Photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing
A photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing contains: a photopolymerizable compound that contains: virtually no vinyl formamide; 0.1 to 20 percent by mass of a monofunctional monomer containing an ether group relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; 65 to 85 percent by mass of a monofunctional monomer containing a cyclic structure relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; 0.1 to 25 percent by mass of a multifunctional monomer containing an amino group relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; and 5 to 35 percent by mass of a monomer containing a trimethylol propane skeleton relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; and an acyl phosphine oxide photopolymerization initiator by 3 to 20 percent by mass relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; wherein the viscosity of said photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing is 100 mPa·s or less at 25° C.
1. A photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing comprising a photopolymerizable component that contains: virtually no vinyl formamide; 0.1 to 20 percent by mass of a monofunctional monomer containing an ether group relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; 65 to 85 percent by mass of the monofunctional monomer containing a cyclic structure relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; 0.1 to 25 percent by mass of a multifunctional monomer containing an amino group relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; and 5 to 35 percent by mass of a monomer containing a trimethylol propane skeleton relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; and an acyl phosphine oxide photopolymerization initiator by 3 to 20 percent by mass relative to the total mass of the photopolymerizable component; wherein a viscosity of said photocurable ink composition for the inkjet printing is 100 mPa·s or less at 25° C.
2. A photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing according to claim 1 , characterized in that: the monofunctional monomer containing an ether group is at least one type of a compound selected from tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate, phenoxy ethyl acrylate, ethylene oxide modified phenol acrylate, ethyl carbitol acrylate, and 2-methoxy ethyl acrylate; and the monofunctional monomer containing a cyclic structure is at least one type of compound selected from benzyl acrylate, cyclohexyl acrylate, phenoxy ethyl acrylate, ethylene oxide modified phenol acrylate, acryloyl morpholine, isobornyl acrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate, and 4-tert-butylcyclohexyl acrylate.
3. An inkjet printing apparatus using a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing according to claim 1 , wherein said inkjet printing apparatus is characterized in that: the photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing is deposited on a target recording medium; and ultraviolet light generated by a light source using light-emitting diodes and having a luminescence peak wavelength in a range of 350 to 420 nm is irradiated onto the deposited photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing.
4. An inkjet printing apparatus using a photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing according to claim 2 , wherein said inkjet printing apparatus is characterized in that: the photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing is deposited on a target recording medium; and ultraviolet light generated by a light source using light-emitting diodes and having a luminescence peak wavelength in a range of 350 to 420 nm is irradiated onto the deposited photocurable ink composition for inkjet printing.