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US 9,802,433 · App. 15/193,739 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

Recording method

Inventors: Tetsuya Aoyama (Shiojiri, JP); Akiko Kawase (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
B41M5/0017B41J2/01B41J2/2114B41J11/0015B41M5/0011
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Patent No.
US 9,802,433
App. No.
15/193,739
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A recording method includes first coating a treatment liquid A to a recording medium, a second coating a treatment liquid B to the recording medium after the first coating, and a discharging an ink composition including a coloring material to the recording medium by discharging from a nozzle after the second coating, and the treatment liquid A adjusts wettability of the treatment liquid B to the recording medium and includes at least any one of a resin and inorganic oxide fine particles, and the treatment liquid B thickens or insolubilizes the ink composition and includes at least any one of a polyvalent metal salt, an organic acid, and an organic acid salt.

Claims (31)

1. A recording method comprising:

first coating a treatment liquid A to a recording medium,

wherein the treatment liquid A includes a resin, and a SP value of the resin is 14 or less;

second coating a treatment liquid B to the recording medium after the first coating; and

discharging an ink composition including a coloring material to the recording medium by discharging from a nozzle after the second coating,

wherein the treatment liquid A adjusts wettability of the treatment liquid B to the recording medium and includes at least any one of a resin and inorganic oxide fine particles, and

the treatment liquid B thickens or insolubilizes the ink composition and includes at least any one of a polyvalent metal salt, an organic acid, and an organic acid salt.

2. The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the treatment liquid A includes the resin, and a glass transition temperature of the resin is 29° C. or lower.

3. The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the treatment liquid B includes the polyvalent metal salt.

4. The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the treatment liquid B further includes a water-soluble organic solvent.

5. The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the recording medium is a non-absorbent recording medium or a low absorbent recording medium.

6. The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein a surface tension of the treatment liquid B is 18 mN/m to 45 mN/m at 25° C.

7. The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein a viscosity of the treatment liquid B is 1 mPa·s to 10 mPa·s at 25° C.

8. The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the first coating, at least any one of the resin and the inorganic oxide fine particles is coated in 0.01 g/m 2 to 1.0 g/m 2 .

9. The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein a concentration of cations of at least any one of the polyvalent metal salt and the organic acid in the treatment liquid B is 0.08 mol/L or less.

10. The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the second coating, the treatment liquid B is coated on the recording medium by an ink jet method.

11. The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the second coating, the treatment liquid B is coated on the recording medium by an ink jet method using a line head.

12. The recording method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

drying the treatment liquid A coated on the recording medium between the first coating and the second coating.

13. The recording method according to claim 1 ,

wherein in the second coating, a total of at least one of the polyvalent metal salt, the organic acid, and the organic acid salt is coated in 0.01 g/m 2 to 0.5 g/m 2 as a solid content.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-207077 · Oct 2, 2013 · national
JP 2014-124056 · Jun 17, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
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