Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet ink composition is provided that can form an image having excellent weather resistance, abrasion resistance, and coloring property. The non-aqueous ink jet ink composition includes a cyclic ester compound, at least one first solvent represented by the following General Formula (1) and having a flash point of 140° C. or lower: R1O—(R2O)m—R3, a second solvent represented by the General Formula (1), and C.I. Pigment Orange-43 (PO-43) as a pigment. In the at least one first solvent represented by General Formula (1), R1 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer of 2 to 6. The second solvent represented by General Formula (1) includes a glycol monoether compound in which at least one of R1 and R3 is hydrogen. A volume average particle diameter of the PO-43 is 100 nm or more and 400 nm or less.

Abstract: A balloon catheter includes a shaft having a first shaft portion and a second shaft portion located on a proximal side of the first shaft portion, and a balloon covering and joined to the second shaft portion. The first shaft portion is more flexible than the second shaft portion and has a length in an axial direction of 1.5 cm or more.

Abstract: A non-aqueous ink jet ink composition is provided that can form an image having excellent weather resistance, abrasion resistance, and coloring property. The non-aqueous ink jet ink composition includes a cyclic ester compound, at least one first solvent represented by the following General Formula (1) and having a flash point of 140° C. or lower: R1O—(R2O)m—R3, a second solvent represented by the General Formula (1), and C.I. Pigment Orange-43 (PO-43) as a pigment. In the at least one first solvent represented by General Formula (1), R1 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer of 2 to 6. The second solvent represented by General Formula (1) includes a glycol monoether compound in which at least one of R1 and R3 is hydrogen. A volume average particle diameter of the PO-43 is 100 nm or more and 400 nm or less.

Abstract: An ink jet ink composition is provided that can form an image having excellent weather resistance, abrasion resistance, and coloring property. The non-aqueous ink jet ink composition includes at least one solvent represented by R1O—(R2O)m—R3 and having a flash point of 140° C. or lower and C.I. Pigment Orange-43 (PO-43) as a pigment, wherein R1 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer of 2 to 6.

Abstract: An ink composition includes a solvent containing at least one compound represented by the following general formula (1): R1O—(R2O)m—R3??(1) wherein R1 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer of 2 or 3; and a pigment containing Pigment Orange-43 (PO-43) having a volume average particle size of 100 nm or more and 400 nm or less.

Abstract: An ink jet ink composition is provided that can form an image having excellent weather resistance, abrasion resistance, and coloring property. The non-aqueous ink jet ink composition includes a solvent containing at least one cyclic ester compound; and C.I. Pigment Orange-43 (PO-43) as a pigment.

Abstract: An aqueous ink composition contains: an alkanediol having a normal boiling point of 240° C. or higher; polyoxyethylene mono(2-ethylhexyl) ether having a carbon number of 14 or more and 22 or less; and water, in which a content of the polyoxyethylene mono(2-ethylhexyl) ether having a carbon number of 14 or more and 22 or less is 0.4% by mass or lower based on the total amount of the aqueous ink composition.

Abstract: An ink composition set has at least a solvent-based orange ink composition containing an orange pigment as a pigment and a solvent and a solvent-based red ink composition containing a red pigment as a pigment and a solvent.

Abstract: An aqueous ink composition contains: an alkanediol having a normal boiling point of 240° C. or higher; polyoxyethylene mono(2-ethylhexyl) ether having a carbon number of 14 or more and 22 or less; and water, in which a content of the polyoxyethylene mono(2-ethylhexyl) ether having a carbon number of 14 or more and 22 or less is 0.4% by mass or lower based on the total amount of the aqueous ink composition.

Abstract: An inkjet recording ink is used for an inkjet recording device that includes a silicone rubber having a solubility parameter at 25° C. of 6 to 8 as a member with which an ink comes in contact, the inkjet recording ink including water, a disperse dye, and an anionic surfactant, the content X (mass %) of the disperse dye and the content Y (mass %) of the anionic surfactant in the inkjet recording ink satisfying the relationship “Y/X?0.7”.

