Abstract: An ink including a pigment, water, and a resin is provided. An image formed with the ink on a print medium has a tack force of 6 gf or greater but 13 gf or less when measured at a probe temperature of 100 degrees C., where the image is a solid image formed at a resolution of 1,200 dpi, subsequently irradiated with light of 395 nm for 0.6 seconds, and left to stand at normal temperatures and normal humidities for 30 seconds.

Abstract: A liquid composition contains a macrocyclic compound enclosing a metal ion, water, and an organic solvent, wherein a recording medium where the liquid composition has been applied has at least one of an antibacterial activity or an antiviral activity.

Abstract: An ink including a pigment, water, and a resin is provided. An image formed with the ink on a print medium has a tack force of 6 gf or greater but 13 gf or less when measured at a probe temperature of 100 degrees C., where the image is a solid image formed at a resolution of 1,200 dpi, subsequently irradiated with light of 395 nm for 0.6 seconds, and left to stand at normal temperatures and normal humidities for 30 seconds.

Abstract: Provided is an ink including: a pigment-containing matter containing a pigment; an organic solvent; water; and a compound represented by General Formula (1) below. A difference (Ra?R0) is 2.0 or less, where Ra is a distance between a Hansen solubility parameter of the organic solvent and a Hansen solubility parameter of the pigment-containing matter determined by a Hansen solubility sphere method, and R0 is an interaction radius of the pigment-containing matter determined by the Hansen solubility sphere method. In the General Formula (1), R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 or more but 5 or less carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 3 or more but 11 or less.

Abstract: An ink contains water, an organic solvent, a resin, and a pigment, wherein the organic solvent has a Hansen solubility parameter (HSP) value in a Hansen sphere in a ?D axis, ?P axis, and ?H axis coordinate space of a solid content of the ink.

Abstract: Ink includes water, a coloring material, and a copolymer including a first structure unit represented by the following Chemical formula 1 and a second structure unit including an anionic group. In the Chemical formula, R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, X represents an alkylene group having 2-4 carbon atoms, and Y represents a substituted or non-substituted straight-chain alkylene group having 5 to 7 carbon atoms.

Abstract: An ink and cleaning liquid set includes an ink comprising a coloring material and a resin and a cleaning liquid comprising water and at least one type of organic solvent, wherein the ink in a dried form has a glass transition temperature of from 40 to 90 degrees C. and the swelling ratio calculated from a mass of a film of the ink in a dried form before and after immersion in the cleaning liquid is 10 percent or greater according to the following relationship 1: swelling ratio (percent)=100×[(B?A)/A] Relationship 1, where A represents the mass of the film before the immersion and B represents the mass of the film after the immersion.

Abstract: An ink, includes water; a coloring material; and a cross-linked copolymer having a structure unit represented by the following Chemical formula 1, and a structure unit represented by the following Chemical formula 2, in Chemical formula 1, X represents a hydrogen atom or a cation and R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, in Chemical formula 2, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, L represents an alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, and * represents an atomic bond.

Abstract: An ink and cleaning liquid set includes an ink comprising a coloring material and a resin and a cleaning liquid comprising water and at least one type of organic solvent, wherein the ink in a dried form has a glass transition temperature of from 40 to 90 degrees C. and the swelling ratio calculated from a mass of a film of the ink in a dried form before and after immersion in the cleaning liquid is 10 percent or greater according to the following relationship 1: swelling ratio (percent)=100×[(B?A)/A] Relationship 1, where A represents the mass of the film before the immersion and B represents the mass of the film after the immersion.

Abstract: An ink comprises water, a coloring material, and a cross-linked material comprising a structure unit represented by the following Chemical formula 1 and a structure unit represented by the following Chemical formula 2, in Chemical formula 1, X represents a hydrogen atom or a cation and R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, in Chemical formula 2, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, L represents an alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, and * represents an atomic bond.

Abstract: A particulate polyamide is provided. The particulate polyamide is porous and includes at least one of polyamide 4 and polyamide 3. In addition, the particulate polyamide has a particle diameter (d50) of from 10 ?m to 1,000 ?m and a particle diameter dispersion degree (Dv/Dn) of not greater than 3.0, wherein Dv represents the volume average particle diameter of the particulate polyamide, and Dn represents the number average particle diameter of the particulate polyamide.

