EP3210784B1 - Maintenance liquid for printers - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a maintenance liquid in particular for cleaning (inkjet) printers, the maintenance liquid comprising an aromatic ester compound.
- the present invention further relates to the use of an aromatic ester compound in a maintenance liquid in particular for cleaning printers.
- US 2007/0132807 discloses a maintenance liquid for ink jet recording containing water, a resin solvent and a moisturizing agent. US 2007/0132807 further discloses that the resin solvent comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of alcohols, ethers, ketones, esters, nitrogen-containing compounds, and sulfur-containing compounds and that the amount is preferably less than 10 wt% because otherwise cleaning properties are deteriorated by reduction in fluidity caused by increase in viscosity of the maintenance liquid and because of reactivity with ink flow passage members that may get damaged during cleaning.
- EP 2 796 516 discloses a maintenance liquid of inkjet printers including at least 50 wt% of at least one ether solvent.
- US 2007/0225185 discloses an ink washing liquid for a photo curable ink including at least one type of ether compound
- This object can be partly achieved by providing a maintenance liquid comprising a low molar weight aromatic ester compound.
- the molar weight is below 200 g/mol, preferably below 175 g/mol, more preferably below 150 g/mol.
- the present invention relates to the use of an aromatic ester compound in a maintenance liquid for use in an ink jet printer, wherein the aromatic ester compound has a molar weight of below 200 g/mol.
- the maintenance liquid comprises at least one aromatic ester compound selected from the group consisting of methyl salicylate, methyl phenylacetate, methyl anthranilate and benzyl formate. Due to its cleaning efficiency, benzyl formate is most preferred.
- the maintenance liquid according to the present invention are able to efficiently remove cured or semi-cured radiation (e.g. UV) curing ink residues from printer parts, in particular from printer parts that are difficult to access (such as the interior of print heads and clogged nozzles).
- cured or semi-cured radiation e.g. UV
- printer parts that are difficult to access (such as the interior of print heads and clogged nozzles).
- UV cured or semi-cured radiation
- low residence times of the maintenance liquid in the printer parts are required, such that damaging the printer parts due to contact with aggressive resin solvents present in the maintenance liquid.
- the required low residence time also improves the down-time of the printer for maintenance actions and therefore improves the overall productivity of the printer.
- the aromatic ester compounds present in the maintenance liquids are non peroxide forming, therefore initiating of further polymerization reactions of the radiation curable inks is prevented.
- the aromatic ester compounds selected in this invention are also HS&E friendly.
- the resin solvent compound has a flash point that is higher than 40 °C, preferably higher than 70°C. Such resin solvent compounds will not easily self-ignite when used under normal environmental conditions.
- the maintenance liquid is substantially free of water
- the aromatic compound is present in an amount of more than 50 wt%, preferably more than 75%, more preferably more than 90%
- the maintenance liquid comprises organic solvents that are inert towards materials used in a printer and are miscible with the aromatic ester resin solvent.
- the present invention relates to a method for maintaining an inkjet printer comprising the step of applying a maintenance liquid using an aromatic ester compound and having a molar weight of below 200 g/mol, in accordance with any embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention.
- a method for maintaining a printer may be a method for cleaning the printer or parts thereof.
- the printer may be configured to eject droplets of an ink composition, in particular a radiation curable ink composition use of a low molar weight aromatic esters compound as described above in all aspects in a maintenance liquid, in particular a maintenance liquid for cleaning printers, more particular printers for printing radiation curable inks.
- the formed ink image needs to be radiated in order to initiate a polymerization reaction between reactive monomers present in the ink, such that the ink image is cured.
- Radiation sources e.g. UV-lamps or UV-LEDs are used to radiate a freshly printed image. Due to e.g. scattering of the radiation, the radiation curable ink may be partly and accidently cured in the printer, for example in the ink tubes that supply and transport ink to and in the printer; the print head; the nozzle plate. Such cured or semi-cured ink residues are difficult to remove from printer parts.
