Abstract: An ink curable with actinic energy rays characterized by containing a photocleavage type photopolymerization initiator (A) comprising ?-aminoalkylphenone compound (A1) having a molar absorption coefficient measured at a wavelength of 363 nm of 100 (l/mol·cm) or more and less than 100,000 (l/mol·cm) and/or an acylphosphine oxide compound (A2) having a molar absorption coefficient measured at a wavelength of 365 nm of 100 (l/mol·cm) or more and less than 100,000 (l/mol·cm); and a hydrogen abstraction type photopolymerization initiator (B) comprising 4,4?-dialkylaminobenzophenone having a molar absorption coefficient at a wavelength of 365 nm of 10,000 (l/mol·cm) or more and less than 1,000,000 (l/mol·cm) and by optionally containing a tertiary amine compound (C) having a molar extinction coefficient as measured at a wavelength of 365 nm of 1 (l/mol·cm) or lower. The ink further includes a resin, a pigment, and a compound having an acrylate group.

Abstract: A method of evaluating a color filter including a substrate, and at least three color pixels disposed thereon, the method includes determining an oblique visibility of a liquid crystal display device equipped with the color filter on the basis of value ?1 obtained from the equation (1): ?1=?ab?(?)·T(?)d???(1) wherein “a” and “b” are values respectively representing a wavelength range of a continuous wavelength light and satisfying conditions of 380?a, b?780 and a<b; ?(?) represents an optical retardation obtained by irradiating each of color pixels with a continuous wavelength light containing light components with wavelength ? falling within a range of 380 nm to 780 nm at an incident angle, and subjecting the transmitted light to measurement using a spectroscopic ellipsometer, and T(?) represents a spectral transmittance of the color pixels measured at the wavelength ? falling within a range of 380 nm-780 nm.

Abstract: The present invention relates to recording material having a laser coloring layer, wherein the laser coloring layer comprises one or more materials selected from among pigments, dyes and inorganic materials, and the laser coloring layer exhibits absorption at a wavelength within a range from 700 to 12,000 nm. The recording material of the present invention has a laser coloring layer of a desired hue, such as yellow, cyan, magenta, orange, white or black, and by conducting printing by laser irradiation, a recorded item with excellent color tone can be obtained.

Abstract: A pigment dispersing agent wherein a quinophthalone structure is bonded to a triazine structure through an arylene group or a heteroaromatic ring and a basic functional group is bonded to triazine ring through a connecting group which pigment dispersing agent improves an ink or a coating in fluidity and is effective for preparing a product having a low viscosity and low thixotropic properties and having excellent properties such as tinting strength, transparency and viscosity stability with the passage of time, and a pigment composition and a pigment dispersion containing the same.

Abstract: A carbon black resin ground composition obtainable by adding a printing ink resin that is solid at room temperature to a carbon black which has not undergone oxidation treatment and has a dibutyl phthalate oil absorption amount of 60 to 105 ml/100 g, and then conducting dry grinding, as well as a carbon black resin composition and an offset printing ink obtainable using the same.

Abstract: An exposure device with a lamp, a condenser arrangement (2), a light modulator, a field lens and a projection objective (5), characterised in that the light modulator consists of a reflecting micro-mirror arrangement (3) in front of which the field lens (4) is arranged in a manner such that the beam path runs through the field lens (4) onto the micro-mirror arrangement (3) and after modulation and reflection at acute angles (16) once again runs through the field lens (4).