IP Library Granted Patent US 8,709,549
Granted Patent B2
US 8,709,549 · App. 13/903,325 · Granted Apr 29, 2014

Radiation-curable ink composition, ink jet recording method, and recorded matter

Inventors: Chigusa Sato (Shiojiri, JP); Toshiyuki Miyabayashi (Shiojiri, JP); Satoru Miura (Matsumoto, JP); Toru Saito (Minowa, JP); Hiroki Nakane (Matsumoto, JP); Jun Ito (Shimosuwa, JP); Taketoshi Kagose (Shiojiri, JP); Hiroaki Kida (Matsumoto, JP); Hiroyuki Kajimoto (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,709,549
App. No.
13/903,325
Granted
Apr 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a radiation-curable ink composition including phenoxyethyl acrylate (A) in an amount of from 20 to 55 mass % of the total reaction components, a multifunctional acrylate (B) in an amount of from 20 to 50 mass % of the total reaction components, and a black pigment (F1); and a radiation-curable ink composition including phenoxyethyl acrylate (A) in an amount of from 20 to 55 mass % of the total reaction components, a multifunctional acrylate (B) in an amount of from 10 to 50 mass % of the total reaction components, and a yellow pigment (F2).

Claims (30)

1. An ink jet recording method comprising the steps of:

(a) discharging a radiation-curable ink composition onto a recording medium, the composition including:

a phenoxyethyl acrylate (A) in an amount of from 20 to 55 mass % of the total reaction components;

a multifunctional acrylate (B) in an amount of from 20 to 50 mass % of the total reaction components;

a black pigment (F1); and

an aminoacrylate (D) in an amount of from 1 to 5 mass % of the total reaction components; and

(b) irradiating the discharged radiation-curable ink composition with active radiation having a peak emission wavelength ranging from 350 to 400 nm using an active radiation source.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the radiation is provided at a dose of from 300 to 1000 mJ/cm 2 .

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the radiation-curable composition has a viscosity of from 15 to 25 mPa·s.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the multifunctional acrylate (B) is at least one selected from dipropylene glycol diacrylate, tripropylene glycol diacrylate, tetraethylene glycol diacrylate, tricyclodecane dimethanol diacrylate, and propoxylated neopentyl glycol diacrylate.

5. The method according to claim 1 , the ink composition further comprising N-vinyl caprolactam (C) as a reaction component.

6. The method according to claim 1 , the ink composition further comprising a monofunctional acrylate (E) having an alicyclic structure as a reaction component.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the monofunctional acrylate (E) having an alicyclic structure is at least one selected from dicyclopentenyl acrylate, dicyclopentanyl acrylate, and dicyclopentenyloxyethyl acrylate.

8. The method according to claim 1 , the ink composition having a viscosity of from 10 to 40 mPa·s at 20° C. and a surface tension of from 20 to 30 mN/m at 20° C.

9. An ink jet recording method comprising the steps of:

(a) discharging a radiation-curable ink composition onto a recording medium, the composition including:

a phenoxyethyl acrylate (A) in an amount of from 20 to 55 mass % of the total reaction components;

a multifunctional acrylate (B) in an amount of from 10 to 50 mass % of the total reaction components;

a yellow pigment (F2); and

an aminoacrylate (D) in an amount of from 1 to 5 mass % of the total reaction components; and

(b) irradiating the discharged radiation-curable ink composition with active radiation having a peak emission wavelength ranging from 350 to 400 nm using an active radiation source.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the radiation is provided at a dose of from 300 to 1000 mJ/cm 2 .

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the radiation-curable composition has a viscosity of from 15 to 25 mPa·s.

12. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the multifunctional acrylate (B) is at least one selected from dipropylene glycol diacrylate, tripropylene glycol diacrylate, tetraethylene glycol diacrylate, tricyclodecane dimethanol diacrylate, and propoxylated neopentyl glycol diacrylate.

13. The method according to claim 9 , the ink composition further comprising N-vinyl caprolactam (C) as a reaction component.

14. The method according to claim 9 , the ink composition further comprising a monofunctional acrylate (E) having an alicyclic structure as a reaction component.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the monofunctional acrylate (E) having an alicyclic structure is at least one selected from dicyclopentenyl acrylate, dicyclopentanyl acrylate, and dicyclopentenyloxyethyl acrylate.

16. The method according to claim 9 , the ink composition having a viscosity of from 10 to 40 mPa·s at 20° C. and a surface tension of from 20 to 30 mN/m at 20° C.

17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the active irradiation source is an LED.

18. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the active irradiation source is an LED.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-297010 · Dec 28, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12979912 · Dec 28, 2010
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