Abstract: There is provided an ink composition that, even on various recording media, especially gloss paper of a printing paper base, can yield an image having excellent gloss, can realize good recovery from clogging and handleability of recorded matter, and, at the same time, can realize excellent ejection stability and color reproduction. The ink composition for ink jet recording comprises at least a colorant, water, an alkanediol, and a surfactant, wherein the alkanediol comprises a water soluble 1,2-alkanediol and a water soluble alkanediol having a hydroxyl group at both ends of its main chain, and the surfactant is a polyorganosiloxane.

Abstract: There is provided an ink composition that can realize high-quality images free from white streaks or roughness even in low resolution when printing paper for running-on such as art paper is used. The ink composition comprises at least a colorant, water, an alcohol solvent, and a surfactant, wherein the alcohol solvent comprises a sparingly water soluble alkanediol, a water soluble alkanediol, and a water soluble alkanetriol.

Abstract: An ink composition is provided that achieves high-quality images free of white streaks or rough textures even when low-resolution printing is performed on printing paper such as art paper. An ink composition for ink jet recording contains at least a colorant, water, and a surfactant, and further contains a sparingly water-soluble alkanediol, a water-soluble 1,2-alkanediol, a dialkylene glycol, and a water-soluble alkanetriol or a sugar. This ink composition is used in an ink jet recording method.

Abstract: There is provided an ink composition for ink jet recording that, even on printing paper for running-on, can realize excellent gloss and good color reproduction and, at the same time, is excellent in ejection stability and recovery from clogging. The ink composition for ink jet recording comprises at least a colorant, water, an alkanediol, and a surfactant, wherein the alkanediol comprises a water soluble 1,2-alkanediol and a slightly water soluble 1,2-alkanediol, and the surfactant is a polyorganosiloxane.

Abstract: A piezoelectric transformer driving circuit is provided which reduces switching losses in a full bridge circuit which drives a piezoelectric transformer. The piezoelectric transformer driving circuit has a full bridge circuit 1 comprising four FETs (field effect transistors) Q1 to Q4, a driving circuit 2 thereof, a filter circuit 3 which converts a square wave output from the full bridge circuit 1 into a sinusoidal wave, and one or a plurality of piezoelectric transformers 4 connected to the filter circuit 3. A cold cathode tube 5 serving as a backlight is connected to the secondary terminals of each of the piezoelectric transformers 4. In the filter circuit 3, an inductance L1 to adjust the current phase of the full bridge load is connected in parallel with the output of the full bridge 1 or the piezoelectric transformers 4.

Abstract: Provided is a light adjusting noise reduction circuit in which the vibration noise accompanying turning ON/OFF of a piezoelectric transformer. A full bridge circuit is controlled by a full bridge drive circuit so as to switch an input voltage (VB1) from an input voltage source and outputs it to a low pass filter. The output from the low pass filter is supplied to a piezoelectric transformer. The output current (IO) from the piezoelectric transformer is supplied to a discharge tube. Each of FET of the full bridge circuit has a drive frequency decided by a voltage control type oscillator. The full bridge circuit is connected to a duty variable circuit and a peak value control circuit. The peak value control circuit forms a rise and a fall of a waveform to be (1?cos?t).

Abstract: There is provided an ink set with which agglomeration of ink is suppressed, images free from white streaks or roughness can be provided even when printed at a low resolution, and good images, in particular, images having a good hue can be provided. An ink set is used for an ink jet recording method, the ink set at least including an yellow ink composition, a magenta ink composition, and a cyan ink composition, wherein each ink composition at least contains a pigment, water, a water-soluble alcohol solvent, a slightly water-soluble alcohol solvent, and a surfactant; and the magenta ink composition contains, as the pigment, a solid solution between C.I. Pigment Red 202 and ?-type C.I. Pigment Violet 19.

Abstract: This invention provides a magenta ink composition that, when recorded, is excellent in color development, graininess, and gloss, is less likely to cause clogging in an ink jet recording head, and is excellent in color reproduction in a high-chroma and high-lightness red region. The magenta ink composition has an L* value of not less than 60 and a b* value of not more than ?17 when the a* value in CIE standard calculated from a visible absorption spectrum in a not more than 10000-fold diluted aqueous solution is 80.

Abstract: There is provided an ink composition for ink jet recording, which can yield images having excellent gloss with good color reproduction even on various recording media having a low level of water absorption, especially synthetic paper and printing paper for running-on. The ink composition for ink jet recording comprises a colorant, water, an alkanediol, and a surfactant, wherein the alkanediol comprises a water-soluble 1,2-alkanediol, a poor water-soluble 1,2-alkanediol, and a poor water-soluble both terminal alkanediol, and the alkanediol satisfies a requirement on a weight basis of A:(B+C)=2:1 to 2:3 wherein A represents the content of the water-soluble 1,2-alkanediol in the alkanediol; B represents the content of the poor water-soluble 1,2-alkanediol in the alkanediol; and C represents the content of the poor water-soluble both terminal alkanediol in the alkanediol.

