Abstract: Provided is an ink cartridge in which ink is received and which includes a through-hole.

Abstract: An aqueous ink ensuring less blurring and high color formation on plain paper, satisfactory color formation and fixing property on special paper and excellent ejection stability is realized by using a microcapsule of a colorant encapsulated with a polymer and rendered dispersible in water and specifying the amount of the aromatic ring in the polymer to be from 20 to 70 wt % of the polymer.

Abstract: An aqueous ink ensuring less blurring and high color formation on plain paper, satisfactory color formation and fixing property on special paper and excellent ejection stability is realized by using a microcapsule of a colorant encapsulated with a polymer and rendered dispersible in water and specifying the amount of the aromatic ring in the polymer to be from 20 to 70 wt % of the polymer.

Abstract: The display control apparatus includes an acquisition section configured acquire a piece of characteristic information representing an output characteristic specific to a corresponding printing apparatus from each of a plurality of printing apparatuses; and a display section configured to determine an order for arraying the plurality of printing apparatuses on the basis of the pieces of characteristic information having been acquired, each being specific to a corresponding printing apparatus, and array and display the plurality of printing apparatuses on a predetermined image display screen in the order having been determined.

Abstract: When creating recording level specifying data referred to during recording of ink drops of N types (N is an integer of 2 or greater) of different ink levels onto a printing medium by a printing device, standard color value data indicating an association relationship between ink tone values and color values under a standard printing condition is acquired; under a predetermined printing condition, and using at least one type of the aforementioned N types of ink drops for each ink color, patches are printed at a plurality of recording levels, and the color values of the printed patches are acquired; the aforementioned plurality of recording levels are associated with color values; and on the basis of association of the aforementioned plurality of recording levels and color values and of the aforementioned standard color value data, there is created recording level specifying data that specifies, for each ink color, an association relationship recording levels of the aforementioned N types of ink drops and tone v

Abstract: When creating recording level specifying data referred to during recording of ink drops of N types (N is an integer of 2 or greater) of different ink levels onto a printing medium by a printing device, standard color value data indicating an association relationship between ink tone values and color values under a standard printing condition is acquired; under a predetermined printing condition, and using at least one type of the aforementioned N types of ink drops for each ink color, patches are printed at a plurality of recording levels, and the color values of the printed patches are acquired; the aforementioned plurality of recording levels are associated with color values; and on the basis of association of the aforementioned plurality of recording levels and color values and of the aforementioned standard color value data, there is created recording level specifying data that specifies, for each ink color, an association relationship recording levels of the aforementioned N types of ink drops and tone v

Abstract: An aqueous ink ensuring less blurring and high color formation on plain paper, satisfactory color formation and fixing property on special paper and excellent ejection stability is realized by using a microcapsule of a colorant encapsulated with a polymer and rendered dispersible in water and specifying the amount of the aromatic ring in the polymer to be from 20 to 70 wt % of the polymer.