IP Library Granted Patent US 9,334,414
Granted Patent B2
US 9,334,414 · App. 14/672,602 · Granted May 10, 2016

Ink jet recording method and ink set

Inventors: Soichi Yamazaki (Shiojiri, JP); Akio Ito (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
C09D11/40C09D11/033C09D11/107
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Patent No.
US 9,334,414
App. No.
14/672,602
Granted
May 10, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an ink jet recording method, one pass printing recording is performed by using two or more kinds of inks, static surface tension differences between two or more kinds of inks are all 2 mN/m or lower, and the ink having the lowest L* value is printed first, and the ink having the highest L* value is printed last.

Claims (55)

1. An ink jet recording method, comprising:

performing one pass printing recording by using two or more kinds of inks,

wherein static surface tension differences between two or more kinds of inks are all 2 mN/m or lower, and

the ink with a lowest L* value obtained by analysis of the ink is printed first, and the ink with a highest L* value obtained by analysis of the ink is printed last.

2. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein a dynamic surface tension of each of the two or more inks when a surface life span is 10 ms is in a range of 37 mN/m to 48 mN/m.

3. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the two or more inks contains an ethylene oxide adduct of acetylene glycol and 2,4-diethyl-1,5-pentanediol.

4. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two or more inks contains a diol-based solvent, and

the content of the diol-based solvent in the ink with the highest L* value obtained by analysis of the ink is greater than the content of the diol-based solvent in the ink with the lowest L* value obtained by analysis of the ink.

5. The ink jet recording method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two or more inks contains an ether-based solvent, and

the content of the ether-based solvent in the ink with the highest L* value obtained by analysis of the ink is lower than the content of the ether-based solvent in the ink having with the lowest L* value obtained by analysis of the ink.

6. An ink set used in the ink jet recording method according to claim 1 , comprising:

a black ink;

a cyan ink;

a magenta ink; and

a yellow ink,

wherein a dynamic surface tension when a surface life span of each of the inks is 10 ms is 37 mN/m to 48 mN/m, and

static surface tension differences of inks are all 2 mN/m or lower.

7. An ink set used in the ink jet recording method according to claim 2 , comprising:

a black ink;

a cyan ink;

a magenta ink; and

a yellow ink,

wherein a dynamic surface tension when a surface life span of each of the inks is 10 ms is 37 mN/m to 48 mN/m, and

static surface tension differences of inks are all 2 mN/m or lower.

8. An ink set used in the ink jet recording method according to claim 3 , comprising:

a black ink;

a cyan ink;

a magenta ink; and

a yellow ink,

wherein a dynamic surface tension when a surface life span of each of the inks is 10 ms is 37 mN/m to 48 mN/m, and

static surface tension differences of inks are all 2 mN/m or lower.

9. An ink set used in the ink jet recording method according to claim 4 , comprising:

a black ink;

a cyan ink;

a magenta ink; and

a yellow ink,

wherein a dynamic surface tension when a surface life span of each of the inks is 10 ms is 37 mN/m to 48 mN/m, and

static surface tension differences of inks are all 2 mN/m or lower.

10. An ink set used in the ink jet recording method according to claim 5 , comprising:

a black ink;

a cyan ink;

a magenta ink; and

a yellow ink,

wherein a dynamic surface tension when a surface life span of each of the inks is 10 ms is 37 mN/m to 48 mN/m, and

static surface tension differences of inks are all 2 mN/m or lower.

11. The ink set according to claim 6 ,

wherein each of the inks contains an ethylene oxide adduct of acetylene glycol and 2,4-diethyl-1,5-pentanediol.

12. The ink set according to claim 6 ,

wherein each of the inks contains a diol-based solvent, and

the content of the diol-based solvent in the yellow ink is greater than the content of the diol-based solvent in the black ink.

13. The ink set according to claim 6 ,

wherein each of the inks contains an ether-based solvent, and

the content of the ether-based solvent in the yellow ink is lower than the content of the ether-based solvent in the black ink.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2015
From: YAMAZAKI, SOICHI; ITO, AKIO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-070977 · Mar 31, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150275014A1 · Oct 1, 2015