Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording contains 0.1% by weight to 4.0% by weight of C.I. Direct Yellow 132; not less than 0.5% by weight of glycol ether having a melting point of not more than ?45°C.; and a water-soluble organic solvent in which a solubility of C.I. Direct Yellow 132 at 20° C. is not less than 5%. The ink satisfies 0.2?B/A and 3?C/A. B/A represents a weight ratio of the glycol ether to the C.I. Direct Yellow 132 contained in the ink, and C/A represents a weight ratio of the water-soluble organic solvent to the C.I. Direct Yellow 132 contained in the ink. The stability in long-term storage after the evaporation of water or at low temperatures can be obtained even when C.I. Direct Yellow 132 is used in the water-base ink for the ink-jet recording.

Abstract: An ink set for ink-jet recording of the present invention includes a black ink which has a surface tension of not less than 40 mN/m at 25° C., and a color ink which has a surface tension of not less than 40 mN/m at 25° C. The viscosity ratio of the color ink with respect to the black ink is not less than 1.3. The feathering of the ink is avoided, and the bleeding, which would otherwise appear at the boundary between the black ink and the color ink, is avoided.

Abstract: A fluorescent water base ink for ink-jet recording to be used for an ink-jet printer contains water, a pigment, a compound having primary or secondary amide group, and a fluorescent dye represented by the following formula (1): wherein R1 represents OH or N(R3)R4, R2 represents hydrogen atom or halogen atom, and each of R3 and R4 represents hydrogen atom or alkyl group. A sufficient OD value and a fluorescence value are obtained while securing the vivid color development and the excellent water resistance principally in accordance with the interaction of the fluorescent dye and the compound having the amide group.

Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording comprises water, self-dispersing type carbon black, an anionic surfactant, and a nonionic surfactant. The anionic surfactant is a surfactant represented by the formula (1) and/or a surfactant represented by the formula (2). The nonionic surfactant is a surfactant represented by the formula (3) or a mixture of a surfactant represented by the formula (4) and a surfactant represented by the formula (5). No ink discharge failure occurs, the long term stability is excellent, and it is possible to obtain a high quality image without any feathering.

Abstract: A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes a reactive dye which forms chloride ions in the ink, benzotriazole, carboxybenzotriazole, water and a water soluble organic solvent. Examples of the reactive dye which forms chloride ions in the ink include triazine based reactive dyes and the like.

Abstract: An ink container including water-based ink for ink-jet recording and a package in which the water-based ink is accommodated, wherein the water-based ink includes an inert gas dissolved therein and an amount of oxygen dissolved in the water-based ink for ink-jet recording is less than 3 mL/L.

Abstract: A water-based ink for ink-jet recording enables the expression of sharp text and lines in high density black, and the formation of a high quality gradation image in which the graininess is reduced in a black image of medium to high lightness. The inks include a color ink (A) and a color ink (B) each of which independently has a lightness index L* according to the L* a* b* calorimetric system of about 60 or less. The color ink (A) and the color ink (B) satisfy the following expression (I): about 120°?|???| about ?240°??(I) wherein ? is the hue angle of the color ink (A) and ? is the hue angle of the color ink (B). The chroma C* of a hue obtained by the combination of the color ink (A) and the color ink (B) is about 30 or less.

Abstract: A water-based ink for ink-jet recording and an ink-jet recording method allow the formation of sharp text and lines in high density black, and the formation of a high quality gradation image in which the graininess is reduced in a black image of a medium lightness to a high lightness (e.g., an achromatic image in dark gray to light gray) in ink-jet recording. The water-based ink combination for ink-jet recording comprises a black ink, and a color ink (A) and a color ink (B) that satisfy a color relationship of the following expression (I): about 120°?|???|?about 240°??(I) wherein ? is the hue angle of the color ink (A) and ? is the hue angle of the color ink (B).

Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording is provided, which makes it possible to secure a high recording quality with a sharp image area edge by avoiding any blurring even when recording is performed on regular paper and which has satisfactory purge restoration performance. Therefore, no bubble remains in an ink flow passage, and no discharge failure is caused. Further, the discharge operation never becomes unstable. In the water base ink for ink-jet recording, the surface tension is not less than 40 mN/m, and the amount of dissolved oxygen is not more than 4 mg/L.

Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording is provided, which makes it possible to perform the discharge operation stably and highly accurately for a long period of time without deteriorating a metal, for example, due to corrosion and/or dissolution even when the ink makes contact with the metal composed of nickel or an alloy containing nickel for a long period of time. The water base ink for ink-jet recording is usable for an ink-jet recording apparatus provided with an ink-jet head having a metal member which is composed of nickel or the alloy containing nickel and which is disposed at least in an ink supply passage for supplying the ink to a discharge section. The water base ink for ink-jet recording contains potassium p-tert-butylbenzoate, a coloring agent which is dispersible or soluble in water, water, and a water-soluble organic solvent.

Abstract: A water-based ink for ink jetting and ink jet recording method, in which stable jetting, clearness of the recorded matter, high density recording, water resistance, and friction resistance are well-balanced, and being useful for ink for various types of ink jet recording. After 5% of the water soluble colored resin comprising 5,5?-dimethylhydantoinformaldehyde resin and color index number basic red 1:1 and 10% of polyethyleneglycol (average molecular weight 200) and 6% of triethyleneglycolmonometylether and 79% of pure water are fully stirred to be mixed, the mixture is filtered with a membrane filter of 0.8 ?m thickness to become ink. Experimental evaluation using the recording head regarding jetting stability, jetting response, quality of the recorded images, friction resistance against various recording materials, and water resistance against various recording materials is made, and good results are obtained.

