JP2006322114A - Pigment-coated paper for offset printing - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide pigment-coated paper which is used for offsetting, remarkably improves an ink-adhering property, when offset-printed, and has good printing workability and color print quality without causing a trouble such as blanket piling. <P>SOLUTION: This pigment-coated paper for offset printing is characterized by coating a coating liquid composition comprising an adhesive and a pigment as main components in a ratio of 10/100 to 50/100, wherein the adhesive comprises a styrene-acrylic copolymer containing a long chain alkyl acrylate and styrene as monomer main components, and oxidized starch. The styrene-acrylic copolymer is preferably a copolymer containing styrene and 8 to 24C alkyl methacrylate as monomer main components, or its salt. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention can remarkably improve ink fillability during offset printing, and has good printing workability and color printing quality without causing troubles such as blanket piling. Regarding paper.

  Offset printing is the mainstream of recent commercial printing methods, including newspaper printing. Offset printing is a method in which a printing plate, usually called a PS plate, is prepared and dampening water and ink are supplied to the printing plate for printing. The printing plate is a lithographic plate, and the image area on the printing plate is treated to have an oleophilic surface, and the non-image area is treated to have a hydrophilic surface. When dampening water and ink are supplied to the printing plate, ink is attached to the image area and water is attached to the non-image area, and the ink is transferred from the printing plate to the paper through the blanket for printing. To do.

  In this offset printing, since ink having a relatively strong tack is used, the paper is required to have a high surface strength. In addition, when using paper with a surface with weak surface strength or water resistance to treat the paper surface with fountain solution, paper dust or pigment may accumulate on the blanket or mix with ink. So-called blurring may occur on the printed surface. In particular, in pigment-coated paper, water-soluble polymers such as starch, fibrin attractant and polyvinyl alcohol are often used as part of the adhesive to ensure water retention and fluidity of the paint. The water resistance of the water-soluble polymer is low, and the effect of improving the surface strength in a wet state with dampening water attached is small. In addition, the water-soluble polymer blended as an adhesive reduces the surface contact angle on the surface of the coating film, and reduces the ink setting property during color offset printing.

  As a method for dealing with such problems related to blanket piling and ink inking properties, a method of blending carbamic acid esterified starch as an adhesive in a coating material (see Patent Document 1) or a phosphorus content of 1% by weight or more. There have been proposed a method of blending acid esterified starch (see Patent Document 2) and a method using a cationic binder as an adhesive (see Patent Documents 3, 4, and 5). In these methods, the dry surface strength and unevenness in the surface of the skin are improved, but the modified starch used has a strong hydrophilicity and thus tends to hardly exhibit the effect of improving the wet surface strength. Furthermore, since the starch migrated on the surface of the coating film reduces the contact angle on the surface of the coating film, there is a disadvantage that the ink inking property in offset printing is inferior.

  Also disclosed are a method of blending thermochemically modified starch having a specific viscosity (see Patent Document 6), a method of blending cold water soluble starch (see Patent Document 7), and a method using acetylated starch (see Patent Document 8). However, in any of the methods, the modified starch has high hydrophilicity, so that there is a problem in the ink setting property, and a sufficient effect is not obtained even in wet surface strength.

  On the other hand, in the method of adding a surface sizing agent to the paint (see Patent Document 9), it is possible to suppress wrinkles by increasing the water repellency of the coating layer. In this method, the absorption of dampening water can be suppressed by the effect of the surface sizing agent, but the water-soluble polymer and the surface sizing agent are separated in the coating drying process. Therefore, the water repellency of the water-soluble polymer itself cannot be increased, and the wet surface strength improving effect is still insufficient.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-71403 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 9-78495 Japanese Patent No. 3157004 JP-A-6-33397 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 6-184992 JP-A-6-272194 JP-A-7-229093 JP 7-189179 A JP 2004-211131 A JP 2005-54346 A

  The present invention can remarkably improve ink fillability during offset printing, and has good printing workability and color printing quality without causing troubles such as blanket piling. Regarding paper.

The pigment-coated paper for offset printing according to the present invention is formed by applying and drying a coating liquid mainly composed of an adhesive and a pigment so that the ratio of the adhesive and the pigment is 10/100 to 50/100. The adhesive contains an alkyl acrylate having a long-chain alkyl group, a styrene / acrylic copolymer having styrene as the main monomer component, and oxidized starch.
When the styrene / acrylic copolymer is an alkyl methacrylate esterified with an alcohol having 8 to 24 carbon atoms and a copolymer having styrene as a main component of the monomer or a salt thereof, the generation of an aging product is small. Moreover, it is more preferable because it is excellent in paper strength improvement effect. When the content of the styrene / acrylic copolymer with respect to the oxidized starch is 5 to 10%, the stability of the oxidized starch paste is preferably increased.
The weight average molecular weight of the oxidized starch is preferably in the range of 50,000 to 80,000, and the degree of carboxyl group substitution is preferably 0.017 or more.

