Ink set
An ink set includes an ink-jet color ink that contains a colorant, an organic solvent, a polymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator and a clear ink which contains an organic solvent and a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer and in which Mt2/Mt1 is 0.40 or more where Mt1 represents a total mass content of a nonvolatile component, and Mt2 represents a mass content of the vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer.
1. An ink set comprising:
an ink-jet color ink that contains a colorant, an organic solvent, a polymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator; and
a clear ink that contains an organic solvent and a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer, and in which Mt2/Mt1 is 0.40 or more, wherein Mt1 represents a total mass content of a nonvolatile component in the clear ink, and Mt2 represents a mass content of the vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer in the clear ink.
2. The ink set according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer contained in the clear ink is from 1.0% by mass to 6.0% by mass relative to a total amount of the clear ink.
3. The ink set according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the organic solvent contained in the clear ink is 90% by mass or more relative to a total amount of the clear ink.
4. The ink set according to claim 2 , wherein a content of the organic solvent contained in the clear ink is 90% by mass or more relative to a total amount of the clear ink.
5. The ink set according to claim 1 , wherein the polymerizable compound contained in the ink-jet color ink includes a bifunctional urethane (meth)acrylate having a weight-average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 15,000.
6. The ink set according to claim 4 , wherein the polymerizable compound contained in the ink-jet color ink includes a bifunctional urethane (meth)acrylate having a weight-average molecular weight of from 2,000 to 15,000.
7. The ink set according to claim 1 , wherein the ink-jet color ink further contains a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer.
8. The ink set according to claim 6 , wherein the ink-jet color ink further contains a vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer.
9. The ink set according to claim 7 , wherein a total content of the polymerizable compound and the vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer that are contained in the ink-jet color ink is from 10% by mass to 20% by mass relative to a total amount of the ink-jet color ink.
10. The ink set according to claim 9 , wherein a content of the vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer contained in the ink-jet color ink is from 0.5% by mass to 2.0% by mass relative to a total amount of the ink-jet color ink.
11. The ink set according to claim 7 , wherein Mt1, Mt2, Mc1, and Mc2 satisfy the following formula (1):
Mc 2/ Mc 1≤ Mt 2/ Mt 1 Formula (1)
wherein Mt1 represents the total mass content of the nonvolatile component contained in the clear ink,
Mt2 represents the mass content of the vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer contained in the clear ink,
Mc1 represents a total mass content of a nonvolatile component contained in the ink-jet color ink, and
Mc2 represents a mass content of the vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer contained in the ink-jet color ink.
12. The ink set according to claim 11 , wherein a total content of the polymerizable compound and the vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer that are contained in the ink-jet color ink is from 10% by mass to 20% by mass relative to a total amount of the ink-jet color ink.
13. The ink set according to claim 11 , wherein a content of the vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer contained in the ink-jet color ink is from 0.5% by mass to 2.0% by mass relative to a total amount of the ink-jet color ink.
14. The ink set according to claim 1 , wherein a content of a polymerizable compound in the clear ink is 3% by mass or less relative to a total amount of the clear ink.
15. The ink set according to claim 6 , wherein a content of a polymerizable compound in the clear ink is 3% by mass or less relative to a total amount of the clear ink.
16. The ink set according to claim 12 , wherein a content of a polymerizable compound in the clear ink is 3% by mass or less relative to a total amount of the clear ink.
17. The ink set according to claim 13 , wherein a content of a polymerizable compound in the clear ink is 3% by mass or less relative to a total amount of the clear ink.