CN101451033B - Ink composition and ink jet recording method - Google Patents

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CN101451033B
CN101451033B CN 200710032340 CN200710032340A CN101451033B CN 101451033 B CN101451033 B CN 101451033B CN 200710032340 CN200710032340 CN 200710032340 CN 200710032340 A CN200710032340 A CN 200710032340A CN 101451033 B CN101451033 B CN 101451033B
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The invention provides a printing ink composition, which comprises a dye and an organic solvent mixture, wherein the organic solvent mixture comprises 44-70% of carbon-hydrogen solvent by weight and 10-30% unsaturated fatty acid by weight, with respect to the total weight of the printing ink composition. The composition has the advantages of good water proof property and little corrosiveness, and can be applied to a water type ink jet printing device. The invention also provides an ink jet recording method in which the printing ink composition is printed by a water type ink jet recording device.

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Ink composition and ink jet recording method
Technical Field
The present invention relates to an ink composition for an ink jet recording apparatus and an ink jet recording method using the ink composition.
Background
Inkjet recording apparatuses are classified into water-type inkjet recording apparatuses and solvent-type inkjet recording apparatuses according to the type of ink composition used. Among them, the water-based ink jet recording apparatus uses a water-based ink containing water as a main solvent, and the components in contact with the ink inside thereof are not resistant to corrosion. The solvent-based ink jet recording apparatus uses a solvent-based ink containing an organic solvent as a main solvent, and the interior of the ink-jet recording apparatus is resistant to corrosion of components in contact with the ink.
The water-based ink has the advantages of environmental friendliness, low corrosivity, good fluency and the like, but a printed image formed by printing the water-based ink is poor in water resistance. In contrast, solvent-based inks have excellent water resistance but are not environmentally friendly. In addition, the organic solvent in the solvent-based ink is generally an aromatic hydrocarbon such as toluene or xylene, a ketone such as methyl ethyl ketone, an ester such as ethyl acetate, or a low boiling point solvent such as propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate, and is dried rapidly, so that the nozzle is easily clogged when used in a water-based ink-jet printing apparatus, and the organic solvent corrodes a member in contact with the ink in the water-based ink-jet printing apparatus, and therefore the solvent-based ink cannot be generally used in the water-based ink-jet printing apparatus. This makes it difficult for the water-type ink-jet recording apparatus to print an image having good water resistance, and thus limits the application of the water-type ink-jet recording apparatus.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an ink composition which can be used for a water-type ink-jet printing device and an ink-jet recording method using the ink composition.
In order to achieve one of the purposes of the present invention, one of the technical solutions provided by the present invention is: an ink composition comprising: a dye and an organic solvent mixture, wherein the organic solvent mixture comprises 44 to 70 wt% of a hydrocarbon solvent and 10 to 30 wt% of an unsaturated fatty acid, relative to the total weight of the ink composition.
In a preferred embodiment, the unsaturated fatty acid is a long-chain unsaturated fatty acid having eighteen carbon atoms and having a double bond.
More preferably, the hydrocarbon solvent is selected from the group consisting of dearomatized alkane solvents, isomerized alkane solvents, and naphthenic hydrocarbon solvents.
In another more preferable embodiment, the hydrocarbon solvent comprises a low initial boiling point dearomatized alkane solvent with an initial boiling point between 140 ℃ and 150 ℃ and a high initial boiling point dearomatized alkane solvent with an initial boiling point between 200 ℃ and 220 ℃.
The preferable scheme is that the ratio of the low initial boiling point dearomatization alkane solvent to the high initial boiling point dearomatization alkane solvent is 3: 1-0.5: 1.
It is also preferred that the dye is an oil soluble dye.
Preferably, the organic solvent mixture further comprises fatty alcohol ether, and the fatty alcohol ether is at least one selected from ethylene glycol methyl ether, ethylene glycol ethyl ether, ethylene glycol butyl ether, propylene glycol methyl ether and propylene glycol ethyl ether.
