Abstract: Provided are: a lithographic printing plate precursor having a support and an image-recording layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer contains an onium polymerization initiator, a borate compound, an infrared absorber, a chromogenic agent, and a compound A which is an onium salt formed of a cation having a shape index lower than a shape index of a cationic moiety of the onium polymerization initiator; a method of preparing a lithographic printing plate using the lithographic printing plate precursor; and a lithographic printing method.

Abstract: A photo-curable ink composition is provided, the composition including: a polymer including a structural unit represented by General Formula 1 below; and a radical-polymerizable monomer, in which a total content of a monofunctional radical-polymerizable monomer and a bifunctional radical-polymerizable monomer is 50% by mass or more with respect to a total amount of the composition: in which, in General Formula 1: R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; X represents an oxygen atom or —NR2—, R2 representing a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms; Y represents a group including at least one selected from the group consisting of a thioether structure, a phosphorus atom, and a hindered phenol structure; and * represents a bonding site.

Abstract: Provided is an on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor having a support, an image-recording layer, and an outermost layer in this order, in which the outermost layer has a sea-island structure consisting of a discontinuous phase that contains a hydrophobic polymer and a continuous phase that contains a water-soluble polymer. Also provided are a method of preparing a lithographic printing plate and a lithographic printing method in which the on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor is used.

Abstract: Provided is an on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor having two or more maximal absorption wavelengths in a wavelength range of 760 nm to 900 nm, in which in a case where the on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor is subjected to exposure to infrared having a wavelength of 830 nm at an energy density of 110 mJ/cm2, in a portion subjected to the exposure, a brightness change ?L before the exposure and after storage subsequent to the exposure for 24 hours under conditions of 25° C. and 70% RH is 3.0 or more. Also provided are a method of preparing a lithographic printing plate and a lithographic printing method in which the on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor is used.

Abstract: Provided are an on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor having a support and an image-recording layer on the support in which the image-recording layer contains a coloring compound capable of having a coloring reaction with a decomposition product generated by exposure of the image-recording layer, and an on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor having a support and an image-recording layer on the support in which the image-recording layer contains a compound represented by Formula 1C or Formula 2C and an electron-donating polymerization initiator. In Formula 1C and Formula 2C, R1C to R4C each independently represent a monovalent organic group, L1C and L2C each independently represent a divalent organic group, AC represents OH or NR5CR6C, and R5C and R6C each independently represent a monovalent organic group.

Abstract: Provided are an ink composition including water, particles including a polymer having at least one selected from the group consisting of a urethane group and a urea group, and a gelling agent having a hydrogen-bonding group; a method for producing the ink composition; and an image-forming method.

Abstract: An ink composition contains: water; and a particle including a photopolymerizable monomer and a polymer having a blocked isocyanate group having an unblocking temperature of 150° C. or less.

Abstract: Provided are a photocurable ink composition including a resin which contains an amino group having one or more hydrogen atoms on a carbon atom at an ?-position and having an amine value of 3.5 mmol/g to 12 mmol/g, and a radically polymerizable monomer, in which the radically polymerizable monomer contains at least one of a monofunctional radically polymerizable monomer or a bifunctional radically polymerizable monomer, a total content of the monofunctional radically polymerizable monomer and the bifunctional radically polymerizable monomer is 50% by mass or greater with respect to a total mass of the photocurable ink composition, and a content of a radically polymerizable monomer containing an acid group in the radically polymerizable monomers is 1.5 mmol or less per 100 g of the photocurable ink composition; and an image forming method performed by using the photocurable ink composition.

Abstract: Provided is an on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor having a support and an image-recording layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer contains an infrared absorber, a polymerization initiator, a polymerizable compound, and a color-developing substance precursor, and in a case where the image-recording layer is exposed to an infrared laser having a wavelength of 830 nm at an energy density of 110 mJ/cm2, a loss of ethylenically unsaturated bonds in an exposed area in the image-recording layer is 10% to 40% of ethylenically unsaturated bonds in a non-exposed area in the image-recording layer. Also provided is a method for preparing a lithographic printing plate or a lithographic printing method using the on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor.

Abstract: Provided is an on-press development type lithographic printing plate precursor having a support and an image-recording layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer contains a compound A that has a partial structure satisfying ?d?15.5 wherein ?d is a value of a dispersion element in the Hansen solubility parameters, and a content of the partial structure satisfying ?d?15.5 in the compound A is 50% by mass or more with respect to a total mass of the compound. Also provided is a method of preparing lithographic printing plate or a lithographic printing method using the lithographic printing plate precursor.

Abstract: Provided is an on-machine development type planographic printing plate precursor having a support and an image-recording layer on the support, in which the image-recording layer contains an initiator, an infrared absorber capable of donating electrons to the initiator, and a color-developing substance precursor, the image-recording layer can form an image by exposure to infrared laser, and in a case where the image-recording layer is exposed to an infrared laser with a wavelength of 830 nm at an energy density of 110 mJ/cm2, a brightness change ?L of the image-recording layer before and after the exposure is 3.0 or more. Also provided are a method for preparing a planographic printing plate or a planographic printing method in which the on-machine development type planographic printing plate precursor is used.

