IP Library Granted Patent US 12662602
Granted Patent B2
US 12662602 · App. 18/473,381 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Ink jet ink composition and recording method

Inventors: Sena Gozu (Shiojiri, JP); Kenta Uchida (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
C09D11/322B41J2/01B41J2/2107B41M5/0023B41M5/0088C09D11/38C09D11/40
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Patent No.
US 12662602
App. No.
18/473,381
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ink jet ink composition functioning as a water-based magenta ink includes an azo-based pigment and a 1,2-alkanediol having 4 to 8 carbon atoms. In the ink jet ink composition described above, the azo-based pigment has a volume average particle diameter D50 of 110 nm or less, and a content of the 1,2-alkanediol having 4 to 8 carbon atoms with respect to a total mass of the composition is 3.5 percent by mass or less.

Claims (28)

1 . A recording method comprising:

an ink adhesion step of ejecting an ink jet ink composition from an ink jet head so as to be adhered to a recording medium,

wherein the recording medium is regular paper; and

the ink jet ink composition is a water-based magenta ink, including:

an azo-based pigment; and

a 1,2-alkanediol having 4 to 8 carbon atoms,

wherein the azo-based pigment has a volume average particle diameter D50 of 110 nm or less,

the azo-based pigment includes C.I. Pigment Red 150,

a content of the C.I. Pigment Red 150 with respect to a total mass of the ink jet ink composition is 5 to 10% by mass, and

a content of the 1,2-alkanediol having 4 to 8 carbon atoms with respect to a total mass of the composition is 1.5 to 2.5 percent by mass

the ink jet ink composition includes Olfine E1010 and Surfynol 104, and

a maximum adhesion amount of the ink jet ink composition to the recording medium in the ink adhesion step is 6 mg/inch 2 or less.

2 . The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein a content of the C.I. Pigment Red 150 with respect to a total mass of the ink jet ink composition is 5 to 8 percent by mass.

3 . The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the azo-based pigment has a chemical structure represented by the following formula (I):

where in the formula (I), A represents a hydrogen atom or an aromatic group.

4 . The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein a content of the azo-based pigment with respect to the total mass of the composition is 3 to 7 percent by mass.

5 . The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the content of the 1,2-alkanediol having 4 to 8 carbon atoms with respect to the total mass of the ink jet ink composition is 1.7 to 2.5 percent by mass.

6 . The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the azo-based pigment has a volume average particle diameter D50 of 80 to 110 nm.

7 . The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the ink jet ink composition includes a betaine compound.

8 . The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein a content of the betaine compound with respect to the total mass of the ink jet ink composition is 4 to 6 percent by mass.

9 . The recording method according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum adhesion amount of the ink jet ink composition to the recording medium in the ink adhesion step is 2 to 6 mg/inch 2 .