It is also preferred that the ink composition has a viscosity of 2 to 4mPa.s at 25 ℃.
It is also preferable that the ink composition has a surface tension of 31 to 34dyne/cm at 25 ℃.
The ink composition of the present invention selects a mixture of a hydrocarbon solvent and an unsaturated fatty acid, which is less corrosive to an ink jet printing apparatus and does not contain harmful volatile substances, as a main solvent, and can provide an ink composition having excellent water resistance and characteristics close to those of an aqueous ink, and can be suitably used in a water type ink jet printing apparatus. By selecting the initial boiling point range of the hydrocarbon solvent in the organic solvent mixture, the viscosity and volatility of the ink composition can also be adjusted, preventing the ink composition from clogging the nozzle of a water-type inkjet printing apparatus due to too fast drying. Particularly, when the hydrocarbon solvent is a dearomatized alkane solvent, the ink composition is more environment-friendly and has less harm to human bodies. The unsaturated fatty acid is used as a solvent, has no pungent odor and good solubility to a dye, is environment-friendly, and can improve the performance of the ink composition and prevent the ink from drying too fast.
In order to achieve another object of the present invention, another technical solution provided by the present invention is: an ink jet recording method of printing on a water type ink jet recording apparatus using any of the ink compositions described above.
Detailed Description
In the ink composition of the present invention, various dyes in the prior art can be used as the colorant, and oil-soluble dyes such as solvent black 7, solvent black 29, solvent black 5, solvent blue 70, solvent red 32, solvent red 49, solvent red 218, solvent yellow 82, solvent yellow 14, and the like are preferable. When solvent black 7, solvent blue 70, solvent red 32 and solvent yellow 14 are used, the obtained image has especially pure color light and more vivid color. In the ink composition of the present invention, one dye may be used alone, or two or more dyes may be used in combination. In the ink composition of the present invention, the content of the dye may be appropriately selected depending on the use or printing characteristics, and the content of the dye is preferably 1 to 6% by weight, preferably 2 to 5% by weight, relative to the total weight of the ink composition. If the amount of the dye used is too small, the color density of the ink decreases, and if the amount is too large, printing becomes difficult due to viscosity or fluidity.
In the ink composition of the present invention, the organic solvent mixture contains a hydrocarbon solvent and an unsaturated fatty acid.
The hydrocarbon solvent in the organic solvent mixture can be a dearomatized alkane solvent, an isomeric alkane solvent or a naphthenic solvent, and is preferably a dearomatized alkane solvent. The amount of hydrocarbon solvent may be selected according to the printing characteristics of the ink composition and may be between 44 and 70 wt% relative to the total weight of the ink composition. Preferably, the dearomatization alkane solvent comprises a low initial boiling point dearomatization alkane solvent with an initial boiling point between 140 ℃ and 150 ℃ and a high initial boiling point dearomatization alkane solvent with an initial boiling point between 200 ℃ and 220 ℃. The viscosity of the low initial boiling point dearomatized alkane solvent is less than 3 mPa.s, while the viscosity of the high initial boiling point dearomatized alkane solvent is usually between 10 and 20 mPa.s, and the viscosity and the drying speed of the ink composition can be controlled by selecting the ratio of the low initial boiling point dearomatized alkane solvent to the high initial boiling point dearomatized alkane solvent. In the ink composition, the ratio of the low initial boiling point dearomatized alkane solvent to the high initial boiling point dearomatized alkane solvent is preferably 3: 1-0.5: 1, and the viscosity of the ink composition is 2-4mPa & s at 25 ℃, so that good printing effect can be achieved.
The low initial boiling point dearomatized hydrocarbon solvent can be selected from Exxsol D10, D30 and D40 of Exxon Mobil, and the high initial boiling point dearomatized hydrocarbon solvent can be selected from Exxsol D80 and D130 of Exxon Mobil. The isoparaffin solvent may be Isopar E, Isopar G, Isopar H, Isopar M, etc. from Exxon Mobil. The naphthenic solvent may be Nappar 10 available from Exxon Mobil.