  The pigment-coated paper for offset printing according to the present invention has markedly improved ink fillability during offset printing, and has good printing workability and color without causing troubles such as blanket piling and guide roll contamination. There is an advantage of having print quality.

  In the offset printing, the present inventors diligently studied the influence of the surface contact angle of the pigment-coated paper on the ink deposition property and the printing workability such as blanket piling. As a result, for the purpose of increasing the surface contact angle of pigment-coated paper, the method of using a surface sizing agent together with commonly used starch reduces the dry surface strength and requires sacrificing printing workability such as blanket piling. It was found that the surface contact angle of the pigment coated paper can be improved while maintaining good printing workability by providing hydrophobicity to the starch itself, and the present invention has been completed. .

As a result of intensive studies on means for improving the ink inking property of pigment-coated paper, the present inventors have found that a styrene / acrylic copolymer having a long-chain alkyl group as a main component and an alkyl acrylate having a long-chain alkyl group. In addition, it has been found that a remarkable improvement in ink inking property can be achieved by blending an adhesive containing oxidized starch with the coating liquid.
A surface sizing agent having a structure similar to that of the adhesive of the present invention has already been proposed (see Patent Document 10). However, the present invention uses a vapor-structured adhesive as a component of a paint coating adhesive for pigment coating. There is a feature in the place to use.
In the case of a surface sizing agent, the coating solution is mainly composed of an adhesive, that is, the pigment / adhesive ratio is 100/100 to 0/100, and is applied at a low concentration of about 2 to 20%. It is stated in the patent publication that it is applied to surface-sized press paper. Since the main purpose of surface-sized press paper is to prevent the loss of fillers and fibers by surface reinforcement, a high adhesive ratio is required, but in the present application, the ratio of pigment to adhesive is 100/10 to 100 Because it is a pigment-coated paper that is applied at a high concentration of about 30 to 70%, it is completely different in configuration and purpose from the surface-sized press paper.
When pigment coating is performed at a high adhesive ratio, the glossiness of blank paper and the printing glossiness are remarkably inferior to those of pigment-coated paper, and the effect of pigment coating becomes difficult. Moreover, in order to obtain high glossiness, a method of increasing the coating amount or smoothing the paper by a calendar process is used. However, both of these impede ink absorbability, and printing stains are likely to occur. . On the other hand, pigment coated paper with a low adhesive ratio provides high white paper gloss and printing gloss derived from the pigment, and the coating layer is porous, resulting in good ink absorptivity and printing stains. Trouble is unlikely to occur and it is suitably used for magazines and flyer advertisements.
Therefore, in the present invention, it is important that the ratio of the adhesive to the pigment is 10/100 to 50/100.

The adhesive used in the present invention is a styrene / acrylic co-polymer containing a long chain alkyl group-containing alkyl acrylate and styrene as the main components of the starch obtained by oxidizing raw material starch with an oxidation catalyst. An adhesive obtained by blending the coalescence is preferable. Hereinafter, in the present specification, this is abbreviated as “oxidized starch blended with styrene / acrylic polymer”.
The alkyl acrylate referred to here includes an alkyl methacrylate or a salt thereof for convenience. Moreover, in this specification, a copolymer may be expressed only as a polymer.
Moreover, it is preferable that carbon number of an alkyl group is 8-24, and as a polymer containing an alkyl group, a styrene type monomer, a methacrylic acid ester monomer, and an α, β-monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer were copolymerized. Styrene / acrylic polymers or salts thereof are preferred. When the carbon number of the alkyl group is less than 8, sufficient hydrophobicity cannot be obtained, and when it exceeds 24, the paste liquid becomes unstable and problems in operability are likely to occur. The styrene / acrylic polymer may be in the form of an alkali metal salt, an alkaline earth metal salt, an ammonium salt, a salt with an organic amine, or the like. Examples of the alkali metal that forms the salt include sodium, potassium, and lithium. Examples of the alkaline earth metal include calcium, magnesium, and aluminum. Examples of the organic amine include alkanolamine (ethanolamine, triethanolamine, dimethylethanolamine, and the like. ), Alkylamine (methylamine, ethylamine, dimethylamine, diethylamine, trimethylamine, etc.) and the like. Examples of the styrene type monomer include styrene, vinyl toluene, α-methyl styrene, chlorostyrene, and the like. Examples of the methacrylic acid ester monomers include octyl methacrylate, nonyl methacrylate, decyl methacrylate, undecyl methacrylate, dodecyl methacrylate, tridecyl methacrylate, tetradecyl methacrylate, pentadecyl methacrylate, hexadecyl methacrylate, heptadecyl methacrylate, octadecyl methacrylate. , Nonadecyl methacrylate, eicosyl methacrylate and the like. Examples of the ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer include (meth) acrylic acid, ethyl acrylic acid, crotonic acid, itaconic acid, (anhydrous) maleic acid, and fumaric acid. The ratio of the methacrylic acid ester monomer (A), the α, β-monoethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid monomer (B), and the styrene type monomer (C) in the styrene / acrylic polymer is preferably 5 to 60 for the monomer A. % By mass, monomer B by 5 to 20% by mass, and monomer C by 35 to 85% by mass. The number average molecular weight of the styrene / acrylic polymer is preferably 3000 to 30000, and more preferably 5000 to 15000. The blending ratio of the oxidized starch and the styrene / acrylic polymer is preferably in the range of 100: 0.1 to 10, more preferably in the range of 100: 5 to 8, and still more preferably in the range of 100: 6 to 8.
The type of raw material starch is not particularly limited, but tapioca starch has a high amylopectin ratio and may cause problems in coating properties with a coating machine. Preferably, corn starch is used as the raw material starch.