Abstract: There is provided an ink composition for ink jet recording that, even on printing paper for running-on, can realize excellent gloss and good color reproduction and, at the same time, is excellent in ejection stability and recovery from clogging. The ink composition for ink jet recording comprises at least a colorant, water, an alkanediol, and a surfactant, wherein the alkanediol comprises a water soluble 1,2-alkanediol and a slightly water soluble 1,2-alkanediol, and the surfactant is a polyorganosiloxane.

Abstract: A dimmer noise reducing circuit wherein vibration noise accompanying the activation/deactivation of a piezoelectric transformer can be reduced, while non-uniformity of brightness of a discharge lamp can be prevented. A chopping circuit turns on/off an output from an input voltage source in a given periodic manner and a full-bridge circuit that receives an output voltage (vb1) of the chopping circuit. An output from a lowpass filter is supplied to a piezoelectric transformer, an output current of which (Io) is supplied to a discharge lamp. The full-bridge circuit is controlled by a full-bridge drive circuit to switch the input voltage (VB1) from the chopping circuit. The drive frequencies of the FETs of the full-bridge circuit are decided by a voltage-controlled oscillator. The chopping circuit is connected to a duty varying circuit the full-bridge circuit is caused to operate with its duty fixed.

Abstract: A piezoelectric transformer driving apparatus and a piezoelectric transformer driving method, wherein even if there exists a variation between piezoelectric transformers, no unnecessary resonant points occur in the vicinity of a frequency used, that is, the output is stable for the frequency. For this purpose, the primary electrodes (1b, 2a) of a pair of piezoelectric transformers (1, 2) that exhibit potentials of mutually different signs on their respective secondary sides are connected to each other, while the piezoelectric transformers (1, 2) are connected in series with an AC power supply. An input voltage is applied between the primary electrodes (1a, 2b), and the outputs are supplied to a load, whereby even if there exists a variation between the vibrations of the piezoelectric transformers, it results in only a single resonant point existing.

Abstract: A friction welding method includes a step of friction welding a first workpiece and a second workpiece together by pressing the first workpiece against the second workpiece relatively while rotating the two workpieces relatively, and a step of annealing the friction welded workpiece at a position adjacent to a welded portion thereof with high frequency induction heating.

Abstract: There is provided an ink composition that, even on various recording media, especially gloss paper of a printing paper base, can yield an image having excellent gloss, can realize good recovery from clogging and handleability of recorded matter, and, at the same time, can realize excellent ejection stability and color reproduction. The ink composition for ink jet recording comprises at least a colorant, water, an alkanediol, and a surfactant, wherein the alkanediol comprises a water soluble 1,2-alkanediol and a water soluble alkanediol having a hydroxyl group at both ends of its main chain, and the surfactant is a polyorganosiloxane.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention can include a friction welding method having a friction step for generating a friction heat by pressing the pair of works while relatively rotating the pair of works, and an upset step started before generating an approach margin at the pair of works at the friction step, restricting rotation of the pair of works relative to each other and applying an upset pressure between the pair of works.

Abstract: There is provided an ink composition that, even on various recording media, especially gloss paper of a printing paper base, can yield an image having excellent gloss, can realize good recovery from clogging and handleability of recorded matter, and, at the same time, can realize excellent ejection stability and color reproduction. The ink composition for ink jet recording comprises at least a colorant, water, an alkanediol, and a surfactant, wherein the alkanediol comprises a water soluble 1,2-alkanediol and a water soluble alkanediol having a hydroxyl group at both ends of its main chain, and the surfactant is a polyorganosiloxane.

Abstract: There is provided an ink composition for ink jet recording that, even on printing paper for running-on, can realize excellent gloss and good color reproduction and, at the same time, is excellent in ejection stability and recovery from clogging. The ink composition for ink jet recording comprises at least a colorant, water, an alkanediol, and a surfactant, wherein the alkanediol comprises a water soluble 1,2-alkanediol and a slightly water soluble 1,2-alkanediol, and the surfactant is a polyorganosiloxane.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a pigment dispersion, an ink composition, and an ink set, enabling excellent glossiness, bronzing prevention, and ink composition storage stability to be realized. The present invention provides a pigment dispersion characterized by comprising at least a pigment, an aqueous medium, a copolymer resin between a hydrophobic monomer and a hydrophilic monomer, and a urethane resin, and also an ink composition characterized by containing at least the pigment dispersion and an aqueous medium, and an ink set characterized by comprising at least the ink composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition for ink jet recording, which possesses excellent gloss and good color reproducibility on various recording media, especially printing paper for running-on. The ink composition for ink jet recording comprises at least a colorant, water, an alkanediol, and a surfactant, wherein the alkanediol comprises a water soluble 1,2-alkanediol and a water insoluble both terminal alkanediol.

Abstract: An ink set, provided with at least a magenta ink composition, a yellow ink composition and a cyan ink composition, wherein the magenta ink composition has an L* value of 60 or more and a b* value of ?17 or less when the CIE standard a* value as calculated from the visible absorption spectrum in an aqueous solution diluted 10,000-fold or less is 80.