The selection of the unsaturated fatty acid in the organic solvent mixture is not critical, and the unsaturated fatty acid content is about 10 to 30% by weight relative to the total weight of the ink composition. The unsaturated fatty acid may be a long-chain unsaturated fatty acid having eighteen carbon atoms and one double bond, preferably cis-9-octadecenoic acid in an oily form, which has good solubility for dyes. Thereby, the dye can be better dissolved in the organic solvent mixture to further improve the performance of the ink composition. The effect will be better if the whole dissolving process is carried out under the condition of heating in a water bath at 70-75 ℃.
In order to better dissolve the oil-soluble dye in an oily system, the organic solvent mixture in the ink composition of the present invention may further include 0 to 15 wt% of fatty alcohol ether based on the total weight of the ink composition, while ensuring that the surface tension of the ink is not reduced. The fatty alcohol ether has good intersolubility with an oily system, is environment-friendly, does not cause pollution to the printing environment, and does not affect the health of operators. The fatty alcohol ether can be at least one selected from ethylene glycol methyl ether, ethylene glycol ethyl ether, ethylene glycol butyl ether, propylene glycol methyl ether and propylene glycol ethyl ether, and preferably ethylene glycol ethyl ether.
In order to prevent the ink from spreading on the medium, the ink composition of the present invention may further include a vegetable oil in addition to the colorant and the organic solvent to adjust the surface tension. The vegetable oil can be semi-drying oil such as soybean oil, oleum Rapae, and oleum Lini, or non-drying oil such as oleum Olivarum and oleum Arachidis Hypogaeae, which can be used alone or in combination. From the viewpoint of usability and cost, linseed oil having a relatively low viscosity and soybean oil having a low price are preferable. The vegetable oil is present in an amount of about 0 to about 4 wt% relative to the total weight of the ink composition. The ink composition of the present invention preferably has a surface tension of 31 to 34dyne/cm at 25 ℃.
In order to improve the printing performance of the ink composition, the ink composition of the present invention may further comprise other auxiliary agents, such as a surfactant, and a commercially available span-80 having an excellent mixing property with the oil-based ink composition may be selected. The amount of the auxiliary agent may be 0 to 1% by weight relative to the total weight of the ink composition.
One of the methods of printing using the ink composition of the present invention is to print on an absorbent medium with a water-type ink-jet printing apparatus. Under the condition, the printing adaptability is good, the environment is highly friendly, and the printed images or characters have excellent waterproof performance.
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The ink composition of the present invention comprises:
oil-soluble dyes: 1-6% by weight;
hydrocarbon solvent: 44-70% by weight;
unsaturated fatty acid: 10-30% by weight;
alcohol ether solvents: 0-15% by weight;
vegetable oil: 0-4% by weight;
auxiliary agent: 0 to 1 percent of the weight.
The first table lists the compositions of the ink compositions of examples 1-8 of the present invention, but the present invention should not be construed as being limited to these examples.
Table two lists the compositions of the ink compositions of comparative examples 1-4.
Table three shows the comparison of examples 1-8 with comparative examples 1-4 in terms of surface tension, viscosity, drying and printing suitability, printing stability and corrosivity for printing on coated paper using a water-based inkjet printing device EPSON C65.
Surface tension test: surface tension measured at 25 ℃ using a surface tensiometer.
And (3) viscosity testing: viscosity measured at 25 ℃ using a Brookfield viscometer.
Drying property test: the ink composition was printed on coated paper using an EPSON C65 printer at 25 ℃ and 60% relative humidity, and then touched with a finger, evaluated in terms of the time the ink no longer sticks to the hand, where A means drying within 2 seconds, B means drying within 2-5 seconds, and C means no drying after more than 5 seconds.