Further, the oxidized starch blended with the styrene / acrylic polymer of the present invention preferably has a surface contact angle of 70 ° or more after 1.0 seconds after dropping water on a film formed from the blend. .
The ink inking property improves as the hydrophobicity of the outermost surface of the pigment-coated paper increases, but this phenomenon can be explained by how much the hydrophobic component in the ink is received on the surface of the pigment-coated paper. That is, at the time of printing, about 10 to 30% by mass of water is emulsified and taken up in the ink. The higher the hydrophobicity of the outermost surface of the pigment coated paper, the more hydrophobic components in the ink are coated with the pigment. It becomes easier to accept on the paper surface, and the ink density becomes higher. Conversely, when the hydrophilicity of the outermost surface of the pigment-coated paper is high, water in the emulsified ink is positively accepted by the surface of the pigment-coated paper, making it difficult for ink components to remain on the surface of the pigment-coated paper, and the ink concentration. Becomes lower.

  Commonly used enzyme-modified starch, oxidized starch, esterified starch or etherified starch has a surface contact angle of about 30 to 50 ° 1.0 seconds after dropping water of the starch single film, and is ink-implanted. Sex level is low. By adding a surface sizing agent to these commonly used starches, the instantaneous surface contact angle of the surface treating agent film can be increased. However, even if the surface sizing agent is added, the surface treatment agent film is not uniformly hydrophobized, so that the ionic bond is dissociated by contact with water and the surface sizing agent is liberated, Since the surface sizing agent inhibits hydrogen bonding in the starch, the surface strength is reduced.

  On the other hand, the oxidized starch blended with the styrene-acrylic polymer of the present invention contains a hydrophobic group, so that swelling of the starch film itself is suppressed, and no size component is released by contact with water. There is almost no decline in sex. Moreover, since the oxidized starch itself is hydrophobized, the degree to which the binding between starch molecules is inhibited is low, and a decrease in dry surface strength due to the surface sizing agent is not observed. For this reason, in the present invention, it is presumed that troubles such as offset printing can be suppressed.

The surface treatment agent film and the starch single film described above are 5 g / m ² as a dry solid content on a base material such as a PET film or synthetic paper subjected to a hydrophilic treatment so as not to affect the base material itself. With the above coating amount, the substrate surface is coated with a bar coater or the like so that the surface of the substrate is completely covered with a surface treatment agent or the like, and then dried with a dryer. Further, the surface contact angle can be determined by, for example, using a dynamic surface contact angle measuring device (Fibro, Dynamic Absorption Tester DAT1100), and an arbitrary progress of about 0.1 to 5.0 seconds after dropping a water droplet. The surface contact angle in time can be measured.

  In the present invention, the weight average molecular weight of oxidized starch is preferably in the range of 50,000 to 80,000. If the weight average molecular weight is less than 50000, the strength of the dry film tends to be low, and the aging rate is relatively fast, so there is a possibility that sufficient surface strength cannot be obtained. On the other hand, when the weight average molecular weight exceeds 80,000, the viscosity of the surface treatment agent becomes high, and sufficient bonding strength between pigments, between pigments and fibers, or between fibers does not occur, and pigment piling to a blanket easily occurs. The weight average molecular weight of starch can be measured by preparing a calibration curve using pullulan and obtaining the relative molecular weight of pullulan from the retention time of the sample by gel filtration chromatography.