- Curing (polymerization) of ink inside the printer may cause all kinds of print problems:
- Cured or semi-cured ink residues may be successfully removed with a maintenance (cleaning) liquid comprising a resin solvent which dissolves and/or causes the (semi) cured ink residues to swell.
- a maintenance (cleaning) liquid comprising a resin solvent which dissolves and/or causes the (semi) cured ink residues to swell.
- the flash point of the used solvents should be above the operating temperature of the printer, or at least above the maintenance temperature of the printer.
- the Flash Point of a volatile chemical is the lowest temperature at which it can ignite in either liquid or vapor form.
- chemicals which have a flash point that is higher than the environment e.g. room temperature
- a solvent with a flash point of 2 degrees Celsius is prone to ignition in almost any normal workplace.
- a product with a flashpoint above 40 degrees Celsius would only be an ignition risk under quite extreme conditions.
- UV-curable ink compositions comprise:
- the maintenance liquid according to the present invention comprises an aromatic ester compound as a resin solvent.
- the aromatic ester compounds are: methyl salicylate, methyl phenylacetate, methyl anthranilate and benzyl formate.
- the maintenance liquid may further comprise additives such as surfactants, dispersants, inhibitors etc, which are known in the art. Specific additives are not limited to any kind, as long as the effect of the present invention is maintained.
- Ink residues in and on printer parts may be removed with a maintenance liquid according to the present invention, which maintenance liquid may be applied in various ways, also depending on the location of the contamination with ink residues. Examples are: spraying, application with a cloth (wiping), (off-line) soaking, flushing via liquid (ink) handling system of the printer, etc.
- the methods may be performed manually or (semi) automatically.
- Prints were made comprising full cover areas of each color from a UV-curable CMYK ink set comprising standard curable ink vehicles (i.e. an acrylate monomer composition comprising acrylates commonly known in the art of UV-curable inkjet inks).
- the used print medium was IJM608 which is a polyester fiber reinforced paper obtained from Canon.
- the prints were made on a printer set-up comprising an Océ printhead adapted for being used in combination with UV-curable inks and cured with a UV-LED curing device.
- the ink layers are cured such, that just non-tacky ink layers are obtained.
- a production mode printed with 4 passes of the printhead
- a presentation mode printed with 8 passes of the printhead
- the difference between said modes is that in a presentation mode a print with a higher quality (denser ink layer) is obtained. It is expected that due to a denser ink layer, penetration of the solvent into said layer is more difficult.
- Table 1 results black ink in production and presentation mode at 1 and 3 min soaking production mode presentation mode soak time (min) 1 3 1 3
- Ex Solvent A Benzyl alcohol >80% >80% 60-80% >80% 1
- Benzyl formate >80% >80% 40-60% 60-80%
- B Methyl benzoate 60-80% >80% 20-40% 40-60%
- C Ethyl benzoate 40-60% 60-80% ⁇ 20% n.d.
- a print head nozzle plate is on purpose exposed with UV-light which results in a clogged (i.e. non-jetting) print head. After soaking the nozzle plate in Benzyl formate for 12 minutes the print head showed complete recovery for all nozzles. No damage to the print head was found.
- maintenance liquid disclosed herein may also, outside the scope of the claimed invention, be suitable for use in printers using other ink types that may suffer from accumulation of resinous compounds and/or pigments in printer parts.
- aqueous latex ink or pigmented ink compositions for example aqueous latex ink or pigmented ink compositions.
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Description
- The present invention relates to a maintenance liquid in particular for cleaning (inkjet) printers, the maintenance liquid comprising an aromatic ester compound. The present invention further relates to the use of an aromatic ester compound in a maintenance liquid in particular for cleaning printers.
- Maintenance liquids for cleaning print heads are known in the art.
US 2007/0132807 discloses a maintenance liquid for ink jet recording containing water, a resin solvent and a moisturizing agent.US 2007/0132807 further discloses that the resin solvent comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of alcohols, ethers, ketones, esters, nitrogen-containing compounds, and sulfur-containing compounds and that the amount is preferably less than 10 wt% because otherwise cleaning properties are deteriorated by reduction in fluidity caused by increase in viscosity of the maintenance liquid and because of reactivity with ink flow passage members that may get damaged during cleaning.
