Abstract:
Disclosed is an aqueous ink comprising at least water, a plurality of water-soluble organic solvents and a coloring material. The coloring material is a pigment, and, it contains a pigment particle having at least one ionic group bonded to a surface of the pigment particle directly or via another atomic group. The plurality of water-soluble organic solvents have a good medium or good mediums for the pigment and a poor medium or poor mediums for the pigment. The poor medium does not solvate perfectly or substantially the pigment. The ionic group undergoes perfectly or substantially no ionic dissociation in the poor medium. Also, among the respective Ka values of the plurality of water-soluble organic solvents as determined by the Bristow method, the Ka value of the poor medium is maximum.
Abstract:
A water-based ink of the present invention comprises water, a plurality of different water--soluble organic solvents, and a water-insoluble coloring material, wherein the above water-soluble organic solvents consist of a good solvent to the above water-insoluble coloring material and a poor solvent to the above water-insoluble coloring material, and the total amount (% by mass) of the good solvents in the ink is represented by A and the total amount (% by mass) of the poor solvent in the ink is represented by B, the ratio of A to B ranges from 10:5 to 10:30 both inclusive, and when the respective Ka values of the above water-soluble organic solvents are determined by the Bristow method and compared with each other, a water-soluble organic solvent having the greatest Ka value is the poor solvent. The pigment ink has a sufficiently large area factor even with a small amount of ink and provides an image of high OD.
Abstract:
An aqueous ink comprising at least water, a water-soluble organic solvent and a colorant. The colorant comprises a pigment containing a pigment particle having at least one ionic group bonded to a surface of the pigment particle directly or via another atomic group. The organic solvent undergoes completely or substantially no solvation with the pigment and the ionic group of the pigment particle undergoes completely or substantially no ion dissociation in the organic solvent.
Abstract:
A water base ink comprising water, multiple water soluble organic solvents o f different types and a water insoluble color material, wherein the multiple water soluble organic solvents comprises a good solvent for the water insoluble color material and a poor solvent for the water insoluble color material, wherein providing that A represents the total amount (mass%) of go od solvent in the ink while B represents the total amount (mass%) of poor solve nt in the ink, the ratio of A:B is in the range of 10:5 to 10:30, and wherein upon comparison of the respective Ka values, determined in accordance with t he Bristow method, of the multiple water soluble organic solvents, the water soluble organic solvent exhibiting the maximum Ka value is a poor solvent. With respect to pigment inks, images of high OD having a satisfactorily larg e area factor even with a small amount of ink drop can be obtained.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an ink set (A) wherein a plurality of aqueous inks (a) are combined to be used together with an aqueous ink (B) containing a water-insoluble coloring material. Each aqueous ink (a) constituting the ink set (A) contains one or more water-soluble organic solvents which are poor solvents for the water-insoluble coloring material of the aqueous ink (B), and the vapor pressure of at least one of the water-soluble organic solvents contained in each aqueous ink (a) at 20˚C is lower than the vapor pressure of water at 20˚C. When such an ink set is used for combining a plurality of aqueous inks so as to form a full color image wherein different color regions are adjacent to one another, the resulting image can be suppressed in color mixture (bleeding) at the boundaries between different color regions.
Abstract:
A water-based ink of the present invention comprises water, a plurality of different water-soluble organic solvents, and a water-insoluble coloring material, wherein the above water-soluble organic solvents consist of a good solvent to the above water-insoluble coloring material and a poor solvent to the above water-insoluble coloring material, and the total amount (% by mass) of the good solvents in the ink is represented by A and the total amount (% by mass) of the poor solvent in the ink is represented by B, the ratio of A to B ranges from 10:5 to 10:30 both inclusive, and when the respective Ka values of the above water-soluble organic solvents are determined by the Bristow method and compared with each other, a water-soluble organic solvent having the largest Ka value is the poor solvent. The pigment ink has a sufficiently large area factor even with a small amount of ink and provides an image of high OD.