Abstract: Disclosed is an ink composition for ink jet recording, which possesses excellent gloss and good color reproducibility on various recording media, especially printing paper for running-on. The ink composition for ink jet recording comprises at least a colorant, water, an alkanediol, and a surfactant, wherein the alkanediol comprises a water soluble 1,2-alkanediol and a water insoluble both terminal alkanediol.

Abstract: A water-color ink with which a high print quality can be obtained on ordinary paper, recycled paper or coated paper, and which has excellent storage stability. The water-color ink includes at least a color material and 2-butyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol.

Abstract: A water-base ink composition comprising: a chromatic color pigment covered with a water-insoluble vinyl polymer; a titanium dioxide pigment; and water; and a water-base ink composition containing, in addition to a chromatic color pigment, dispersant and water, both a titanium dioxide pigment and silica pigment.

Abstract: An ink for inkjet recording of the invention includes water and a pigment, where the pigment is dispersed using a polymer having a refractive index of at least 1.58 or more, an acid value of 50 mgKOH/g to 120 mgKOH/g, and a weight average molecular weight of 20000 to 120000. It is preferable that the polymer is prepared by using a (meta)acrylate and/or a sulfur-containing (meth)acrylate which have at least a plurality of aromatic rings.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ink jet recording ink which has excellent stability, high coloration on regular paper, high glossiness on gloss paper and excellent discharge stability of an ink from an ink jet head. This ink jet recording ink uses 2-methyl-2-propyl-1,3-propanediol. The added amount of 2-methyl-2-propyl-1,3-propanediol is no less than 0.1% by weight and no more than 2.0% by weight.

Abstract: Provided are ink jet ink excellent in dispersion stability and ejection stability and capable of forming images with fastness, abrasion resistance, color developability, and high density with little feathering; a microencapsulated pigment (MCP) providing the ink and a process of making the same; and an aqueous dispersion of the MCP. The MCP comprises pigment particles having a hydrophilic group on their surface (hydrophilized pigment particles) and coated with a polymer by emulsion polymerization. The process comprises emulsion polymerization in the presence of the hydrophilized pigment particles. The ink essentially contains the MCP and water.

Abstract: Provided are ink jet ink excellent in dispersion stability and ejection stability and capable of forming images with fastness, abrasion resistance, color developability, and high density with little feathering; a microencapsulated pigment (MCP) providing the ink and a process of making the same; and an aqueous dispersion of the MCP. The MCP comprises pigment particles having a hydrophilic group on their surface (hydrophilized pigment particles) and coated with a polymer by emulsion polymerization. The process comprises emulsion polymerization in the presence of the hydrophilized pigment particles. The ink essentially contains the MCP and water.

Abstract: Provided are ink jet ink excellent in dispersion stability and ejection stability and capable of forming images with fastness, abrasion resistance, color developability, and high density with little feathering; a microencapsulated pigment (MCP) providing the ink and a process of making the same; and an aqueous dispersion of the MCP. The MCP comprises pigment particles having a hydrophilic group on their surface (hydrophilized pigment particles) and coated with a polymer by emulsion polymerization. The process comprises emulsion polymerization in the presence of the hydrophilized pigment particles. The ink essentially contains the MCP and water.

Abstract: There is provided a water-based ink that gives good coloration and little blurring on regular paper, gives adequate coloration on specialist paper, and has good fixability, and further gives excellent discharge stability with ink jet recording, and moreover exhibits the effect of a chelating agent even in a small amount, and is not harmful due to evaporating, subliming or the like.

Abstract: An ink set for ink jet recording and an ink jet recording process, which can provide not only high weather resistance but also images having a high printed density by using pigment inks, and have a wide color reproducing range. Also, an ink jet recording process capable of performing text printing at a high printing density and with excellent abrasion resistance. Furthermore, recorded matter having images formed at a high printed density and over a wide color reproducing range, and text printed matter (recorded matter) having a high printed density and being excellent in abrasion resistance The ink set for ink jet recording includes a black ink containing at least “carbon black dispersible in an aqueous medium without a dispersing agent”, at least one color ink containing at least “a colorant enclosing a color pigment with a polymer”, a glycol ether compound and water. Also, an ink jet recording process using the ink set, and recorded matter printed by the recording process.

Abstract: The invention provides an aqueous pigment ink composition that ensures excellent recording characteristics on any type of recording mediums. An aqueous pigment ink composition of the invention includes a pigment, a water-dispersible polymer, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent, where the pigment is dispersed as primary particles having an average primary particle diameter of not greater than 50 nm and as secondary particles having a ratio of an average secondary particle diameter to the average primary particle diameter in a range of 1 to 10, and the water-dispersible polymer has a minimum glass transition temperature of lower than 100° C. Using this polymer ensures good dispersion stability and favorable glossiness on a glossy medium.

