Pretreatment solution, ink set and method for producing printed matter
A pretreatment solution which is used together with an aqueous inkjet ink that contains at least a pigment, wherein the pretreatment solution contains an inorganic metal salt and/or an organic metal salt that exists in a dissolved state, and an organic solvent, the organic solvent contains a compound having one or more hydroxyl groups in each molecule, and the amount of the organic solvent is from 0.1 to 50% by weight based on the total weight of the pretreatment solution.
1. A pretreatment solution which is used together with an aqueous inkjet ink that comprises at least a pigment, wherein
the pretreatment solution comprises an inorganic metal salt and/or an organic metal salt, and an organic solvent,
the inorganic metal salt and/or the organic metal salt exists in a dissolved state in the pretreatment solution, and
the organic solvent contains a compound having one or more hydroxyl groups in each molecule, and an amount of the organic solvent, based on a total weight of the pretreatment solution, is from 0.1 to 50% by weight.
2. The pretreatment solution according to claim 1 , wherein
the inorganic metal salt and/or the organic metal salt is a polyvalent metal salt, and an amount of polyvalent metal ions derived from the polyvalent metal salt, based on a total weight of the pretreatment solution, is at least 2% by weight but not more than 8% by weight, and
based on a total weight of the pretreatment solution, an amount of an organic solvent having a boiling point of 180° C. or higher is not more than 15% by weight.
3. The pretreatment solution according to claim 2 , wherein the polyvalent metal ions comprise at least one ion selected from the group consisting of Ca 2+ , Mg 2+ , Zn 2+ , Al 3+ , Fe 2+ and Fe 3+ .
4. The pretreatment solution according to claim 1 , further comprising a water-soluble binder resin.
5. The pretreatment solution according to claim 4 , wherein the water-soluble binder resin comprises a nonionic water-soluble resin.
6. The pretreatment solution according to claim 4 , wherein based on a total weight of the pretreatment solution, a weight ratio of an amount of the water-soluble binder resin relative to an amount of polyvalent metal ions derived from the inorganic metal salt and/or the organic metal salt is less than 20-fold.
7. The pretreatment solution according to claim 1 , wherein the pretreatment solution has a viscosity at 25° C. that is higher than 9 mPa·s but not more than 30 mPa·s.
8. The pretreatment solution according to claim 1 , wherein the pretreatment solution further comprises a surfactant, and has a surface tension at 25° C. of 20 to 45 mN/m.
9. The pretreatment solution according to claim 1 , wherein the pretreatment solution further comprises an organic amine in a dissolved state, and a difference between a pH of the aqueous inkjet ink and a pH of the pretreatment solution is not more than 2.
10. The pretreatment solution according to claim 9 , wherein the inorganic metal salt and/or the organic metal salt comprises a polyvalent metal salt, and an amount of polyvalent metal ions derived from the polyvalent metal salt, based on a total weight of the pretreatment solution, is at least 1% by weight but not more than 15% by weight.
11. The pretreatment solution according to claim 9 , wherein an amount of the organic amine, based on a total weight of the pretreatment solution, is at least 0.15% by weight but not more than 3% by weight.
12. The pretreatment solution according to claim 9 , wherein a weight average molecular weight of the organic amine is not more than 500, and the organic amine is a secondary amine and/or a tertiary amine.
13. The pretreatment solution according to claim 9 , wherein based on a total weight of the pretreatment solution, an amount of an organic solvent having a boiling point of 200° C. or higher is not more than 20% by weight.
14. The pretreatment solution according to claim 9 , wherein the pretreatment solution further comprises a water-soluble binder resin, and based on a total weight of the pretreatment solution, a weight ratio of an amount of the water-soluble binder resin relative to an amount of polyvalent metal ions derived from the inorganic metal salt and/or the organic metal salt is less than 50-fold.
15. The pretreatment solution according to claim 14 , wherein the water-soluble binder resin comprises a nonionic water-soluble resin.
16. The pretreatment solution according to claim 14 , wherein a number average molecular weight of the water-soluble binder resin is at least 3,000 but not more than 90,000.
17. An ink set comprising the pretreatment solution according to claim 1 , and an aqueous inkjet ink, wherein
the aqueous inkjet ink comprises a pigment, a water-soluble organic solvent and water, and
the water-soluble organic solvent comprises two or more solvents selected from the group consisting of glycol ether-based solvents and alkyl polyol-based solvents having a boiling point at 1 atmosphere of at least 180° C. but not more than 280° C.
18. The ink set according to claim 17 , wherein based on a total weight of the aqueous inkjet ink, an amount of a water-soluble organic solvent having a boiling point at 1 atmosphere of at least 240° C. is less than 10% by weight.
19. The ink set according to claim 17 , wherein the aqueous inkjet ink further comprises a water-soluble resin as a binder resin.
20. The ink set according to claim 17 , wherein the aqueous inkjet ink has at least a magenta ink, and the magenta ink comprises C.I. Pigment Violet 19 as a magenta pigment.