EP 2 796 516 discloses a maintenance liquid of inkjet printers including at least 50 wt% of at least one ether solvent.
US 2007/0225185 discloses an ink washing liquid for a photo curable ink including at least one type of ether compound - It is however a disadvantage of such maintenance liquids that the resin solvent used may form peroxides, which renders the cleaning liquid unsuitable for use in printers wherein radiation curable inks are used.
- It is another disadvantage that many resin solvents are not HS&E friendly compounds.
- It is yet another disadvantage that many resin solvents are aggressive towards materials used in printers, in particular in ink handling systems of printers including print heads, such that high concentrations of the resin solvent must be avoided in order to prevent damage to the printers, which adversely affects the efficiency of the maintenance liquid and hence requires long maintenance actions.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a maintenance liquid that overcomes or at least mitigates said disadvantages and provides efficient cleaning and which is mild to commonly used materials in printers. - This object can be partly achieved by providing a maintenance liquid comprising a low molar weight aromatic ester compound. The molar weight is below 200 g/mol, preferably below 175 g/mol, more preferably below 150 g/mol.
- Therefore, in a first aspect the present invention relates to the use of an aromatic ester compound in a maintenance liquid for use in an ink jet printer, wherein the aromatic ester compound has a molar weight of below 200 g/mol.
- According to the claimed invention, the maintenance liquid comprises at least one aromatic ester compound selected from the group consisting of methyl salicylate, methyl phenylacetate, methyl anthranilate and benzyl formate. Due to its cleaning efficiency, benzyl formate is most preferred.
- Inventors have surprisingly found that the maintenance liquid according to the present invention are able to efficiently remove cured or semi-cured radiation (e.g. UV) curing ink residues from printer parts, in particular from printer parts that are difficult to access (such as the interior of print heads and clogged nozzles). Because of efficient removal of (semi) cured ink residues, low residence times of the maintenance liquid in the printer parts are required, such that damaging the printer parts due to contact with aggressive resin solvents present in the maintenance liquid. The required low residence time also improves the down-time of the printer for maintenance actions and therefore improves the overall productivity of the printer. The aromatic ester compounds present in the maintenance liquids are non peroxide forming, therefore initiating of further polymerization reactions of the radiation curable inks is prevented. The aromatic ester compounds selected in this invention are also HS&E friendly.
- In an embodiment the resin solvent compound has a flash point that is higher than 40 °C, preferably higher than 70°C. Such resin solvent compounds will not easily self-ignite when used under normal environmental conditions.
- In an embodiment, the maintenance liquid is substantially free of water
- In an embodiment, the aromatic compound is present in an amount of more than 50 wt%, preferably more than 75%, more preferably more than 90%
- Typically benzyl formate is used as maintenance liquid in its pure form (100 wt%, disregarding impurities of the components as such), or a mixture of x wt% methyl benzoate and y wt% benzyl formate wherein x+y = 100 wt%.
- In an embodiment, the maintenance liquid comprises organic solvents that are inert towards materials used in a printer and are miscible with the aromatic ester resin solvent.
In a second aspect the present invention relates to a method for maintaining an inkjet printer comprising the step of applying a maintenance liquid using an aromatic ester compound and having a molar weight of below 200 g/mol, in accordance with any embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention.
A method for maintaining a printer may be a method for cleaning the printer or parts thereof. The printer may be configured to eject droplets of an ink composition, in particular a radiation curable ink composition use of a low molar weight aromatic esters compound as described above in all aspects in a maintenance liquid, in particular a maintenance liquid for cleaning printers, more particular printers for printing radiation curable inks. - In a printer wherein radiation curable inkjet ink is jetted to form an image onto a recording substrate, the formed ink image needs to be radiated in order to initiate a polymerization reaction between reactive monomers present in the ink, such that the ink image is cured. Radiation sources, e.g. UV-lamps or UV-LEDs are used to radiate a freshly printed image. Due to e.g. scattering of the radiation, the radiation curable ink may be partly and accidently cured in the printer, for example in the ink tubes that supply and transport ink to and in the printer; the print head; the nozzle plate. Such cured or semi-cured ink residues are difficult to remove from printer parts.