Abstract: Ink includes water, a coloring material, and a copolymer including a first structure unit represented by the following Chemical formula 1 and a second structure unit including an anionic group. In the Chemical formula, R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, X represents an alkylene group having 2-4 carbon atoms, and Y represents a substituted or non-substituted straight-chain alkylene group having 5 to 7 carbon atoms.

Abstract: Provided is an ink containing water, a coloring material, and a copolymer, wherein the copolymer contains a structural unit represented by any one of general formulae (1a), (1b), and (1c) below and a structural unit containing an anionic group, where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, a represents an integer of from 6 through 10, and b represents an integer of 0 or 1, where R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, c represents an integer of 3 or 4, and d represents an integer of 0 or 1, where R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and e represents an integer of from 2 through 10.

Abstract: Ink includes water, a coloring material, and a copolymer including a first structure unit represented by the following Chemical formula 1 and a second structure unit including an anionic group. In the Chemical formula, R represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, X represents an alkylene group having 2-4 carbon atoms, and Y represents a substituted or non-substituted straight-chain alkylene group having 5 to 7 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A particulate polyamide is provided. The particulate polyamide is porous and includes at least one of polyamide 4 and polyamide 3. In addition, the particulate polyamide has a particle diameter (d50) of from 10 ?m to 1,000 ?m and a particle diameter dispersion degree (Dv/Dn) of not greater than 3.0, wherein Dv represents the volume average particle diameter of the particulate polyamide, and Dn represents the number average particle diameter of the particulate polyamide.

Abstract: A particulate polyamide is provided. The particulate polyamide is porous and includes at least one of polyamide 4 and polyamide 3. In addition, the particulate polyamide has a particle diameter (d50) of from 10 ?m to 1,000 ?m and a particle diameter dispersion degree (Dv/Dn) of not greater than 3.0, wherein Dv represents the volume average particle diameter of the particulate polyamide, and Dn represents the number average particle diameter of the particulate polyamide.

Abstract: An ink includes a pigment a quinacridone compound represented by Chemical formula 1, and a copolymer including the structure unit represented by Chemical formula 2 or Chemical formula 3. In Chemical formula 1, R1, R2, R3, and R4 each, independently represent hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, or alkyl groups having 1-4 carbon atoms, R5, R6, and R7 each, independently represent alkyl groups having 1-4 carbon atoms or alkylene groups having 1-4 carbon atoms, and m represents 1 or 2, In Chemical formula 2, R8 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and L1 represents an alkylene group having 2-16 carbon atoms, In Chemical formula 3, R9 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, L2 represents a single bond or —(CH2)n—O— and n represents an integer of 2-16.

Abstract: A copolymer including a structural unit represented by General Formula (1) below and a structural unit represented by General Formula (2) below, where, in General Formula (1), R is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and X is a hydrogen atom or a cation, where, in General Formula (2), L is an alkylene group having 2 or more but 18 or less carbon atoms.

Abstract: Provided is an ink containing water, a coloring material, and a copolymer, wherein the copolymer contains a structural unit represented by any one of general formulae (1a), (1b), and (1c) below and a structural unit containing an anionic group, where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, a represents an integer of from 6 through 10, and b represents an integer of 0 or 1, where R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, c represents an integer of 3 or 4, and d represents an integer of 0 or 1, where R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and e represents an integer of from 2 through 10.

Abstract: An ink includes a pigment a quinacridone compound represented by Chemical formula 1, and a copolymer including the structure unit represented by Chemical formula 2 or Chemical formula 3. In Chemical formula 1, R1, R2, R3, and R4 each, independently represent hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, or alkyl groups having 1-4 carbon atoms, R5, R6, and R7 each, independently represent alkyl groups having 1-4 carbon atoms or alkylene groups having 1-4 carbon atoms, and m represents 1 or 2, In Chemical formula 2, R8 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and L1 represents an alkylene group having 2-16 carbon atoms, In Chemical formula 3, R9 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, L2 represents a single bond or —(CH2)n—O— and n represents an integer of 2-16.