Abstract: Provided is a method for coating inks, the method including coating a plurality of kinds of inks on a target by an inkjet method individually, wherein the target includes a base and a gel layer provided on the base and containing a vinyl chloride resin and a plasticizer, wherein the plurality of kinds of inks are oil-based inks and include an ink x and an ink y that is to be discharged after the ink x is discharged, and wherein an interpenetration ratio Pxy of the inky to the ink x is 7.0% or greater but 13.0% or less.

Abstract: An ink application method is provided. In the method, an ink is discharged to an object by an inkjet method, to apply the ink to the object. The object includes a base material and a gel layer overlying the base material, and the gel layer includes a vinyl chloride resin and a plasticizer. The ink is an oil-based ink. When a free induction decay curve of the object obtained by a pulse NMR method is separated into two curves respectively derived from a hard component and a soft component, the curve derived from the hard component accounts for 35% to 40% of the free induction decay curve, and the curve derived from the soft component has a spin-spin relaxation time of from 30.0 to 45.0 ms when obtained by a Hahn echo method.

Abstract: Provided is a method for coating inks, the method including coating a plurality of kinds of inks on a target by an inkjet method individually, wherein the target includes a base and a gel layer provided on the base and containing a vinyl chloride resin and a plasticizer, wherein the plurality of kinds of inks are oil-based inks and include an ink x and an inky that is to be discharged after the ink x is discharged, and wherein an interpenetration ratio Pxy of the inky to the ink x is 7.0% or greater but 13.0% or less.

Abstract: An ink application method is provided. In the method, an ink is discharged to an object by an inkjet method, to apply the ink to the object. The object includes a base material and a gel layer overlying the base material, and the gel layer includes a vinyl chloride resin and a plasticizer. The ink is an oil-based ink. When a free induction decay curve of the object obtained by a pulse NMR method is separated into two curves respectively derived from a hard component and a soft component, the curve derived from the hard component accounts for 35% to 40% of the free induction decay curve, and the curve derived from the soft component has a spin-spin relaxation time of from 30.0 to 45.0 ms when obtained by a Hahn echo method.

Abstract: A cleaning filling liquid for inkjet device including water; 10.0% by mass to 45% by mass per whole amount of the cleaning filling liquid of an amide compound having following formula (1).

Abstract: To provide an image forming method, including applying a pre-treatment liquid on a recording medium including a substrate and a coating layer at least on one surface of the substrate, wherein the pre-treatment liquid is applied on a surface of the recording layer with the coating layer; drying the recording medium on which the pre-treatment liquid has been applied; and forming an image on the recording medium after drying by discharging a water-based ink by inkjet method, wherein the pre-treatment liquid includes a water-soluble cationic polymer, an ammonium salt of an organic acid and water, and wherein the water-based ink includes water and negatively charged colored particles including a colorant.

Abstract: An overcoating liquid contains a hydrodispersible polyurethane; a compound represented by Chemical formula 1: C6F13—CH2CH2O(CH2CH2O)nH, where n represents an integer of from 1 to 40; a compound represented by Chemical formula 2: HOR1R3C—(CH2)n—CR2R4OH, where R1 and R2 each, independently represent alkyl groups having three to six carbon atoms, R3 and R4 each, independently represent methyl groups or ethyl groups, and n represents an integer of from 1 to 6; and water, wherein the overcoating liquid is applied to the surface of a recording medium onto which inkjet ink is already discharged.

Abstract: An inkjet recording ink, including: water; a water-soluble organic solvent; a colorant; a compound containing a group expressed by the following Structural Formula (1), and a defoamer, C6F13—CH2CH2— Structural Formula (1).

Abstract: A cleaning filling liquid for inkjet device comprising: Water; 10.0% by mass to 45% by mass per whole amount of the cleaning filling liquid of an amide compound having following structural formula (1).

Abstract: An inkjet recording ink, including: water; a water-soluble organic solvent; a colorant; a compound containing a group expressed by the following Structural Formula (1), and a defoamer, C6F13—CH2CH2— Structural Formula (1).

Abstract: A cleaning liquid used for cleaning an ink flow channel in an inkjet recorder includes water; a hydrosoluble organic solvent; a compound having the following formula (1): wherein n represents an integer of from 1 to 40; and a compound having the following formula (2): wherein R1 and R2 independently represent an alkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms; R3 and R4 independently represent a methyl group or an ethyl group; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 6.