- Curing (polymerization) of ink inside the printer may cause all kinds of print problems:
- malfunctioning of the print heads: e.g. non-jetting (clogged) or misdirecting (partly clogged) nozzles;
- clogging of: filters, ink tubes, etc.
- Cured or semi-cured ink residues may be successfully removed with a maintenance (cleaning) liquid comprising a resin solvent which dissolves and/or causes the (semi) cured ink residues to swell.
- In order to be able to work safely with organic solvents the flash point of the used solvents should be above the operating temperature of the printer, or at least above the maintenance temperature of the printer.
The Flash Point of a volatile chemical is the lowest temperature at which it can ignite in either liquid or vapor form. In general, chemicals which have a flash point that is higher than the environment (e.g. room temperature) will be at low risk of catching fire.
For example a solvent with a flash point of 2 degrees Celsius is prone to ignition in almost any normal workplace. In contrast a product with a flashpoint above 40 degrees Celsius would only be an ignition risk under quite extreme conditions. - UV-curable ink compositions comprise:
- an ink vehicle comprising one or more radiation curable compounds (monomers), for example acrylates;
- a colorant, for example a dye, a pigment, or a mixture of dyes and/or pigments;
- an initiator, which is a compound that can easily form a reactive species when radiated. The reactive species starts a polymerization reaction (curing) of the reactive monomers;
- additives such as: inhibitors (preventing spontaneous reaction of the reactive monomers and/or reaction under influence of e.g. oxygen); viscosity modifiers; gelling agents; etc.
- Examples of such compounds and examples of radiation curable inks are well known in the art.
- The maintenance liquid according to the present invention comprises an aromatic ester compound as a resin solvent.
- The aromatic ester compounds are: methyl salicylate, methyl phenylacetate, methyl anthranilate and benzyl formate.
- The maintenance liquid may further comprise additives such as surfactants, dispersants, inhibitors etc, which are known in the art. Specific additives are not limited to any kind, as long as the effect of the present invention is maintained.
- Ink residues in and on printer parts may be removed with a maintenance liquid according to the present invention, which maintenance liquid may be applied in various ways, also depending on the location of the contamination with ink residues. Examples are: spraying, application with a cloth (wiping), (off-line) soaking, flushing via liquid (ink) handling system of the printer, etc. The methods may be performed manually or (semi) automatically.
- Prints were made comprising full cover areas of each color from a UV-curable CMYK ink set comprising standard curable ink vehicles (i.e. an acrylate monomer composition comprising acrylates commonly known in the art of UV-curable inkjet inks). The used print medium was IJM608 which is a polyester fiber reinforced paper obtained from Canon. The prints were made on a printer set-up comprising an Océ printhead adapted for being used in combination with UV-curable inks and cured with a UV-LED curing device. The ink layers are cured such, that just non-tacky ink layers are obtained.
- Then a drop of benzyl alcohol as maintenance liquid was placed on the print and left to soak for 1 min and for 3 min. When the maintenance liquid is effective the ink layer will wrinkle and swell. After set time we remove in one rub as much as swelled ink layer from the medium with a AlphaWipe TX1004 tissue. When the liquid is effective all swelled ink is removed from the medium (0% ink layer remaining), when not effective no ink is removed from the media (100% ink layer remaining). This was repeated for all colored inks in the set.
- For the black inks two printing modes were used, a production mode (printed with 4 passes of the printhead) and a presentation mode (printed with 8 passes of the printhead), which are printer settings. The difference between said modes is that in a presentation mode a print with a higher quality (denser ink layer) is obtained. It is expected that due to a denser ink layer, penetration of the solvent into said layer is more difficult.
- For the cyan, magenta and yellow inks, prints are only made in the presentation mode and only 3 min soaking tests are.