  In the present invention, the carboxy group substitution degree of the oxidized starch is preferably 0.017 or more. The carboxy group substitution degree affects the aging property of the starch gelatinization solution. If the carboxy group substitution degree is less than 0.017, aging of the starch gelatinization solution tends to proceed, and the starch does not contribute to strength over time. Aging amount will increase. In addition, the degree of carboxy group substitution is also involved in starch intermolecular bonds, and the greater the degree, the higher the starch intermolecular bond strength. In addition, a carboxyl group substitution degree calculates | requires the amount of carboxyl groups from neutralization titration of starch gelatinization liquid, and can calculate a substitution degree from the quantity.

  In the present invention, as a subcomponent of the coating solution, raw starch, ordinary oxidized starch, etherified starch, starch such as esterified starch, water-soluble cellulose such as carboxymethylcellulose, methylcellulose, hydroxyalkylcellulose, Natural water-soluble polymer derivatives such as alginic acid, guar gum, xanthan gum and pullulan, synthetic water-soluble polymers such as polyvinyl alcohol and polyacrylamide, styrene-butadiene copolymer, acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer, methyl methacrylate-butadiene copolymer Synthetic latexes such as polymers, antifoaming agents, slime control agents, dyes and the like may be appropriately blended.

  In the present invention, the coating concentration is not particularly limited, but the required coating properties vary depending on the coating machine and coating speed, and about 40 to 70% is preferable as in the case of a normal pigment coating solution. If it is less than 40%, the adhesive component in the paint tends to be absorbed into the base paper, and the surface strength tends to decrease. In addition, gloss is difficult to come out. If it exceeds 70%, the fluidity of the coating material is extremely deteriorated, and handling problems such as pump-up are likely to occur. Also, depending on the coating machine, a coating pattern such as streaks tends to appear, which is not preferable.

In the present invention, it is important that the ratio of the adhesive to the pigment is 10/100 to 50/100. In a technique (generally called a pigment size press) for improving the surface strength by applying a paint having a high adhesive ratio containing a pigment, the ratio of the adhesive and the pigment is generally 100/100 to 100/0. However, this technique alone cannot balance glossiness and other qualities as in the case of general pigment coated paper as described above. By fixing the pigment with as little adhesive as possible, it becomes possible to balance quality such as glossiness and ink absorbency, but when the ratio of adhesive to pigment is less than 10/100, the adhesive is too little. This makes it easier for the pigment to pile on the blanket. On the other hand, if it exceeds 50/100, the adhesive is too much, and it becomes impossible to balance glossiness and ink absorbency. Further, at the ratio of the adhesive to the pigment, the air permeability is too high at a normal pigment coating amount of about 12 to 60 g / m ^{2 on} both sides, and the moisture in the base paper is vaporized in the print drying process. It may swell and cause blister-like delamination called blisters, so it is necessary to reduce the coating amount, but if the coating amount is less than 6 g / m ^{2 on} one side, the covering of the base paper becomes insufficient, Coating defects can occur.

In the present invention, it is preferable to use a synthetic latex in combination with the oxidized starch containing the styrene / acrylic polymer of the present invention as an adhesive. The ratio is not particularly limited, but when 100 to 1000 parts by weight of synthetic latex is blended per 100 parts by weight of oxidized starch blended with a styrene / acrylic polymer, the adhesive strength between the pigments can be improved, and the pigment piling on the blanket is further improved. Since it can suppress, it is preferable. When the blended amount of the oxidized starch is too large, the glossiness is difficult to be exhibited, and unevenness is likely to occur during printing due to the uneven distribution of the adhesive due to binder migration. If the blended amount of the oxidized starch is too small, the water retention of the paint is lowered and there is a possibility that a coating pattern is generated.
As the synthetic latex, for example, a styrene / butadiene copolymer is most typical.

  Specific examples of the pigment in the present invention include known inorganic pigments such as kaolin clay, calcium carbonate, talc, aluminum hydroxide, barium sulfate, titanium dioxide, and satin white, and known organic pigments such as polystyrene and phenol resin. Can show. These pigments are used singly or as a mixture of two or more thereof. Among them, kaolin and calcium carbonate are preferably used because they can balance glossiness and whiteness and easily control the physical properties of the paint. .

