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US 9,010,918 · App. 14/444,009 · Granted Apr 21, 2015

Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording device

Inventors: Hiroshi Gotou (Shizuoka, JP); Hidetoshi Fujii (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
B41J11/0015B41J2/01
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Patent No.
US 9,010,918
App. No.
14/444,009
Granted
Apr 21, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inkjet recording method including applying stimuli to inkjet recording ink to make the ink jet onto recording medium, wherein the recording medium includes support, and surface layer provided on at least one surface of the support, where transfer amount of pure water with contact time of 100 ms determined by measuring the surface of the recording medium to which the surface layer is provided by dynamic scanning absorptometer is 1 to 10 mL/m 2 , the recording medium is surface-treated through corona discharge or plasma treatment, the ink contains water-dispersible colorant, organic solvent, surfactant, and water, the organic solvent contains at least one polyhydric alcohol having equilibrium moisture content of 30% by mass or greater at 23° C. and 80% RH, and dynamic surface tension of the ink, as measured by maximum bubble pressure method with surface lifetime of 15 ms, is 35 mN/m or lower at 25° C.

Claims (29)

1. An inkjet recording method, comprising:

applying stimuli to an inkjet recording ink to make the inkjet recording ink jet onto a recording medium to thereby form an image,

wherein the recording medium contains a support, and a surface layer provided on at least one surface of the support, where a transfer amount of pure water with contact time of 100 ms determined by measuring the surface of the recording medium to which the surface layer is provided by means of a dynamic scanning absorptometer is 1 mL/m 2 to 10 mL/m 2 ,

wherein the recording medium is surface treated through a corona discharge treatment, or a plasma treatment,

wherein the inkjet recording ink contains a water-dispersible colorant, an organic solvent, a surfactant, and water,

wherein the organic solvent contains at least one polyhydric alcohol, which has an equilibrium moisture content of 30% by mass or greater at temperature of 23° C. and relative humidity of 80%, and

wherein a dynamic surface tension of the inkjet recording ink, as measured by a maximum bubble pressure method with surface lifetime of 15 ms, is 35 mN/m or lower at 25° C.

2. The inkjet recording method according to claim 1 , wherein the organic solvent contains at least one selected from compounds represented by the following general formulae (I) and (II):

where R is a C4-C6 alkyl group,

where R 1 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-C8 alkyl group, a cyclohexyl group, or an aryl group, and R 2 is a methyl group or an ethyl group.

3. The inkjet recording method according to claim 1 , wherein the inkjet recording ink contains a compound represented by the following structural formula (1):

4. The inkjet recording method according to claim 1 , wherein the polyhydric alcohol is glycerin, or 1,3-butanediol, or both.

5. The inkjet recording method according to claim 1 , wherein the water-dispersible colorant is a resin-coated pigment or a self-dispersible pigment, and is anionic.

6. The inkjet recording method according to claim 1 , wherein the surfactant is at least one selected from the group consisting of a silicone-based surfactant, a fluorine-based surfactant, and an acetylene alcohol-based surfactant.

7. The inkjet recording method according to claim 1 , wherein a throughput rate of the corona discharge treatment or the plasma treatment is 50 W·min/m 2 to 500 W·min/m 2 .

8. An inkjet recording device, comprising:

a surface treatment unit configured to perform a surface treatment on a recording medium through a corona discharge treatment, or a plasma treatment; and

an inkjet unit configured to apply stimuli to an inkjet recording ink to make the inkjet recording ink jet onto the recording medium to thereby form an image,

wherein the recording medium contains a support, and a surface layer provided on at least one surface of the support, where a transfer amount of pure water with contact time of 100 ms determined by measuring the surface of the recording medium to which the surface layer is provided by means of a dynamic scanning absorptometer is 1 mL/m 2 to 10 mL/m 2 ,

wherein the inkjet recording ink contains a water-dispersible colorant, an organic solvent, a surfactant, and water,

wherein the organic solvent contains at least one polyhydric alcohol, which has an equilibrium moisture content of 30% by mass or greater at temperature of 23° C. and relative humidity of 80%, and

wherein a dynamic surface tension of the inkjet recording ink, as measured by a maximum bubble pressure method with surface lifetime of 15 ms, is 35 mN/m or lower at 25° C.

9. An inkjet recording device, comprising:

an inkjet unit configured to apply stimuli to an inkjet recording ink to make the inkjet recording ink jet onto a recording medium to thereby form an image,

wherein the recording medium contains a support, and a surface layer provided on at least one surface of the support, where a transfer amount of pure water with contact time of 100 ms determined by measuring the surface of the recording medium to which the surface layer is provided by means of a dynamic scanning absorptometer is 1 mL/m 2 to 10 mL/m 2 ,

wherein the recording medium is surface treated through a corona discharge treatment, or a plasma treatment, or both,

wherein the inkjet recording ink contains a water-dispersible colorant, an organic solvent, a surfactant, and water,

wherein the organic solvent contains at least one polyhydric alcohol, which has an equilibrium moisture content of 30% by mass or greater at temperature of 23° C. and relative humidity of 80%, and

wherein a dynamic surface tension of the inkjet recording ink, as measured by a maximum bubble pressure method with surface lifetime of 15 ms, is 35 mN/m or lower at 25° C.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 28, 2014
From: GOTOU, HIROSHI; FUJII, HIDETOSHI
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-161538 · Aug 2, 2013 · national
JP 2014-143246 · Jul 11, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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