- The results for the black ink in the production and presentation mode are shown in Table 1. The results for the complete CMYK ink set made in the presentation mode and tested at 3 min soaking are shown in Table 2 (n.d. = not determined).
- Comparative Example A was repeated for all solvents shown in Tables 1 and 2.
- Any subject matter of the following examples that falls outside the scope of independent claims 1 and 7 as granted is to be considered as comparative to the claimed invention.
Table 1 : results black ink in production and presentation mode at 1 and 3 min soaking production mode presentation mode soak time (min) 1 3 1 3 Ex Solvent A Benzyl alcohol >80% >80% 60-80% >80% 1 Benzyl formate >80% >80% 40-60% 60-80% B Methyl benzoate 60-80% >80% 20-40% 40-60% C Ethyl benzoate 40-60% 60-80% <20% n.d. 2 Methyl salicylate 40-60% >80% n.d. n.d. 3 methyl phenyl acetate 40-60% 60-80% n.d. n.d. 4 methyl anthranilate 40-60% 60-80% 20-40% n.d. Table 2 : results CMYK ink set in presentation mode and at 3 min soaking Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Ex Solvent A Benzyl alcohol >80% n.d. n.d. >80% 1 Benzyl formate >80% >80% >80% 60-80% B Methyl benzoate >80% >80% >80% 40-60% C Ethyl benzoate 40-60% 40-60% >80% n.d. 2 Methyl salicylate <20% n.d. n.d. n.d. 3 methyl phenyl acetate 20-40% n.d. n.d. n.d. 4 methyl anthranilate >80% >80% >80% n.d. - From Table 1 it can be concluded that:
- all selected solvents are able to remove black ink from prints made in production mode (in particular at longer soaking);
- the selected solvents are less effective on prints made in presentation mode;
- benzyl formate is the most efficient (non peroxide forming) alternative for benzyl alcohol.
- From Table 2 it can be concluded that:
- the tested solvents are more efficient on colored ink layers than on black ink layers;
- for colored inks (CMYK), benzyl formate, methyl benzoate and methyl anthranilate are efficient alternatives for benzyl alcohol;
- considering the entire ink set (CMYK), benzyl formate is the most efficient alternative for benzyl alcohol.
- A print head nozzle plate is on purpose exposed with UV-light which results in a clogged (i.e. non-jetting) print head. After soaking the nozzle plate in Benzyl formate for 12 minutes the print head showed complete recovery for all nozzles. No damage to the print head was found.
- The terms "a" or "an", as used herein, are defined as one or more than one.
- It will, for example, be obvious to the skilled person that the maintenance liquid disclosed herein may also, outside the scope of the claimed invention, be suitable for use in printers using other ink types that may suffer from accumulation of resinous compounds and/or pigments in printer parts. For example aqueous latex ink or pigmented ink compositions.
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- Use of an aromatic compound having a carbonyl group in a maintenance liquid for use in an ink jet printer, wherein the aromatic compound has a molar weight of below 200 g/mol, characterized in that the maintenance liquid comprises at least one aromatic ester compound selected from the group consisting of methyl salicylate, methyl phenylacetate, methyl anthranilate and benzyl formate.
- The use according claim 1, wherein maintenance liquid comprises benzyl formate.
- The use according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the aromatic compound has a flash point that is higher than 40 °C.
- The use according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the maintenance liquid is substantially free of water.
- The use according to claim 1, wherein the maintenance liquid further comprises at least one of methyl benzoate and ethyl benzoate.
- The use according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the aromatic ester compound is present in an amount of more than 50 wt%, relative to the total maintenance liquid composition.
- A method for maintaining an inkjet printer comprising the step of applying a maintenance liquid comprising an aromatic compound having a carbonyl group and having a molar weight of below 200 g/mol, characterized in that the maintenance liquid comprises at least one aromatic ester compound selected from the group consisting of methyl salicylate, methyl phenylacetate, methyl anthranilate and benzyl formate.
- Method according to claim 7, wherein the maintenance liquid comprises benzyl formate.
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