Processing fluid, ink set, inkjet printing device, and inkjet printing method
A processing fluid contains a metal ion and an organopolysiloxane, wherein the content of the metal ion in the processing fluid is from 0.5 to 50 g/L and the organopolysiloxane has a weight average molecular of from 5,000 to 500,000.
1. A processing fluid, comprising:
a metal ion;
an organopolysiloxane; and
a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula (1)
CH 3 (CH 2 ) m O(C 2 H 4 O) n H (1)
wherein m represents an integer of from 10 to 16 and n represents an integer of from 6 to 12;
wherein a content of the metal ion in the processing fluid is from 0.5 to 50 g/L; and
wherein the organopolysiloxane has a weight average molecular of from 5,000 to 500,000.
2. The processing fluid according to claim 1 , wherein the organopolysiloxane comprises at least one of dimethyl polysiloxane and amino-modified organopolysiloxane.
3. The processing fluid according to claim 1 , wherein the organopolysiloxane comprises particles.
4. The processing fluid according to claim 1 , wherein the processing fluid has a dynamic surface tension of from 20 to 50 mN/m at a life time of 150 ms at 25 degrees C.
5. The processing fluid according to claim 1 , further comprising a silicone-based surfactant.
6. An ink set; comprising:
the processing fluid of claim 1 ; and
an ink.
7. The ink set according to claim 6 , wherein the ink comprises a polyester-based urethane resin.
8. An inkjet printing device, comprising:
a device containing the processing fluid of claim 1 , the device configured to apply the processing fluid to a recording medium; and
a discharging device configured to discharge an ink.
9. An inkjet printing method, comprising:
applying the processing fluid of claim 1 to a recording medium; and
discharging an ink to the recording medium.