In the present invention, the paper making method of the base paper may be any of acid paper making, neutral paper making, weak alkaline paper making, etc., but the base paper having a paper surface pH of 6.0 or more obtained by neutral paper making is particularly offset printing. Suitable as a pigment-coated paper. In neutral papermaking, neutral sizing agents such as neutral rosin size are usually used as internal sizes, but compared to the acid papermaking method, the amount of sulfate band used is limited to increase papermaking pH. . The internally added rosin sizing agent and surface sizing agent exhibit their sizing properties due to the interaction with the strong cation sulfate band, but when the paper surface pH is 6.0 or more by the neutral papermaking method, the cation amount is increased. It becomes extremely small, and the sizing property derived from the internally added rosin sizing agent and the surface sizing agent becomes difficult to express. However, in the present invention, since oxidized starch blended with a styrene / acrylic polymer is used, the hydrophobicity derived from the starch derivative does not change even in pigment coated paper having a high paper surface pH of 6.0 or higher. Desired sizing properties can be easily obtained, and ink landing properties can be improved while suppressing troubles such as blanket piling.
The pH of the paper surface can be measured with a pH meter for measuring paper surface (model MPC, manufactured by Kyoritsu Riken). That is, color development with a BCP solution with a pH measurement range of 4.6 to 6.8, or color development with a BTB solution with a pH measurement range of 6.0 to 8.0 attached to the paper surface measurement pH meter. Is compared with the standard plate to measure the paper surface PH.

As the base paper of the offset-coated pigment-coated paper used in the present invention, chemical pulp (NBKP, LBKP, etc.), mechanical pulp (GP, CGP, RGP, PGW, TMP, etc.), deinked waste paper pulp (DIP, etc.) ) Etc. are used alone or mixed in any ratio. Also, paper fillers such as white carbon, clay, amorphous silica, talc, titanium oxide, calcium carbonate are added during paper making. Also, if necessary, publicly known papermaking chemicals such as internal sizing agents, fixing agents, paper strength enhancers, yield improvers, water resistance agents, ultraviolet absorbers, etc. are appropriately added to the publicly known paper machines. Paper. There are no particular limitations on the papermaking conditions of the base paper. As the paper machine, for example, a commercial paper machine such as a long paper machine, a gap former paper machine, a circular paper machine, or a short paper machine can be selected and used as appropriate according to the purpose. .
The base paper used for the pigment-coated paper for offset printing of the present invention is not particularly limited, but in general, the base paper having a basis weight in the range of about 30 to 200 g / m ² depends on the purpose. Are appropriately selected and used. The physical properties of the newsprint base paper need to be printable by an offset printing machine, and may have physical properties such as tensile strength, tear strength, and elongation comparable to those of ordinary pigment-coated paper.

The coating apparatus for applying the coating composition of the present invention to the pigment-coated paper base paper is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include an ink line or vertical two-roll size press, a blade metering size press, and a rod metal. Roll coater such as ring size press, gate roll coater, trailing, flexible, roll application, fountain application, bevel type and bent type blade coater such as short dwell, rod blade coater, bar coater, air knife coater, curtain coater, spray Known and publicly used apparatuses such as a coater and a gravure coater are appropriately used. In addition, as a method of drying the wet coating layer after apply | coating a surface treating agent composition, various systems, such as vapor | steam drying, gas heater drying, electric heater drying, infrared heater drying, are employable, for example. The coating amount of the present invention, 6~30g / ^{m 2} in terms of solid per side content, preferably 6 to 15 g / ^{m 2,} more preferably at 6-10 g / ^{m 2.} If it is less than 6 g / m ² , the covering of the base paper is insufficient, and the printing surface may be deteriorated due to the occurrence of coating defects. On the other hand, even if coating exceeds 30 g / m ² , performance improvement commensurate with the increase in coating amount cannot be obtained, which is disadvantageous in terms of cost. The coating layer of the present invention may be provided in a single layer or multiple layers on a base paper or a base paper coated with an undercoat.

  In the production of the pigment-coated paper for offset printing of the present invention, after the formation of the coating layer of the coating composition, smoothing treatment is performed in various calendar devices. Commonly used calendar devices such as a render, a soft calendar, a gloss calendar, a compact calendar, a mat super calendar, and a mat calendar can be used as appropriate. As the calender finishing conditions, the temperature of the rigid roll, the calender pressure, the number of nips, the roll speed, the paper moisture before the calender, and the like are appropriately selected according to the required quality. Furthermore, the calendar device includes an off type that is different from the coater and an on type that is integrated with the coater, but can be used in either case. The material of the calendar apparatus to be used is a roll which is mirror-finished with a metal or a hard chrome plating on the surface of a rigid roll. As the elastic roll, a roll obtained by molding a resin roll such as urethane resin, epoxy resin, polyamide resin, phenol resin, or polyacrylate resin, cotton, nylon, asbestos, aramid fiber, or the like is appropriately used. Of course, it is also possible to use a suitable combination of a water coating device, an electrostatic humidifier, a steam humidifier, and the like for conditioning and humidifying the coated paper after finishing with a calendar.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to examples. However, the present invention is not limited to these examples. Moreover, unless otherwise indicated, the part and% in an example show a solid content mass part and solid content mass%, respectively.