Abstract: An ink for ink jet printing process, comprising at least: a particulate pigment having a sulfur-containing dispersibility-imparting group on the surface thereof; a penetrating agent; a resin emulsion comprising a dispersed particulate resin having a sulfur-containing dispersibility-imparting group on the surface thereof; and water.

Abstract: The present invention provides a water-color ink with which a high print quality can obtained on ordinary paper, recycled paper or coated paper, and which has excellent storage stability. The water-color ink of the present invention comprises at least a color material and 2-butyl-2-ethyl-1,3-propanediol.

Abstract: This invention provides an water-base ink achieving high print quality on plain, recycled, and coated paper, glossiness on glossy paper, as well as well-balanced gas fastness, and an water-base ink set which exhibits low light source dependence with regard to the colors of resultant printed matter. This invention is an water-base ink comprising a pigment, a surfactant and/or a penetrating organic solvent, and water, wherein the pigment is a copper phthalocyanine pigment substituted with eight or less chlorine atoms; the surfactant is an acetylene glycol surfactant and/or an acetylene alcohol type surfactant; and the penetrating organic solvent is one or more selected from the group consisting of di(tri)ethylene glycol monobutyl ether and/or (di)propylene glycol monobutyl ether, and 1,2-allylene glycol. This invention is also an water-base ink set comprising the water-base ink, a magenta ink and a yellow ink.

Abstract: Provided is a process for the preparation of a pigment dispersion which comprises a pigment surface treatment step of introducing at least one hydrophilic dispersibility-providing group onto the surface of a pigment directly and/or with the interposition of a polyvalent group, and a dispersion step of dispersing a surface-treated pigment obtained at the surface treatment step in an aqueous medium, characterized in that the dispersion step involves the dispersion of the surface-treated pigment in admixture with a wetting agent and water and a resin for providing dispersibility and/or fixability is added during and/or after the dispersion step.

Abstract: An aqueous ink ensuring less blurring and high color formation on plain paper, satisfactory color formation and fixing property on special paper and excellent ejection stability is realized by using a microcapsule of a colorant encapsulated with a polymer and rendered dispersible in water and specifying the amount of the aromatic ring in the polymer to be from 20 to 70 wt % of the polymer.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aqueous ink containing a dispersion in which a colorant is encapsulated with a polymer to make it dispersible in water, wherein the polymer has aromatic rings in an amount of from 20% by weight to 70% by weight based on the weight of the polymer, and further, the ink contains a compound represented by the following formula: wherein R represents a bivalent organic group, PO represents a propyleneoxy group, EO represents an ethyleneoxy group, x, y, a and b are each the number of repeating units, x represents a number of 1 to 200, y represents a number of 1 to 50, a represents a number of 1 to 30, and b represents a number of 0 to 20.

Abstract: For the purpose of providing an ink for inkjet recording that allows substantially bleed-free printing to be performed on plain paper, and particularly recycled paper, and providing an inkjet ink capable of ensuring high print quality and maintaining high ejection stability on plain paper, recycled paper, and coated paper, the present invention provides an inkjet ink comprising, together with a coloring material and water, a nonionic substance that has acetylene bonds in the molecules thereof and that also has hydroxyl groups and/or alkylene oxide repeating structures (preferably a substance whose structure is shown by formula (IA) according to claim 2, a substance whose structure is shown by formula (I) according to claim 20, or the like), and a nonionic substance that has lipophilic units comprising alkyl groups or cycloalkyl groups and that also has alkylene oxide repeating structures (preferably a substance whose structure is shown by formula (IIA) according to claim 2, a substance whose structure is show

Abstract: An ink set that affords high print quality and stable discharge, places a small load on the apparatus, has a plurality of colors of ink jet recording ink, allows a substantially uniform amount of each color of ink to be discharged, and yields a recorded image with virtually no difference in the size of the dots between colors, and a method for manufacturing this ink set, and an ink jet recording apparatus. The ink set for ink jet recording of the present invention includes a plurality of colors of ink containing pigments in which the aspect ratio (?) between the major and minor axes of the pigment particles is 2 or less, and the value of ?(1?n(??1)), which is calculated from the ink viscosity (?) as measured at a shear rate of 200 S?1 and at 20° C., is within ±5% for said plurality of colors of ink.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an ink jet recording ink with excellent storage stability, with which no mold or other microbes will be generated over an extended period. The ink jet recording ink of the present invention contains water and a colorant comprising a pigment encapsulated by a polymer having a carboxyl group, wherein this ink jet recording ink is characterized by containing at least methylisothiazolone and octylisothiazolone.