Abstract: An ink jet ink composition is provided that can form an image having excellent weather resistance, abrasion resistance, and coloring property. The non-aqueous ink jet ink composition includes a solvent containing at least one cyclic ester compound; and C.I. Pigment Orange-43 (PO-43) as a pigment.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method including causing ink to adhere to a recording medium by ejecting an ink composition using a print head provided with a nozzle, a pressure chamber, and a connection portion which connects the pressure chamber and the nozzle to each other at a length of 500 ?m or more, in which the ink composition includes a coloring material and a solvent represented by General Formula (1) below at 30 mass % or more with respect to a total mass of the ink composition, R1O—(R2O)n—R3??(1) (in General Formula (1), R1 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms and at least one of R1 and R3 is an alkyl group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group with 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 6).

Abstract: An ink jet ink composition is provided that can form an image having excellent weather resistance, abrasion resistance, and coloring property. The non-aqueous ink jet ink composition includes at least one solvent represented by R1O—(R2O)m—R3 and having a flash point of 140° C. or lower and C.I. Pigment Orange-43 (PO-43) as a pigment, wherein R1 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms, and m represents an integer of 2 to 6.

Abstract: Provided is a method for maintaining an ink jet recording apparatus according to the invention in an ink jet recording apparatus which performs recording using a solvent-based ink composition which includes at least one type of organic solvent selected from a group consisting of an ester-based solvent, a hydrocarbon-based solvent, and an alcohol-based solvent, the method including wiping a nozzle forming member, in which nozzles of a head which discharges the solvent-based ink composition are formed, using an impregnation solution and a wiping member with liquid absorbency, in which the impregnation solution contains at least one type of organic solvent selected from a group consisting of a compound which is represented by General Formula (1) below, esters, and dibasic acid esters, R1—O—(R2—O)n—R3??(1) (in General Formula (1) described above, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an aryl group, or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group with 2 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 represents an ar

Abstract: A nonaqueous ink jet ink composition according to the invention includes a solvent including at least one compound represented by the following formula (1), and a pigment including a pigment orange 43 (PO-43), in which a Na amount included in the ink is 5 ppm to 500 ppm. R1O—(R2O)m—R3??(1) (wherein, in formula (1), R1 and R3 each independently represent hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. However, either R1 or R3 is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. R2 represents an alkylene group having 2 or 3 carbon atoms. m represents an integer of 1 to 6.

Abstract: A non-aqueous ink composition for ink jet recording includes a pigment, a compound represented by General formula 1 below, and a phthalocyanine derivative provided with a polar group not having an amine structure, as a pigment dispersant for dispersing the pigment. The pigment is carbon black. The composition further includes an alkylene glycol monoalkyl ether: (wherein R1 indicates an alkyl group of 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and R2 and R3 each independently indicate a methyl group or an ethyl group).

Abstract: An ink composition set has at least a solvent-based orange ink composition containing an orange pigment as a pigment and a solvent and a solvent-based red ink composition containing a red pigment as a pigment and a solvent.

Abstract: An ink jet recording method including causing ink to adhere to a recording medium by ejecting an ink composition using a print head provided with a nozzle, a pressure chamber, and a connection portion which connects the pressure chamber and the nozzle to each other at a length of 500 ?m or more, in which the ink composition includes a coloring material and a solvent represented by General Formula (1) below at 30 mass % or more with respect to a total mass of the ink composition, R1O—(R2O)n—R3??(1) (in General Formula (1), R1 and R3 each independently represent a hydrogen or an alkyl group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms and at least one of R1 and R3 is an alkyl group with 1 to 5 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group with 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 6).

Abstract: Provided is a method for maintaining an ink jet recording apparatus according to the invention in an ink jet recording apparatus which performs recording using a solvent-based ink composition which includes at least one type of organic solvent selected from a group consisting of an ester-based solvent, a hydrocarbon-based solvent, and an alcohol-based solvent, the method including wiping a nozzle forming member, in which nozzles of a head which discharges the solvent-based ink composition are formed, using an impregnation solution and a wiping member with liquid absorbency, in which the impregnation solution contains at least one type of organic solvent selected from a group consisting of a compound which is represented by General Formula (1) below, esters, and dibasic acid esters, R1—O—(R2—O)n—R3??(1) (in General Formula (1) described above, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an aryl group, or an alkyl group with 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R2 represents an alkylene group with 2 to 4 carbon atoms, R3 represents an a