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Granted Patent B2
US 9,938,421 · App. 15/217,316 · Granted Apr 10, 2018

Set of ink and print medium, inkjet printing method, inkjet printing apparatus, printed matter, ink, and ink stored container

Inventors: Yukiko Takamura (Wakayama, JP); Hiroshi Gotou (Shizuoka, JP); Yuuki Yokohama (Kanagawa, JP); Hiromi Sakaguchi (Kanagawa, JP); Keita Katoh (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
C09D11/102B41J2/17523B41J2/17536B41J2/17553C09D11/322C09D11/36C09D11/54
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Patent No.
US 9,938,421
App. No.
15/217,316
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a set of an ink and a print medium, the set including an ink and a print medium, wherein the ink includes at least one organic solvent, polyurethane resin particles, a colorant, and water, wherein the at least one organic solvent includes a compound having a saturated vapor pressure at 100° C. of 65 mmHg or greater but 400 mmHg or less, and wherein a sensor output at a critical image peeling point, measured by a microscratching method, of a solid image formed on the print medium in a manner that the ink is attached in an amount of 0.96 mg/cm 2 is 600 or greater.

Claims (45)

1. A set of an ink and a print medium, the set comprising:

an ink; and

a print medium,

wherein the ink comprises:

at least one organic solvent;

polyurethane resin particles;

a colorant; and

water,

wherein the at least one organic solvent comprises a compound having a saturated vapor pressure at 100° C. of 65 mmHg or greater but 400 mmHg or less,

wherein a glass transition temperature of the polyurethane resin particles is −30° C. or higher but 10° C. or lower, and

wherein a sensor output at a critical image peeling point, measured by a microscratching method, of a solid image formed on the print medium in a manner that the ink is attached in an amount of 0.96 mg/cm 2 is 600 or greater.

2. The set according to claim 1 , wherein an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of the solid image is 0.3 μm or greater but 0.8 μm or less.

3. The set according to claim 1 , wherein a volume average particle diameter of the polyurethane resin particles is 8 nm or greater but 19 nm or less.

4. The set according to claim 1 , wherein a mass ratio A/B is 1 or greater but 5 or less, where A is a mass percentage of the polyurethane resin particles and B is a mass percentage of the colorant.

5. The set according to claim 1 , wherein a mass ratio C/A is 0.85 or greater but 3.0 or less, where C is a mass percentage of the compound having a saturated vapor pressure at 100° C. of 65 mmHg or greater but 400 mmHg or less and A is a mass percentage of the polyurethane resin particles.

6. The set according to claim 1 , wherein the compound having a saturated vapor pressure at 100° C. of 65 mmHg or greater but 400 mmHg or less comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol monopropylether, propylene glycol monomethylether, and 3-methoxybutanol.

7. The set according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the compound having a saturated vapor pressure at 100° C. of 65 mmHg or greater but 400 mmHg or less is 10% by mass or greater but 25% by mass or less.

8. An inkjet printing method, comprising

applying a stimulus to an ink to discharge the ink to print an image on a print medium,

wherein the ink and the print medium are the ink and the print medium included in the set according to claim 1 .

9. An inkjet printing apparatus, comprising:

the set according to claim 1 ; and

an ink discharging unit configured to apply a stimulus to the ink to discharge the ink to print an image on the print medium.

10. A printed matter, comprising:

a print medium; and

a print layer,

wherein the print layer comprises:

at least one organic solvent;

polyurethane resin particles; and

a colorant,

wherein the at least one organic solvent comprises a compound having a saturated vapor pressure at 100° C. of 65 mmHg or greater but 400 mmHg or less,

wherein a glass transition temperature of the polyurethane resin particles is −30° C. or higher but 10° C. or lower, and

wherein a sensor output at a critical image peeling point, measured by a micro scratching method, of a solid image formed on the print medium in a manner that the ink is attached in an amount of 0.96 mg/cm 2 is 600 or greater.

11. An ink, comprising:

at least one organic solvent;

polyurethane resin particles;

a colorant; and

water,

wherein the at least one organic solvent comprises a compound having a saturated vapor pressure at 100° C. of 65 mmHg or greater but 400 mmHg or less,

wherein a glass transition temperature of the polyurethane resin particles is −30° C. or higher but 10° C. or lower,

wherein a sensor output at a critical image peeling point, measured by a microscratching method, of a solid image formed on a print medium in a manner that the ink is attached in an amount of 0.96 mg/cm 2 is 600 or greater, and

wherein the ink is used in an inkjet printing method that comprises applying a stimulus to the ink to discharge the ink to print an image on the print medium.

12. An ink stored container, comprising:

the ink according to claim 11 ; and

a container storing the ink.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2016
From: TAKAMURA, YUKIKO; GOTOU, HIROSHI; YOKOHAMA, YUUKI; SAKAGUCHI, HIROMI; KATOH, KEITA
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-146913 · Jul 24, 2015 · national
JP 2016-141957 · Jul 20, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170022381A1 · Jan 26, 2017