WO2014196213A1 - 活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクおよびそれを用いた画像形成方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an actinic ray curable inkjet ink and an image forming method using the same.
- the ink jet recording method is used in various printing fields because it can form an image easily and inexpensively.
- As one of the ink jet recording methods there is an ultraviolet curable ink jet method in which droplets of ultraviolet curable ink are landed on a recording medium and then cured by irradiation with ultraviolet rays to form an image.
- the ultraviolet curable ink jet method has been attracting attention in recent years because it can form an image having high scratch resistance and adhesion even on a recording medium having no ink absorbability.
- a method of adding a fatty acid ester as a wax has been proposed.
- the fatty acid inevitably enters the ink, so that the fatty acid may bleed on the ink surface after the ink is solidified. This is presumed to be due to the fact that the fatty acid easily migrates to the surface of the ink droplet because the fatty acid molecular chain is shorter than the fatty acid ester. Therefore, it has been required to reduce the fatty acid concentration in the ink.
- the fatty acid concentration in the ink is lowered too much, the surface slipping property of the recording medium is lowered after the ink is discharged and cured on the recording medium, and so-called paper jam is likely to occur. Further, when the fatty acid concentration in the ink is increased in order to improve the surface slipperiness, the dispersion stability of the ink is lowered, so that the density unevenness and the ejection stability are liable to occur.
- the present invention provides an actinic ray curable ink jet having good ink dispersion stability during storage, good ink surface slipperiness when ejected onto a recording medium, and no bleeding of fatty acids on the ink surface. It is an object to provide an ink and an image forming method using the same.
- An actinic ray curable compound at least one wax having a total wax mass of 1 to 8% by mass relative to the total mass of the ink, and a fatty acid having a total fatty acid mass of 0.0001 to 0.10% by mass relative to the total mass of the wax;
- An actinic ray curable ink-jet ink comprising: 2.
- 3. 3. The actinic radiation curable inkjet ink according to 1 or 2 above, wherein the wax is at least one of the compounds represented by the following general formulas (G1) and (G2).
- the actinic ray curable inkjet ink has good ink dispersion stability during storage, good ink surface slippage when ejected onto a recording medium, and no fatty acid bleeding on the ink surface. And an image forming method using the same.
- FIG. 1A is a side view showing an example of a configuration of a main part of an ink jet recording apparatus of a line recording system
- FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a structure of the principal part of the inkjet recording device of a serial recording system.
- the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink according to the embodiment includes an actinic radiation curable compound, at least one wax having a total wax mass of 1 to 8% by mass with respect to the total mass of the ink, and a total fatty acid mass with respect to the total mass of the wax. And a fatty acid of 0.0001 to 0.10% by mass.
- the details of the ink according to the embodiment will be described through the description of each component.
- the actinic ray curable compound is a photopolymerizable compound that is crosslinked or polymerized by actinic rays.
- the actinic rays are, for example, electron beams, ultraviolet rays, ⁇ rays, ⁇ rays, and X-rays, and preferably ultraviolet rays and electron beams.
- the actinic ray curable compound is a radical polymerizable compound or a cationic polymerizable compound, and is preferably a radical polymerizable compound.
- the radical polymerizable compound is a compound (monomer, oligomer, polymer or mixture thereof) having an ethylenically unsaturated bond capable of radical polymerization. Only one kind of radically polymerizable compound may be contained in the actinic ray curable inkjet ink, or two or more kinds thereof may be contained.
- Examples of the compound having an ethylenically unsaturated bond capable of radical polymerization include an unsaturated carboxylic acid and a salt thereof, an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester compound, an unsaturated carboxylic acid urethane compound, an unsaturated carboxylic acid amide compound and an anhydride thereof, Examples include acrylonitrile, styrene, unsaturated polyester, unsaturated polyether, unsaturated polyamide, and unsaturated urethane.
- Examples of the unsaturated carboxylic acid include (meth) acrylic acid, itaconic acid, crotonic acid, isocrotonic acid, maleic acid and the like.
- the radical polymerizable compound is preferably an unsaturated carboxylic acid ester compound, and more preferably a (meth) acrylate compound.