Abstract: There are provided an ink jet ink composition including water; and particles including a chain polymer including Unit (1), Unit (2), and a hydrophilic group and a polymerizable group, and an image forming method. Cy1 and Cy2 each independently represent a divalent organic group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms including a ring, Y1 and Y2 each independently represent an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or a —NR1— group, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, *1 in Unit (1) represents a bonding position to a structural unit other than Unit (1), and *2 in Unit (2) represents a bonding position to a structural unit other than Unit (2).

Abstract: Provided are a microcapsule including a shell that has a three-dimensional cross-linked structure containing a hydrophilic group and Structure (1) and including a core that is in the interior of the shell, in which at least one of the shell or the core has a polymerizable group; and an application thereof. In Structure (1), X represents a (p+m+n)-valent organic group formed by linking at least two groups selected from —NH—, >N—, —C(?O)—, —O—, —S—, and an aliphatic hydrocarbon group which may have a ring structure, provided that an organic group having an aromatic ring is excluded from X, R1 to R3 represent an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 5 to 15 carbon atoms which may have a ring structure, provided that an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having an aromatic ring is excluded from R1 to R3, and * represents a binding position, each of p, m, and n is equal to or greater than 0, and p+m+n equals 3 or greater.

Abstract: Provided are an aqueous dispersion, a method for manufacturing the aqueous dispersion, and an image forming method in which the image is formed of the aqueous dispersion, the aqueous dispersion including a microcapsule that has a shell having a three-dimensional cross-linked structure containing a urethane bond and/or urea bond, and has a core, in which the shell and/or core has a polymerizable group; a dispersant in which a urethane bond and/or urea bond and an anionic group are contained, a weight-average molecular weight is 5000 or more, and an anionic group value, which is the number of millimoles of the anionic group contained in 1 g of the dispersant, is from 0.10 to 2.50 mmol/g; and water.

Abstract: An ink composition including water, particles that include a polymer having at least one of a urethane bond or a urea bond and have a polymerizable group, and a hydrophobic compound that has an alkyl group having 8 or more carbon atoms and has a molecular weight of 5000 or less, a method for producing the ink composition, and an image-forming method.

Abstract: Provided is a photocurable ink composition including a resin which has an amine structure having an ?-hydrogen atom and contains at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkylthio group, an alkylenethioalkylene group, and a mercapto group and at least one selected from the group consisting of a fluorinated hydrocarbon group, a polysiloxane group, and a hydrocarbon group having 12 or more carbon atoms; at least one of a monofunctional radically polymerizable monomer or a bifunctional radically polymerizable monomer; and a photopolymerization initiator.

Abstract: A photo-curable ink composition contains an amine resin including a constituent unit A represented by a formula (1) or a formula (2) and a constituent unit B represented by any of a formula (3) to a formula (7) and a radical-polymerizable monomer. In the radical-polymerizable monomer, a content of a radical-polymerizable monomer having an acid group is 1.5 mmol or less per 100 g of the photo-curable ink composition. A method for forming an image using the photo-curable ink composition is also provided.

Abstract: An ink composition including: a microcapsule having: a shell having a three-dimensional cross-linked structure including at least one of a urethane bond or a urea bond; and a core encapsulated by the shell; a colorant selected from the group consisting of a colorant having an ionic group and a colorant at least a part of a surface of which being covered with a dispersant having an ionic group; and water, a content ratio of an acidic group-containing compound having at least an acidic group, an acid dissociation constant of 5 or less, and a molecular weight of 2000 or less, relative to a total mass of the ink composition, is 0.5 mass % or less; an ink set, a method for producing an ink composition, and an image recording method.

Abstract: Provided is an ink composition including: water; particles that each include a polymer having at least one of a urethane bond or a urea bond, and each have a polymerizable group; and a combination of a polymerization inhibitor A1 that is at least one selected from the group consisting of quinone compounds, nitroso compounds, and N-oxyl compounds, and a polymerization inhibitor A2 that is at least one selected from the group consisting of phenol compounds, or a combination of a polymerization inhibitor B1 that is at least one selected from the group consisting of phenol compounds having a solubility of 1.0 g/100 mL or more in water at 25° C., and a polymerization inhibitor B2 that is at least one selected from the group consisting of phenol compounds having a solubility of less than 1.0 g/100 mL in water at 25° C.

Abstract: Provided are an ink composition including water; and a microcapsule which includes: a shell that has a three-dimensional cross-linked structure containing at least one bond selected from a urethane bond or a urea bond, and including a core that contains a di- or lower functional polymerizable compound, a tri- or higher functional polymerizable compound, and a photopolymerization initiator, in which a proportion of the di- or lower functional polymerizable compound is 20% by mass or more with respect to a total mass of the di- or lower functional polymerizable compound and the tri- or higher functional polymerizable compound, and an image forming method using the ink composition.