Abstract: A communication system includes a communication apparatus and a communication terminal configured to wirelessly communicate with each other, wherein the communication terminal includes a first wireless communication interface configured to support a Bluetooth® standard and include a single antenna, and wherein the communication apparatus includes a second wireless communication interface configured to support the Bluetooth® standard and include a plurality of antennas, and includes one or more controllers configured to function as a unit configured to obtain angle information and field intensity information based on a result of reception of radio waves, by the plurality of antennas, transmitted from the single antenna; and a unit configured to transmit an establishment request for wireless communication based on the Bluetooth® standard to the first wireless communication interface via the second wireless communication interface based on a fact that the angle information and the field intensity information sat

Abstract: A syringe assembly includes a plate-shaped seal member that seals a distal opening of a distal nozzle portion of a syringe; and a tubular cover member. The cover member has a base portion and a mounting portion. The mounting portion has two claw portions, two first column portions arranged on both sides of one of the two claw portions, and two second column portions arranged on both sides of the other of the two claw portions. An outer peripheral portion of the mounting portion has two outer peripheral notch portions. An inner peripheral portion of the mounting portion has two inner peripheral recessed portions.

Abstract: To provide inks and ink sets for inkjet recording, which have good fastness and good jet-out stability and which give good images with no bleeding trouble, yellow ink, black ink and magenta ink for inkjet printing contain at least two dyes each having an oxidation potential over 1.0 V (vs SCE).

Abstract: A black ink composition is provided and contains at least two coloring materials, water and additives, wherein the coloring material on the short wave side of the two coloring materials is a water-soluble dye having 3 or more azo groups in one molecule and a naphthalene skeleton, and the additives are selected from the group consisting of a bronzing inhibitor and an ozone resisting improver.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a dispersion composition including a carotenoid-containing oily component, the dispersion composition being obtained by mixing an aqueous dispersion containing emulsion particles containing the carotenoid-containing oily component and a phospholipid or a derivative thereof with an aqueous composition containing ascorbic acid or a derivative thereof and an oily component that is 20% by mass or less relative to the mass of the whole dispersion composition, and the dispersion composition having emulsion particles having an average particle diameter of 200 nm or less; a dispersion composition including a carotenoid-containing oily component, the dispersion composition being obtained by mixing an aqueous dispersion containing emulsion particles containing a carotenoid-containing oily component and a phospholipid or a derivative thereof with an aqueous composition containing ascorbic acid or a derivative thereof and a pH adjusting agent, and the dispersion composition having a pH val

Abstract: An ink composition includes: a coloring material having an azo group bound to a heterocyclic group; an aqueous medium; and at least one of an acetylene diol and an ethylene oxide adduct of the acetylene diol, wherein an average value of an addition molar number of the at least one of the acetylene diol and the ethylene oxide adduct of the acetylene diol is 0 or more and less than 4.

Abstract: To provide an inkjet black ink having excellent image durability and ink discharge properties and an ink set, the inkjet black ink, which contains a dye having a ?max of from 500 nm to 700 nm and a half-band width of 100 nm or more in an absorption spectrum of a diluted solution standardized at an absorbance of 1.0 at the ?max, has the change ratio of absorbance at the ?max in the visible region, specified in the specification; and the inkjet ink set containing at least two black inks having different densities has the relationship among the at least two black inks, specified in the specification.

Abstract: An ink for ink jet recording, which hardly causes blotting of an image even under high humidity conditions while maintaining the advantages as water-based ink (handling properties, stability, producing properties, hue), is provided. Also provided is a method of manufacturing ink for ink jet recording, an ink set for ink jet recording, and an ink jet recording method.

Abstract: An emulsion composition having a small particle size of emulsified particles and excellent emulsion stability is provided. The emulsion composition includes a phospholipid, an oil-based component and a surfactant, wherein the content of the surfactant exceeds 0.5 times by weight the content of the oil-based component, and exceeds 5 times by weight the content of the phospholipid.

Abstract: An inkjet recording ink including an aqueous medium having dissolved therein a phthalocyanine dye, wherein the phthalocyanine dye is a water-soluble dye having an oxidation potential more positive than 1.0 V (vs SCE) and the ink includes a water-miscible organic solvent having a vapor pressure of 2,000 Pa or less at 20° C.; and an inkjet recording method using the ink.

