Abstract: The present invention provides a sheet for ink jet recording, ink for ink jet recording, manufacturing method of ink for ink jet recording, ink set for ink jet recording, and ink jet recording method, which hardly blot even under high humidity conditions, and comprises a betaine compound having a specific structure and a compound capable of taking a betaine structure.

Abstract: Provided is a black ink for inkjet recording obtained by dissolving and/or dispersing, in an aqueous medium, at least one black azo dye having a specific property or structure and further containing at least one metal chelating agent, which is excellent in durability of image including image quality and discharge property even after the ink is filled in an ink cassette and stored for a long period of time while being set in a printer.

Abstract: A resin-coated paper support (coated paper) including a resin coating layer on a paper support, in which the resin coating layer contains a water-soluble polymer having a hydrophobic group at a terminal thereof, and a hydrophobic dispersion.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material having a heat-sensitive recording layer on a substrate. An outermost layer from the substrate contains microparticle-aggregation particles. The microparticle-aggregation particles are preferably formed by silica microparticles, and the outermost layer is preferably a protective layer. The microparticle-aggregation particles have hardness such that soiling of a thermographic printing head is low, and softness such that wear of the thermographic printing head is low.

Abstract: The electrophotographic image-receiving sheet includes a support and a toner image-receiving layer which contains a thermoplastic resin and is disposed on the support, in which a surface of the toner image-receiving layer has a glossiness by specular reflection of 20 or less before image formation at an angle of incidence of 20°, the surface has the glossiness of 50 or more after image formation at an angle of incidence of 20°, and an opposite surface of the support to a surface on which the toner image-receiving layer is disposed has a surface roughness of 0.5 &mgr;m or more. A process for image formation includes the steps of forming a toner image on a surface of the electrophotographic image-receiving sheet, heating and pressurizing the surface by a fixing belt and a fixing roller and cooling the surface so as to separate the electrophotographic image-receiving sheet from the fixing belt.

Abstract: A method for producing a painted ceramic body. A transfer material containing an inorganic pigment, or hot melt ink containing an inorganic pigment is directly or indirectly disposed on the surface of a ceramic body in an imagewise manner. Subsequently, the ceramic body with the image formed thereon is heated and the inorganic pigment contained in the image is sintered on the surface of the ceramic body.

Abstract: An inorganic composition comprises an inorganic matrix, wherein an inorganic layered compound is contained in the inorganic matrix. The inorganic matrix is preferably a metal oxide glass produced by a sol-gel method, and the inorganic layered compound is preferably swelling synthetic mica. A method of producing a film includes the steps of: hydrolyzing, dehydrating, and condensing an organic metal compound to obtain a reaction product; adding and dispersing the inorganic layered compound in the reaction product; coating the reaction product containing the inorganic layered compound on a substrate surface; and heating the substrate surface coated with the reaction product at a temperature of not more than 200° C. to vitrify the reaction product.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material includes a support having disposed thereon a heat-sensitive recording layer and a protective layer. The heat-sensitive recording layer contains at least two components that react to develop color by imagewise heating. At least one layer contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I). In the general formula (I), R represents a hydrophobic group or a hydrophobic polymer, and n represents an integer.

Abstract: A process for forming an image, the process including the steps of: forming, on a surface of an image receiving layer of an image receiving body A, an adhesive first image including an adhesive composition by using an electrophotographic technique; forming an inorganic pigment second image on the surface of the image receiving layer of the image receiving body A by transferring a transfer layer corresponding to the adhesive first image, transferring an inorganic pigment second image onto an image receiving body B, arranging the inorganic pigment second image on a surface of a ceramic material; and heating the ceramic material to sinter the inorganic pigment image onto the surface of the ceramic material.

Abstract: A display substrate comprising a plastic film whose average light transmittance in wavelengths of 400 to 700 nm is 70% or more and whose glass transition point is 100° C. or more, and a gas barrier layer that contains an inorganic layered compound and polymers is provided.

