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Granted Patent B2
US 8,888,265 · App. 13/422,215 · Granted Nov 18, 2014

Ink set and image printing method

Inventors: Ippei Okuda (Shiojiri, JP); Tsuyoshi Sano (Shiojiri, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
C09D11/10C09D11/40
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Patent No.
US 8,888,265
App. No.
13/422,215
Granted
Nov 18, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An ink set includes a first ink that contains a white material and a first resin; and a second ink that contains a color material other than the white material and a second resin, wherein the first resin includes a component (A) causing cracks when resin of 0.5 g is dropped onto a slide glass and is dried at a temperature of 50° C. and a humidity of 0% RH for 10 minutes, and wherein the second resin includes a component (B) of at least one of polyolefin wax and ethylene vinyl acetate resin.

Claims (30)

1. An ink set comprising:

a first ink that contains a white material and a first resin which is not encapsulated by the white material; and

a second ink that contains a color material other than the white material, and a second resin,

wherein the first resin includes a component (A) causing cracks when 0.5 g of the same is dropped onto a slide glass and is dried at a temperature of 50° C. and a humidity of 0% RH for 10 minutes,

wherein the first resin is configured to fix the first ink to a printing material;

wherein the second resin includes a component (B) of at least one of polyolefin wax and ethylene vinyl acetate resin,

wherein an average particle diameter of the color material is smaller than an average particle diameter of the white material, and

wherein a ratio (W2/W1) of a content [W1] of the component (A) in the first ink and a content [W2] in the component (B) of the second ink is equal to or more than 0.1 and equal to or less than 2.

2. The ink set according to claim 1 , wherein the component (A) is at least one of fluorene resin and styrene acryl resin.

3. An image printing method using the ink set according to claim 2 , the method comprising:

ejecting liquid droplets of the first ink to attach the liquid droplets of the first ink to a printing medium; and

ejecting liquid droplets of the second ink to attach the liquid droplets of the second ink onto the liquid droplets of the first ink attached to the printing medium.

4. The ink set according to claim 1 , wherein the content [W1] of the component (A) in the first ink is equal to or more than 1 mass % and less than 7 mass %.

5. The ink set according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio (W2/W1) of the content [W1] of the component (A) in the first ink and the content [W2] of the component (B) in the second ink is equal to or higher than 0.25 and equal to or lower than 1.5.

6. The ink set according to claim 1 , wherein the component (B) includes the polyolefin wax, and an average particle diameter of the polyolefin wax is equal to or more than 100 nm and equal to or less than 200 nm.

7. The ink set according to claim 1 , wherein the first resin further includes the component (B), and wherein a content of the component (B) in the first ink is equal to or less than 2 mass %.

8. The ink set according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the first resin in the first ink is equal to or more than 1 mass % and less than 6 mass %.

9. An image printing method using the ink set according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

ejecting liquid droplets of the first ink to attach the liquid droplets of the first ink to a printing medium; and

ejecting liquid droplets of the second ink to attach the liquid droplets of the second ink onto the liquid droplets of the first ink attached to the printing medium.

10. An image printing device which prints an image using the ink set according to claim 1 .

11. An ink set comprising:

a first ink that contains a white material and a first resin which is not encapsulated by the white material; and

a second ink that contains a color material other than the white material, and a second resin,

wherein the first resin includes a component (A) of at least one of fluorene resin and styrene acryl resin, and the second resin includes a component (B) of at least one of polyolefin wax and ethylene vinyl acetate resin,

wherein an average particle diameter of the color material is smaller than an average particle diameter of the white material, and

wherein a ratio (W2/W1) of a content (W1) of the component (A) in the first ink and a content (W2) in the component (B) of the second ink is equal to or more than 0.1 and equal to or less than 2.

12. An image printing method using the ink set according to claim 11 , the method comprising:

ejecting liquid droplets of the first ink to attach the liquid droplets of the first ink to a printing medium; and

ejecting liquid droplets of the second ink to attach the liquid droplets of the second ink onto the liquid droplets of the first ink attached to the printing medium.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2012
From: OKUDA, IPPEI; SANO, TSUYOSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027891/0258 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2012
From: OKUDA, IPPEI; SANO, TSUYOSHI
To: SEIKO EPICENE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027876/0848 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-058343 · Mar 16, 2011 · national
JP 2011-074381 · Mar 30, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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