The following physical properties were measured for the newsprint for offset printing as Examples and Comparative Examples obtained as described below, and the results are shown in Table 1.
(Surface contact angle of starch film)
A dry treatment amount of 5 g / m on a PET film obtained by hydrophilizing the surface treatment agent composition containing only starch or the surface treatment agent composition containing starch and a surface sizing agent used in each example and comparative example. After coating so as to be ² , it was dried with a dryer to prepare a surface treating agent film.
About each surface treating agent film obtained, a dynamic surface contact angle measuring device (Dynamic Absorption Tester DAT1100, manufactured by Fibro) was used at 23 ° C. and 50% RH atmosphere for 0.1 seconds after dropping water droplets. The surface contact angle after and after 1.0 second was measured.

(Surface contact angle of pigment coated paper for offset printing)
About the pigment-coated paper for offset printing obtained in each Example and Comparative Example, using a dynamic surface contact angle measuring device (Dynamic Absorption Tester DAT1100, manufactured by Fibro) under an atmosphere of 23 ° C. and 50% RH, The surface contact angle was measured 0.1 seconds and 1.0 seconds after dropping the water droplets.

(Blanket Piling)
About the pigment coated paper for offset printing obtained in each Example and Comparative Example, using an offset printing machine (Mitsubishi Lithopia L-BT3-1100) in which an aluminum plate and a blanket (DAY Blanket 8891 manufactured by DAY International) were set, After performing color four-color printing and printing 5000 copies, the degree of paper powder accumulation on the blanket non-image area was visually determined. Evaluation was performed by the following five-step evaluation.
<Evaluation criteria>
5: Little generation of paper dust is observed.
4: Generation of paper dust is slightly observed.
3: Although generation | occurrence | production of paper dust is recognized a little, it is a level which is satisfactory practically.
2: Generation of paper dust is clearly recognized.
1: A lot of paper dust is deposited on the blanket.
Those with an evaluation of less than 3 have practical problems.

(Ink fillability)
A sample strip having a width of 2 cm was cut from the pigment-coated paper for offset printing obtained in each Example and Comparative Example, and this was applied to a sample mount (OK Special Art Post 256 g / m ² ). ), Develop 0.4 ml of black ink (News Webmaster ink, manufactured by Sakata Inx Co., Ltd.), make a kiss touch between the rubber roll and the kneading roll, drop 0.2 ml of water between them, perform printing, The black density of the printed surface was measured with a color reflection densitometer (X-RITE 404G, manufactured by X RITE Inc.).

(Dry surface strength)
In the same manner as described above, a sample mount on which the newspaper for offset printing obtained in each of the examples and the comparative examples was pasted was prepared, and printing ink (paper test SD50 red B made by T & K TOKA Co., Ltd.) was used in the RI printing tester. ) Was used for printing, and the degree of picking on the printed surface was visually evaluated. Evaluation was performed by the following five-step evaluation.
<Evaluation criteria>
5: No fiber is removed and no white spots occur.
4: The fibers are taken out very slightly, and the white spots are slightly seen (about 1 to 5 places).
3: A level where there is no problem in practical use although fibers are partially removed. There are about 6 to 20 white areas.
2: Fibers are observed on the entire surface, and the area ratio of white spots is less than 5%.
1: Fibers are observed on the entire surface, and the area ratio of white areas is 5% or more.
Those with an evaluation of less than 3 have practical problems.

(Wet surface strength)
Prepare a sample board to which the newspaper for offset printing obtained in each of the examples and comparative examples was pasted in the same manner as described above, and the surface of the newspaper with a rubber roll dampened with damp gauze in an RI printing tester. Immediately after water was added, printing was performed using 0.5 ml of printing ink (manufactured by T & K TOKA Corporation), and the degree of picking on the printed surface was visually evaluated. Evaluation was performed by the following five-step evaluation.
<Evaluation criteria>
5: No fiber is removed and no white spots occur.
4: The fibers are taken out very slightly, and the white spots are slightly seen (about 1 to 5 places).
3: A level where there is no problem in practical use although fibers are partially removed.
2: Fibers are observed on the entire surface, and the area ratio of white spots is less than 5%.
1: Fibers are observed on the entire surface, and the area ratio of white areas is 5% or more.
Those with an evaluation of less than 3 have practical problems.