Abstract: An ink composition comprising: at least one dye having an oxidation potential of more positive than 1.0 V dissolved or dispersed in an aqueous medium; and a surface active agent in an amount of from 0.05 to 50 g/l. The ink composition having the aforesaid constitution exhibits a high ejection stability and can provide an image having assured hue and an excellent weathering resistance and being free of defects in water resistance and image quality.

Abstract: A carotenoid-containing emulsion composition comprises carotenoid, wherein the composition further comprises: at least one water-soluble emulsifier in an aqueous phase; and tocopherol and lecithin in an oil phase.

Abstract: To provide inks and ink sets for inkjet recording, which have good fastness and good jet-out stability and which give good images with no bleeding trouble, yellow ink, black ink and magenta ink for inkjet printing contain at least two dyes each having an oxidation potential over 1.0 V (vs SCE).

Abstract: An ink for ink jet recording having a phthalocyanine dye dissolved and/or dispersed in an aqueous medium, characterized in that the aforementioned phthalocyanine dye is a water-soluble dye having an oxidation potential of more positive than 1.0 and the conductivity of the aforementioned ink is from not 0.01 S/m to not greater than 10 S/m. A process for the production of the aforementioned ink for ink jet recording which includes a step of applying ultrasonic vibration and/or a step of filtering using a filter having pores of an effective diameter of not greater than 1 ?m and defoaming the ink and an ink jet recording process using these inks. In accordance with such a constitution, an ink for ink jet recording and an ink jet recording process can be provided which exhibit a high ejection stability, give an image having an excellent hue and preservability (weathering resistance, water resistance) and provide an image with a high quality.

Abstract: An ink composition comprising: a coloring agent having an oxidation potential of more electropositive than 1.0V (vs SCE); a water; a guanidine compound; and a surfactant, the ink composition to be used in inkjet recording and an inkjet recording method with the use of the ink composition.

Abstract: An inkjet recording ink including an aqueous medium having dissolved or dispersed therein a magenta dye selected from azo dyes, wherein the magenta dye is a dye having an oxidation potential more positive than 1.0 V (vs SCE) and at the same time, a water-miscible organic solvent having a vapor pressure of 2,000 Pa or less at 20° C. is contained; and an inkjet recording method using the ink. By virtue of such a constitution, an inkjet recording ink and an inkjet recording method are provided, which can ensure high ejection stability, good color hue of the obtained image, no drying of the ink at the ink jet head, excellent fastness to light and water, image quality free from defective such as fineline bleeding under high-humidity condition, and good preservability of the image under severe conditions, and furthermore can ensure high storability and high ejection stability even after aging for a long time or under severe conditions.

Abstract: A black ink composition is provided and contains at least two coloring materials, water and additives, wherein the coloring material on the short wave side of the two coloring materials is a water-soluble dye having 3 or more azo groups in one molecule and a naphthalene skeleton, and the additives are selected from the group consisting of a bronzing inhibitor and an ozone resisting improver.

Abstract: An ink set where constituent inks all are an ink containing at least one dye having an oxidation potential more positive than 1.0 V (vs SCE), particularly where the ratio k1/k2 of the fading rate constant (k1) of an image drawn by using the ink alone to the fading rate constant (k2) of a mixed color image drawn by using all constituent inks constituting the ink set in equivalent amounts with the same density measurement light as in the measurement of k1 is 0.7 to 1.3 in all inks. According the present invention, an inkjet ink set capable of giving an image having good image quality and excellent image fastness regardless of the color of image, such as aging stability, light fastness and water resistance, and an inkjet image recording method using the ink set are provided.

Abstract: To provide an inkjet black ink having excellent image durability and ink discharge properties and an ink set, the inkjet black ink, which contains a dye having a ?max of from 500 nm to 700 nm and a half-band width of 100 nm or more in an absorption spectrum of a diluted solution standardized at an absorbance of 1.0 at the ?max, has the change ratio of absorbance at the ?max in the visible region, specified in the specification; and the inkjet ink set containing at least two black inks having different densities has the relationship among the at least two black inks, specified in the specification.

Abstract: An ink set comprising: at least two kinds of inks, each of the at least two kinds of inks having a common hue and different densities, and containing an aqueous medium and a dye, wherein each of the at least two kinds of inks has a corresponding discoloration velocity constant (k) for an image printed with each one of the at least two kinds of inks, and a ratio defined by a minimum value (kmin) selected from among said corresponding constants divided by a maximum value (kmax) selected from among the corresponding constants, is within a range of 0.7 to 1.0.