Printing adaptability test: the ink composition is placed at minus 10 ℃ for 48 hours, then at 50 ℃ for 24 hours, and then printed on coated paper by using an EPSON C65 printer, and then the adaptability is judged according to the appearance of color blocks, wherein A represents that the performance is good, B represents that the service performance is not hindered, and C represents that the ink composition cannot be normally used.
And (3) testing the waterproof performance: taking a piece of dried printing color block, putting the piece of dried printing color block into a 500ml beaker, injecting 200ml of deionized water, taking out after 4 hours, and judging the grade according to the condition of floating color: a represents that the water is clear and has no floating color; b represents that the water has light color; c represents that the concentration of the floating color in water is large.
And (3) testing environmental protection performance: a represents that the solvent has little odor; b represents that the odor of the solvent is moderate; c indicates that the solvent is strong in odor.
Printing stability test: in the process of using the EPSON C65 printer, the color block has clear outline, even and full ink jet, no stripe and poor ink supply, if the print abnormal phenomena such as dislocation, stripe and poor ink supply occur, the continuous process can not be automatically recovered, and the printing cleaning program is required to be executed. The total number of times of cleaning N that the entire cartridge was left dry was recorded. A represents N ≦ 1; b represents 2-3 of N; c represents N.gtoreq.3.
And (3) corrosion test: the ink supply line was soaked with the ink composition, and the line was observed for changes. A represents no change; b represents being slightly swollen; c indicates severe damage.
As can be seen from the test results in Table 3, the solvent-based ink composition of the present invention has similar physical properties to the conventional water-based ink composition, and when used in a water-based ink-jet printer, the solvent-based ink composition can achieve the same printing stability as the water-based ink composition, and the printed images have good water resistance. Compared with the traditional solvent ink, the ink composition has good printing adaptability and printing stability when being used on a water-type ink-jet printing device, not only can not block a printing head, but also can not corrode parts in the water-type ink-jet printing device, which are contacted with the ink, and solves the problem that the traditional solvent-type ink composition can not be used for the water-type ink-jet printing device and images printed by the water-type ink-jet printing device are not waterproof.
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[0051] While the invention has been described with reference to certain preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will appreciate that: various modifications, changes, omissions and substitutions can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and it is intended that the invention not be limited to the exact forms disclosed and illustrated, except insofar as the same effects are achieved, and the simple changes are within the scope of the invention.

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1. An ink composition comprising: dye and organic solvent mixture, characterized in that:
the organic solvent mixture comprises 44-70 wt% of hydrocarbon solvent and 10-30 wt% of unsaturated fatty acid relative to the total weight of the ink composition; wherein,
the unsaturated fatty acid is a long-chain unsaturated fatty acid containing eighteen carbon atoms and having a double bond;
the hydrocarbon solvent comprises a low initial boiling point dearomatized alkane solvent with an initial boiling point between 140 ℃ and 150 ℃ and a high initial boiling point dearomatized alkane solvent with an initial boiling point between 200 ℃ and 220 ℃, and the ratio of the low initial boiling point dearomatized alkane solvent to the high initial boiling point dearomatized alkane solvent is 3: 1-0.5: 1;
the dye is oil-soluble.
2. An ink composition according to claim 1, wherein:
the organic solvent mixture further comprises fatty alcohol ether, and the fatty alcohol ether is selected from at least one of ethylene glycol methyl ether, ethylene glycol ethyl ether, ethylene glycol butyl ether, propylene glycol methyl ether and propylene glycol ethyl ether.
3. An ink composition according to claim 2, wherein:
the viscosity of the ink composition at 25 ℃ is 2-4 mPa.s.
4. An ink composition according to claim 3, wherein:
the surface tension of the ink composition at 25 ℃ is 31-34 dyne/cm.
5. An ink jet recording method characterized by comprising: printing on a water-based ink jet recording apparatus using the ink composition according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
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