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US 9,403,393 · App. 14/503,491 · Granted Aug 2, 2016

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 9,403,393
App. No.
14/503,491
Granted
Aug 2, 2016
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 (29)

1. A recording method comprising:

first coating a treatment liquid A to a recording medium, the treatment liquid A including water and a water-soluble organic solvent, a content of the water-soluble organic solvent being 50 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the treatment liquid A;

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 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 B includes the polyvalent metal salt.

3. The recording method according to claim 1 ,

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

4. The recording method according to claim 1 ,

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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 .

8. 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.

9. 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.

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 using a line head.

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. The recording method according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the water is 30 parts by mass or more with respect to 100 parts by mass of the treatment liquid A.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2015
From: AOYAMA, TETSUYA; KAWASE, AKIKO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036215/0485 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-207077 · Oct 2, 2013 · national
JP 2014-124056 · Jun 17, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150091974A1 · Apr 2, 2015