Abstract: A nonaqueous secondary battery comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode both containing a material capable of reversibly intercalating and deintercalating lithium, a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt, and a separator, which has a least one protective layer on the negative electrode and/or the positive electrode. The battery has a high discharge potential, satisfactory charge and discharge cycle characteristics, and high safety.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material having a heat-sensitive recording layer on a substrate. An outermost layer from the substrate contains microparticle-aggregation particles. The microparticle-aggregation particles are preferably formed by silica microparticles, and the outermost layer is preferably a protective layer. The microparticle-aggregation particles have hardness such that soiling of a thermographic printing head is low, and softness such that wear of the thermographic printing head is low.

Abstract: A nonaqueous secondary battery comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode both containing a material capable of reversibly intercalating and deintercalating lithium, a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt, and a separator, which has at least one protective layer on the negative electrode and/or the positive electrode. The battery has a high discharge potential, satisfactory charge and discharge cycle characteristics, and high safety.

Abstract: A method for producing a painted ceramic body. A transfer material containing an inorganic pigment, or hot melt ink containing an inorganic pigment is directly or indirectly disposed on the surface of a ceramic body in an imagewise manner. Subsequently, the ceramic body with the image formed thereon is heated and the inorganic pigment contained in the image is sintered on the surface of the ceramic body.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material, comprising: a support, and a heat-sensitive recording layer and a protective layer which are provided on the support, wherein the protective layer contains at least a silicon denatured polymer and inorganic ultra-fine grains whose mean primary particle diameter is less than or equal to 0.1 &mgr;m.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material of the present invention comprises: a support, and a heat-sensitive recording layer and a protective layer which are provided on the support, wherein the protective layer is formed by using at least a long chain alkyl ether denatured polyvinyl alcohol. Preferably, the long chain alkyl ether denatured polyvinyl alcohol is an alkyl ether denatured polyvinyl alcohol having 8 to 20 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A heat-sensitive recording material in which dispersion stability of a color-developing compound or a film improving compound contained in the heat-sensitive recording material can be improved, and images which have uniform image quality and which are excellent in transparency, glossiness, and light-fastness can be formed with high color-developing sensitivity. There is provided a heat-sensitive recording material comprising a support, a heat-sensitive recording layer which is provided on the support and contains at least two types of compounds which react with each other so as to develop color by heating imagewise, and a protective layer in this order, wherein at least one of the layers contains the compound represented by the following formula (I).

Abstract: A self-photography apparatus has an imaging device for picking up an image signal representing a facial image of a human object, a determination device for determining the size of face of the human object. In accordance with the determined face size, the magnification of the image is adjusted so as to make the facial image have a predetermined size in a photograph. The determination device is comprised of a monitor display displaying a video facial image of the human object and indices as the scale of the face size. The magnification of image is changed by manually or automatically changing the object distance or mechanically changing the focal length of a taking lens device. When making a photograph by video printing, the determination device may be a controller determining the face size on the basis of the image signal, an image magnification conversion circuit converts the magnification of image in accordance with the face size determined by the controller.

Abstract: A heat sensitive recording material comprising a substrate having sequentially thereon a heat sensitive recording layer and a protective layer, 1) wherein the protective layer contains an aqueous silicone modified polymer.It is desirable this aqueous silicone modified polymer is used together with an aqueous binder, and a crosslinking agent which can cause a crosslinking reaction with them is desirably used. 2) The protective layer contains a silicone modified polymer having a Tg (glass transition point) of 60.degree. C. or more. In the heat sensitive recording materials of 1) and 2), the silicone modified polymer is desirably a silicone graft polymer, silicone block polymer, silicone modified acrylic polymer and the like, and particularly, the silicone graft polymer is desirably a silicone graft acrylic polymer and the like.

Abstract: A silver halide photographic material which has a layer containing a swellable inorganic stratifying compound.