(Ink set)
A sample mount on which the newspaper for offset printing obtained in each of the examples and the comparative examples is attached is prepared. After kneading 0.5 ml of printing ink (manufactured by T & K TOKA Co., Ltd.) with an RI printing tester in which a rubber roll for ink kneading and a metal roll are set in the first stage, the rubber roll for ink kneading is removed and the metal roll for ink kneading Wash. A sample mount is set on the impression cylinder, and a rubber roll with the above-mentioned ink kneaded on the 3rd stage of the RI printing machine and a rubber roll wrapped with one-side coated paper for ink transfer are installed on the 3rd stage. Printing was once stopped when the sample touched the transfer paper, and printing was advanced by 2 to 3 cm at regular intervals, and the density change was visually evaluated. Evaluation was performed by the following five-step evaluation. In the following, the reference product is the newspaper for offset printing obtained in Comparative Example 1.
<Evaluation criteria>
5: Compared with the reference product, the ink density of the printed part of the paper on which the surface of the ink roll after printing is transferred is clearly low.
4: Compared with the reference product, the ink density of the printed part of the paper to which the surface of the ink roll after printing was transferred is slightly low.
3: Ink density level of the standard product. There is no practical problem.
2: Compared with the reference product, the ink density of the printed part of the paper to which the surface of the ink roll after printing is transferred is slightly high.
1: Compared with the reference product, the ink density of the printed part of the paper to which the surface of the ink roll after printing is transferred is clearly high.
Those with an evaluation of less than 3 have practical problems.

(Print face scraping)
Using the offset printing machine, after 2000 continuous black monochromatic printing was performed, the degree of blur on the printed surface was visually determined.
<Evaluation criteria>
5: The ink density on the printed surface is high, and no blurring is observed.
4: Slight blurring occurs, but the ink density is high overall.
3: Scratch is slightly observed, but there is no practical problem.
2: The occurrence of blur is clearly recognized, and the ink density on the printing surface is slightly low overall.
1: The degree of blurring is large, and the ink density on the printing surface is low overall.
Those with an evaluation of less than 3 have practical problems.

Preparation of pigment-coated paper base paper 40 parts of softwood kraft pulp, 20 parts of groundwood pulp, 40 parts of pressure groundwood pulp are mixed and disaggregated, and the pulp slurry is beaten with a refiner and cationized per dry pulp. Add 0.5% starch (P3Y, manufactured by PIRAAB STARCH Co, Ltd.), 0.8% neutral rosin sizing agent (N815, manufactured by Arakawa Chemical Co., Ltd.), 1% white carbon as a filler, sulfuric acid After adjusting the papermaking pH to 6.5 with a band, the obtained stock was made with a gap former paper machine to obtain a pigment-coated paper base paper having a basis weight of 45 g / m ² .

Example 1
As a coating composition, a 60% dispersion slurry in which 100 parts of kaolin (trade name; Milagros J, manufactured by Seal Co., Ltd.) is dispersed with 0.05 part of a dispersant (trade name; Aron T-40, manufactured by Toagosei Co., Ltd.) 12 parts of styrene butadiene latex (trade name; T-2635R, manufactured by JSR Corporation), oxidized corn starch blended with styrene / acrylic polymer (trade name; GRS-T120, manufactured by Oji Cornstarch Co., Ltd., weight average molecular weight 62000) Starch containing 7.0% by mass of styrene acrylic polymer copolymerized with a monomer ratio of octadecyl methacrylate / styrene / sodium acrylate = 20/40/40% by mass in oxidized starch, carboxy group substitution degree 0.020) 6.0 parts, waterproofing agent (trade name: Sumires SPI-102A, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. ) 0.1 parts of a lubricant (trade name: SN8004SP, manufactured by San Nopco Co., Ltd.) 0.23 part of a solid content concentration of 60% paint was prepared, and this was applied to both sides of the above-mentioned pigment coated paper base paper. Is applied so that the coating amount after drying is 8.0 g / m ² per side, dried and then super calendered, and an actual amount of 61.0 g / m ² pigment-coated paper for offset printing. Got.

