recording head is provided with a heater for applying thermal energy to ink in order to discharge ink from an orifice and the heater has a top surface protecting layer containing a metal and/or a metal oxide, while the ink is adapted to ink-jet recording and contains (a) a coloring material, (b) a liquid medium and (c) diglycollic acid or iminodiacetic acid or salts thereof.
Abstract:
An inkjet ink composition and a method of printing with the ink composition comprising at least one colorant and an aqueous vehicle comprising at least one metal salt or metal-organic complex that forms a film on the thermal inkjet resistor surface after repeated energizing of the resistor.
Abstract:
An ink composition having a pigment in its droplets, which are adhered onto the surface such as glass, ceramics or polyester resins of a base material, always dispersed uniformly is ejected from a nozzle by an ink-jet method to directly form a prescribed pattern of a colored layer of a color filter on the surface of the base material.
Abstract:
A method of printing an ink onto a print medium is provided. In the method, two inks are employed, a first ink that includes at least one water-soluble color dye that has a first charge, e.g., anionic, and a second ink that includes at least one black pigment that has a second and opposite charge, e.g., cationic. The method comprises: (a) providing the first ink, which contains at least one water-soluble, anionic color dye and at least one surfactant; (b) providing the second ink, which contains at least one cationic black pigment; (c) printing in a first pass across the print medium the first ink; (d) printing the second ink over the first ink, totally covering and overlapping the first ink, whereby the cationic black pigment(s) reacts with the anionic color dye(s) to form an insoluble complex on the print medium, and the surfactant draws the vehicle into the print medium, thereby improving print speed, print quality, bleed, and waterfastness of the ink. A printed ink set is also provided. The printed ink set comprises the cationic black pigment-based ink printed over the anionic color dye-based ink.
Abstract:
An ink jet printing process for improving the dye density and fixability of an ink jet image comprising: a) providing an ink jet recording element including a support having thereon an image-recording layer including a mixture of an anionic, addition polymer and a hydrophilic polymer; and b) applying droplets of a liquid ink on the image-recording layer in an image-wise manner, the ink including water, humectant and a water-soluble cationic or basic dye.
Abstract:
Provided is a process for the formation of an image employing a liquid composition and a colored ink in combination to form a colored image on a recording medium, comprising using at least a magenta ink as the colored ink, wherein said magenta ink provides an image of magenta color, which satisfies all color senses represented by the following equations: {square root over ((a1+L *)2+L +(b1+L *)2+L )}≧{square root over ((a0+L *)2+L +(b0+L *)2+L )} (I), 40≦L1*≦80 (II), 50≦a1*≦70 (III), and −30≦b1*≦5 (IV), where in the formulae (I), (II), (III) and (IV), L1*, a1*, b1*, a0* and b0* each represent a colorimetric value which is defined in the CIE 1976 (L*a*b*) color space; a1* and b1* each represent a colorimetric value of the image, which is obtained by using a liquid composition and a colored ink on a test paper having a whiteness of from 78 to 84, in accordance with JIS P 8123, measured by a Hunter Whiteness meter, and a chromaticity of 86≦L*≦93, 3≦a*≦10 and −6≦b*≦1, said chromaticity being defined in the CIE 1976 (L*a*b*) color space; and a0* and b0* each represent a colorimetric value of the image, which is obtained by using only a colored ink on said test paper.
Abstract translation:提供了一种使用液体组合物和彩色油墨组合的图像形成方法,以在记录介质上形成彩色图像,包括至少使用品红色油墨作为着色油墨,其中所述品红色油墨提供图像 品红色,满足以下等式表示的所有颜色感:式(I),(II),(III)和(IV)中,L1 *,a1 *,b1 *,a0 *,b0 *分别表示 在CIE 1976(L * a * b *)颜色空间中定义的比色值; a1 *和b1 *各自表示通过使用液体组合物和彩色油墨在白度为78至84的测试纸上,根据JIS P 8123,由亨特测量的图像的比色值 白度计,色度86 <= L * <= 93,3 <= a * <= 10和-6 <= b * <= 1,所述色度在CIE 1976(L * a * b * )颜色空间; 和a0 *和b0 *分别表示通过仅在所述测试纸上使用有色墨水而获得的图像的比色值。