Abstract: A water-based ink set for ink-jet recording is provided. According to this ink set, graininess in a low density printed part can be reduced without reducing a color reproduction range in red and magenta directions in a high density printed part. In addition, the color reproduction range in the red direction can be extended to improve the vividness of red color. The water-based ink set for ink-jet recording includes a magenta ink and a red ink. The magenta ink is a light magenta ink having a lightness (L*) of about 50 or more in the L*a*b* colorimetric system. Preferably, the ink set further includes a light cyan ink having a lightness (L*) of about 60 or more and a blue ink and/or a green ink.

Abstract: The water-based ink set for ink-jet recording includes a cyan ink and a blue ink, or a cyan ink and a green ink. The cyan ink is a light cyan ink having a lightness (L*) of about 60 or more in the L*a*b* colorimetric system. A normal cyan ink having a lightness (L*) of about 60 or less in the L*a*b* calorimetric system is not included in the ink set.

Abstract: A water-based ink set for ink-jet recording includes at least a yellow ink, a magenta ink and a cyan ink. At least one color ink of the yellow, magenta and cyan inks includes a first ink and a second ink which have different hue angles h having therebetween the color range of the normal color of the color ink. Preferably, the yellow ink includes a greenish yellow ink having a hue angle h of about 95° to about 110° and a reddish yellow ink having a hue angle h of about 70° to about 85°; the magenta ink includes a reddish magenta ink having a hue angle h of about 0° to about 10° and a violetish magenta ink having a hue angle h of about 340° to about 350°; and the cyan ink includes a bluish cyan ink having a hue angle h of about 250° to about 260° and a greenish cyan ink having a hue angle h of about 230° to about 240°.

Abstract: An ink for ink-jet recording includes water, a basic dye, and a specified pH-adjusting agent. Those usable as the pH-adjusting agent include, for example, monoethanolamine, diethanolamine, ammonium hydrogencarbonate, and sodium carbonate. An image, which is excellent in chromaticness and color feature, can be formed. Further, metal portions, especially an ink tank, a head, and ink flow passages thereof are prevented from corrosion which would be otherwise caused by the ink.

Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording contains a surfactant represented by the following formula (1) or (2), dipropylene glycol, a coloring agent, and water: CH3—(CH2)11—O—(CH2CH2O)z—H(2) In the formula (1), R represents alkyl group, and x and y represent integers which satisfy x+y=5 to 15. In the formula (2), z represents an integer of not more than 9. The performance of initial introduction into a recording head is satisfactory, and it is possible to simultaneously reduce the feathering and the color bleed even when the recording is performed on regular paper.

Abstract: In a water base ink set for ink-jet recording including a pigment-based black ink and a dye-based yellow ink, a first water-soluble dye in which a number of counter ion or ions per one molecule is not more than 3 and a hue angle h* is 95° to 105° is used, as the dye used in the yellow ink, together with a second water-soluble dye in which a number of counter ion or ions per one molecule is not more than 3 and a hue angle h* is 75° to 85°; or 30° to 70°; or 0° to 30° or 350° to 360°. When the ink set is applied to a general ink-jet printer with a simple maintenance system, the coagulation of black pigment in the printer and the blurring or bleeding on the printing paper are prevented, thereby realizing a satisfactory and complex coloring of the dye-based yellow ink.

Abstract: An ink cartridge for ink-jet recording apparatus includes an ink tank usable in an ink-jet recording apparatus and a water base ink filled in the ink tank. In the ink cartridge, the ink tank is formed of polyolefin containing a sorbitol derivative as a crystal-nucleating agent, and the pH of the water base ink filled in the tank has been adjusted to be not less than 4.0 to less than 8.0. This makes it is possible to prevent the sorbitol derivative, contained in the polyolefin as the crystal-nucleating agent, from depositing in the water base ink filled in the ink tank.

Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording contains self-dispersible carbon black as a coloring agent. The total content of an organic acid having a number of carbon or carbons of 1 to 6 and a salt of the organic acid is not more than 400 ppm. The organic acid having a number of carbon or carbons of 1 to 6 includes monocarboxylic acid, dicarboxylic acid and oxy acid, and the salt of the organic acid includes salts of these acids. When the water base ink is used in an ink-jet recording apparatus, the discharge stability of the ink is improved.

Abstract: A fluorescent water base ink for ink-jet recording includes water, a first fluorescent dye, and a second fluorescent dye. The first fluorescent dye absorbs light in a first absorption wavelength region in an ultraviolet region to emit fluorescence, and the first fluorescent dye absorbs light in a second absorption wavelength region to emit no fluorescence. The second fluorescent dye absorbs light in an absorption wavelength region in the ultraviolet region, which is different from the first absorption wavelength region of the first fluorescent dye, to emit fluorescence. A wavelength region of the fluorescence of the second fluorescent dye is not overlapped with the first absorption wavelength region of the first fluorescent dye, but at least a part of the wavelength region of the fluorescence of the second fluorescent dye is overlapped with the second absorption wavelength region. The fluorescence intensity of the ink is increased.