Example 2
Instead of 6.0 parts of oxidized corn starch blended with styrene-acrylic polymer in the coating composition, 3.0 parts of oxidized corn starch blended with styrene-acrylic polymer, ordinary oxidized corn starch (trade name) Pigment coated paper for offset printing was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that 3.0 parts of Oji Ace A, manufactured by Oji Cornstarch Co., Ltd., weight average molecular weight 91000) were used.

Example 3
For offset printing in the same manner as in Example 1 except that 50 parts of kaolin and 50 parts of light calcium carbonate (trade name; Tama Pearl TP-123, manufactured by Okutama Kogyo Co., Ltd.) were used instead of 100 parts of kaolin of the coating composition. A pigment-coated paper was obtained.

Example 4
10 parts of oxidized corn starch compounded with styrene / acrylic polymer instead of 6.0 parts of oxidized corn starch compounded with styrene / acrylic polymer in the coating composition, styrene butadiene latex (trade name; T-2635R) Pigment-coated paper for offset printing was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that 10 parts were used.

Comparative Example 1
In place of 6.0 parts of oxidized corn starch blended with styrene / acrylic polymer of coating composition, ordinary oxidized corn starch (trade name; Oji Ace A, manufactured by Oji Cornstarch Co., Ltd., weight average molecular weight 91000, carboxy) A newsprint for offset printing was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that 6.0 parts of 0.014).

Comparative Example 2
Instead of 6.0 parts of oxidized corn starch blended with the styrene / acrylic polymer of the coating composition, ordinary oxidized corn starch (trade name; Oji Ace C, manufactured by Oji Cornstarch Co., Ltd., weight average molecular weight 45000, carboxy A newsprint for offset printing was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that 6.0 parts of the base substitution degree 0.025) was used.

Comparative Example 3
Oxidized corn starch blended with styrene / acrylic polymer in place of 6.0 parts of corn / acrylic polymer blended with styrene / acrylic polymer in coating composition (trade name: GRS-T110, manufactured by Oji Cornstarch Co., Ltd.) A newspaper for offset printing was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that 6.0 parts of a weight average molecular weight of 82000 and a carboxy group substitution degree of 0.016) were used.

Comparative Example 4
Oxidized corn starch blended with styrene / acrylic polymer in place of 6.0 parts of corn / acrylic polymer blended with styrene / acrylic polymer in coating composition (trade name: GRS-T110, manufactured by Oji Cornstarch Co., Ltd.) , Weight average molecular weight 82000, carboxy group substitution degree 0.016) 100 parts, styrene butadiene latex (trade name; T-2635R, manufactured by JSR Corporation) 50 parts, a paint having a solid content concentration of 20% was prepared. A surface-sized press paper for offset printing was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that this was applied to both sides of the above-mentioned pigment-coated paper base paper using a gate roll coater.

Comparative Example 5
Oxidized corn starch blended with styrene / acrylic polymer in the coating composition was replaced with 6.0 parts of oxidized corn starch blended with styrene / acrylic polymer (trade name: GRS-T120, manufactured by Oji Cornstarch Co., Ltd.) , Weight average molecular weight 62000, carboxy group substitution degree 0.020) 100 parts, styrene butadiene latex (trade name; T-2635R, manufactured by JSR Corporation) 50 parts, a paint having a solid content concentration of 20% is prepared, A surface-sized press paper for offset printing was obtained in the same manner as in Example 1 except that this was applied to both sides of the above-mentioned pigment-coated paper base paper using a gate roll coater.

A pigment-coated paper for offset printing obtained by applying and drying a coating composition containing an oxidized starch containing a pigment and a styrene / acrylic polymer as an adhesive component on a base paper is used for blanket piling. Since no trouble occurs and the ink deposition property during offset printing is remarkably improved, it can be applied as pigment-coated paper for offset printing that requires good printing workability and color printing quality.

Claims (4)

  A styrene / acrylic copolymer mainly composed of an adhesive and a pigment, the adhesive comprising an alkyl acrylate having a long chain alkyl group and styrene as a monomer main component, and oxidized starch, and the adhesive A pigment-coated paper for offset printing, which is formed by coating a coating liquid composition blended so that the ratio of the pigment to the pigment is 10/100 to 50/100.   The styrene / acrylic copolymer is a copolymer containing alkyl methacrylate esterified with an alcohol having 8 to 24 carbon atoms and styrene as a monomer main component, or a salt thereof. The pigment-coated paper for offset printing according to 1.   3. The offset coating pigment coating according to claim 1, wherein the content of the styrene / acrylic copolymer in the adhesive is 5 to 10% in terms of solid mass. 4. paper. The pigment-coated paper for offset printing according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the oxidized starch has a carboxy group substitution degree of 0.017 or more.