Abstract: Ink containing a pigment, an alcohol alkoxylate-based surfactant, a water-soluble organic solvent, water, and a dispersion agent represented by the following chemical structure 1, wherein the ink has a dynamic surface tension of 36 mN/m or less when the life of foam at 25° C. as measured by the maximum bubble pressure technique is 15 msec: where R1 represents an alkyl group having one to four carbon atoms, an aryl group, and an aralkyl group having one to eight carbon atoms, L represents zero or an integer of from 1 to 7, and n represents an integer of from 20 to 80.

Abstract: To provide an image forming method, including: a pre-treatment liquid application step for applying a pre-treatment liquid on a recording medium including a substrate and a coating layer at least on one surface of the substrate, wherein the pre-treatment liquid is applied on a surface of the recording layer with the coating layer! a drying step for drying the recording medium on which the pre-treatment liquid has been applied; and an image forming step for forming an image on the recording medium after drying by discharging a water-based ink by inkjet method, wherein the pre-treatment liquid includes a water-soluble cationic polymer, an ammonium salt of an organic acid and water, and wherein the water-based ink includes water and negatively charged colored particles including a colorant.

Abstract: A cleaning liquid used for cleaning an ink flow channel in an inkjet recorder includes water; a hydrosoluble organic solvent; a compound having the following formula (1): wherein n represents an integer of from 1 to 40; and a compound having the following formula (2): wherein R1 and R2 independently represent an alkyl group having 3 to 6 carbon atoms; R3 and R4 independently represent a methyl group or an ethyl group; and n represents an integer of from 1 to 6.

Abstract: An overcoating liquid contains a hydrodispersible polyurethane; a compound represented by Chemical formula 1: C6F13—CH2CH2O(CH2CH2O)nH, where n represents an integer of from 1 to 40; a compound represented by Chemical formula 2: HOR1R3C—(CH2)n—CR2R4OH, where R1 and R2 each, independently represent alkyl groups having three to six carbon atoms, R3 and R4 each, independently represent methyl groups or ethyl groups, and n represents an integer of from 1 to 6; and water, wherein the overcoating liquid is applied to the surface of a recording medium onto which inkjet ink is already discharged.

Abstract: An inkjet ink, which contains water, an organic solvent, a surfactant, and a colorant, wherein the organic solvent contains at least one polyhydric alcohol having an equilibrium moisture content of 30% by mass or higher at a temperature of 23° C.

Abstract: Ink containing a pigment, an alcohol alkoxylate-based surfactant, a water-soluble organic solvent, water, and a dispersion agent represented by the following chemical structure 1, wherein the ink has a dynamic surface tension of 36 mN/m or less when the life of foam at 25° C. as measured by the maximum bubble pressure technique is 15 msec: where R1 represents an alkyl group having one to four carbon atoms, an aryl group, and an aralkyl group having one to eight carbon atoms, L represents zero or an integer of from 1 to 7, and n represents an integer of from 20 to 80.

Abstract: An ink set, used in an inkjet recording apparatus equipped with a recording head including: a plurality of nozzle arrays, each including a plurality of nozzles; and a sucking-and-covering unit for covering the recording head, wherein the black ink is supplied to one of the plurality of the nozzle arrays of the recording head, and the color ink is supplied to the other plurality of the nozzle arrays of the recording head, wherein the black ink includes resin-coated carbon-black particles, surfactant-treated carbon-black particles and water, wherein the color ink includes resin-coated color-pigment particles, surfactant-treated color-pigment particles and water, and wherein the ink set satisfies Expression (1), Expression (2) and Expression (3) below: 5.0% by mass?P(Bk)?12.0% by mass??Expression (1) 3.0% by mass?P(CL)?10.0% by mass??Expression (2) [R(CL)/S(CL)]<[R(Bk)/S(Bk)]??Expression (3).

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus including an ink; and an ink discharging head configured to discharge the ink, wherein the ink discharging head is provided with a nozzle having a silicone-containing water-repellent film on a surface thereof on which the ink contacts, wherein the ink contains a colorant; water; and a water soluble organic solvent, wherein the colorant contains a carbon black partially coated with a resin, and wherein the ink meets the following expressions (1) and (2): 1.0×104<N×R/100<1.0×106??(1) 20.0<R?100.0??(2) where R (% by mass) denotes a rate of the mass of the carbon black partially coated with a resin relative to the mass of the colorant, and N denotes the number of coarse particles having a particle diameter of 0.5 ?m or more per 5 ?L of the ink where the number thereof is determined with a number counting method.

Abstract: An inkjet recording ink including a water-soluble organic solvent, a colorant, at least one fluorine-based surfactant having a chemical structure represented by Structural Formula (I) below, and water, where Rf represents any one of CF3, CF2CF3, (CF2)3F, and (CF2)4F, and X plus Y is an integer of 4 or 5.