Abstract: Provided is an image recording method including a step of preparing an ink containing water and a white pigment, and a step of jetting the ink from an ink jet head in a liquid droplet amount of 1.0 pL or greater to apply the ink onto a base material, in which in a case where an ink jetting surface of the ink jet head is immersed in the ink in a vertically standing state for 2 seconds, the jetting surface is pulled up from the ink in the state, and the jetting surface is allowed to stand in the state for 1 minute, a ratio of an area of a region to which the ink is adhered to an area of the jetting surface is 40% by area or less.

Abstract: Provided are an ink set including a colored ink containing a colored pigment which is at least one of a chromatic pigment or a black pigment, a pigment dispersant, and water, and a white ink containing a white pigment, a pigment dispersant, and water, in which the pigment dispersants respectively contained in the colored ink and the white ink contain a polymer having a crosslinked structure or a block polymer, and an image recording method.

Abstract: Provided is an image recording method including an applying step of applying a pretreatment liquid containing water and an aggregating agent onto an impermeable base material and applying an ink containing water and a colorant onto a region of the impermeable base material where the pretreatment liquid has been applied, and a drying step of drying the ink applied onto the region to obtain an image, in which the drying step includes blowing of hot air at a wind speed of greater than 15 m/s to the ink applied onto the region, and in a case where the number of grams of the ink applied per 1 m2 in an image area with a density of 100% is defined as X, and the number of grams of the pretreatment liquid applied per 1 m2 in the image area with a density of 100% is defined as Y, a viscosity of a kneaded material obtained by adding (6.5Y/X) mg of the pretreatment liquid to 10 g of the ink and defoaming and kneading the mixture at 200 rpm for 5 minutes is in a range of 30 mPa·s to 500 mPa·s.

Abstract: A method of producing an image recorded material is a method including an image recording of sequentially applying a pretreatment liquid containing an aggregating agent, a first ink containing a first resin, and a second ink containing a second resin onto an impermeable base material to record an image, in which in the image recording, the image is recorded under a condition in which a ratio of a total applied mass of the first resin and the second resin per unit area to an applied mass of the aggregating agent per unit area in an overlapping region formed such that a region where the pretreatment liquid is applied, a region where the first ink is applied, and a region where the second ink is applied overlap each other in plan view is generated is 16.0 or greater and 30.0 or less.

Abstract: An ink set is an ink set including a treatment liquid having a pH of 4.5 or less or 9.5 or greater, and an ink containing a compound A which generates gas in an environment of a pH of 4.5 or less or 9.5 or greater, a resin, water, and a white pigment and having a pH of greater than 4.5 and less than 9.5, in which a ratio of a content mass of the white pigment to a content mass of the compound A in the ink is 1 or greater and 160 or less.

Abstract: An image forming method includes a step of applying a pretreatment liquid containing an aggregating agent (D) and water (E) onto a base material and a step of forming an image by applying an ink containing water (A), a resin (B), and an organic solvent (C) satisfying Expression (1) onto the pretreatment liquid applied onto the base material, in which in a region to which the ink has been applied, CC which is the number of grams of the organic solvent (C) to be applied per area of 1 m2 and CD which is the number of grams of the aggregating agent (D) to be applied per area of 1 m2 satisfy Expression (2). SPB represents an SP value (MPa1/2) of a main resin in the resin (B), SPC represents an SP value (MPa1/2) of the organic solvent (C), and |SPC?SPB| represents an absolute value of a difference between SPC and SPB. |SPC?SPB|?10.0??Expression (1) 0.10?CC/CD?2.

Abstract: An inkjet ink composition includes water (A), a resin (B), and an organic solvent (C) which has a boiling point of 250° C. or lower, satisfies Expression (C1), and has a nitrogen atom, in which a content mass ratio of the organic solvent (C) to a main resin in the resin (B) is 0.01 or greater and less than 2.0. In Expression (C1), SPB represents an SP value of the main resin in the resin (B) in a unit of MPa1/2, SPC represents an SP value of the organic solvent (C) in the unit of MPa1/2, and |SPC?SPB| represents an absolute value of a difference between SPC and SPB. |SPC?SPB|?10.

Abstract: An ink composition for performing printing on an impermeable base material, including water (A), a resin (B) which is at least one selected from the group consisting of an acrylic resin, a polyester resin, and a urethane resin, and an organic solvent (C) which has a boiling point of 250° C. or lower, has no nitrogen atom, and satisfies Expression (C1), in which a total content of the organic solvent (C) is in a range of 0.01% by mass to 5.0% by mass with respect to a total amount of the ink composition for performing printing on an impermeable base material. In Expression (C1), SPB represents an SP value of a main resin in the resin (B) in an MPa1/2 unit, SPC represents an SP value of the organic solvent (C) in the MPa1/2 unit, and |SPC?SPB| represents an absolute value of a difference between SPC and SPB. |SPC?SPB|?10.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an inkjet ink composition including water, a dispersant, inorganic pigment particles having an average primary particle diameter of 100 nm or greater, and resin particles A having a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher, in which X nm of an average primary particle diameter of the inorganic pigment particles and Y nm of a volume average particle diameter of the resin particles A satisfy Y?1.1×X; a maintenance method in a case of using the inkjet ink composition; an image recording method carried out using the inkjet ink composition; and an image recorded material containing a solidified material of the inkjet ink composition.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an inkjet ink composition including water, a dispersant, white inorganic pigment particles having an average primary particle diameter of 150 nm to 400 nm, and resin particles A having a glass transition temperature of higher than 120° C.; an image recording method carried out using the inkjet ink composition; and an image recorded material including a solidified material of the inkjet ink composition.

Abstract: An ink for inkjet recording is provided, the ink including water, a coated carbon black that includes a carbon black pigment having a TEA adsorption capacity of 0.5 meq/g or more and a resin that coats the carbon black, resin particles, and a water-soluble organic solvent having an SP value of less than 28 at a content of 2% by mass or more with respect to the total mass of the ink for inkjet recording, wherein a product of a glass transition temperature of the resin particles and the TEA adsorption capacity of the carbon black pigment is 40° C.·meq/g or more. An ink set, an image forming method, and a maintenance method are also provided.

Abstract: An optical film is provided and has a support and an optically anisotropic layer containing a fluorine-containing polymer and a liquid crystal compound. The relationship between the photoelectron takeoff angle ?(°) and the CFn intensity ratio P(%) obtained by AR-XPS measurement of the optically anisotropic layer gives P of 10% to 25% at ? of 20° and P of 15% to 20% at ? of 30°.

Abstract: Amounts of variation of data representing the shape of an abutment tooth are determined, and a train of points is extracted from the amounts of variation. Then a developed view of the surface shape of the abutment tooth is displayed, and the obtained train of points is also displayed in the developed view. The margin line for designing the artificial crown is determined, based on thus displayed train of points.

Abstract: A contour measuring apparatus comprises a laser measurement unit, a mount table for mounting an object, a motor for rotating the mount table around an axis, an altering jig for supporting the mount table and the motor and altering a direction of the axis with respect to the laser measurement unit, and a drive table for supporting the altering jig and driving the altering jig to alter a position of the mount table with respect to the laser measurement unit.