- the (meth) acrylate compound may be not only a monomer described later, but also an oligomer, a mixture of a monomer and an oligomer, a modified product, an oligomer having a polymerizable functional group, and the like.
- Examples of (meth) acrylate compounds include isoamyl (meth) acrylate, stearyl (meth) acrylate, lauryl (meth) acrylate, octyl (meth) acrylate, decyl (meth) acrylate, isomyristyl (meth) acrylate, isostearyl (meth) ) Acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl-diglycol (meth) acrylate, 2-hydroxybutyl (meth) acrylate, 2- (meth) acryloyloxyethyl hexahydrophthalic acid, butoxyethyl (meth) acrylate, ethoxydiethylene glycol (meth) acrylate , Methoxydiethylene glycol (meth) acrylate, methoxypolyethylene glycol (meth) acrylate, methoxypropylene glycol (meth) acrylate, phenoxyethyl (meth)
- (meth) acrylate compounds are stearyl (meth) acrylate, lauryl (meth) acrylate, isostearyl (meth) acrylate, ethoxydiethylene glycol (meth) acrylate, isobornyl (meth) acrylate, tetraethylene glycol di (Meth) acrylate, glycerin propoxytri (meth) acrylate and the like are preferable.
- the (meth) acrylate compound may be a modified product.
- modified products include ethylene oxide-modified (meth) acrylate compounds such as ethylene oxide-modified trimethylolpropane tri (meth) acrylate and ethylene oxide-modified pentaerythritol tetraacrylate; caprolactone such as caprolactone-modified trimethylolpropane tri (meth) acrylate Modified (meth) acrylate compounds; and caprolactam-modified (meth) acrylate compounds such as caprolactam-modified dipentaerythritol hexa (meth) acrylate.
- “(meth) acrylate” includes acrylate monomer and / or acrylate oligomer, methacrylate monomer and / or methacrylate oligomer.
- the actinic ray curable inkjet ink is a sol-gel phase transition type
- the ethylene oxide-modified (meth) acrylate compound has high photosensitivity and easily forms a card house structure (described later) when the ink gels at a low temperature.
- the ethylene oxide-modified (meth) acrylate compound is easily dissolved in other ink components at high temperatures and has little curing shrinkage, so that curling of the printed matter hardly occurs.
- Examples of ethylene oxide-modified (meth) acrylate compounds include 4EO-modified hexanediol diacrylate CD561 (molecular weight 358), 3EO-modified trimethylolpropane triacrylate SR454 (molecular weight 429), 6EO-modified trimethylolpropane triacrylate SR499 manufactured by Sartomer. (Molecular weight 560), 4EO-modified pentaerythritol tetraacrylate SR494 (molecular weight 528); Shin-Nakamura Chemical Co., Ltd.
- polyethylene glycol diacrylate NK ester A-400 (molecular weight 508), polyethylene glycol diacrylate NK ester A-600 (molecular weight 742) , Polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate NK ester 9G (molecular weight 536), polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate NK Este 14G (molecular weight 770); Tetraethylene glycol diacrylate V # 335HP (molecular weight 302) manufactured by Osaka Organic Chemical Co .; 3PO-modified trimethylolpropane triacrylate Photomer 4072 (molecular weight 471, ClogP 4.90) manufactured by Cognis; Shin-Nakamura Chemical 1,10-decanediol dimethacrylate NK ester DOD-N (molecular weight 310, Clog P 5.75), tricyclodecane dimethanol diacrylate NK ester A-DCP (molecular weight 304, Clog P 4.69) and tricyclodecane Methanol dimethacrylate NK este
- the “log P value” is a coefficient indicating the affinity of an organic compound for water and 1-octanol.
- the 1-octanol / water partition coefficient P is a distribution equilibrium when a trace amount of compound is dissolved as a solute in a two-liquid solvent of 1-octanol and water, and is a ratio of the equilibrium concentration of the compound in each solvent. Their logarithm logP relative to the base 10 is indicated. That is, the “log P value” is a logarithmic value of the 1-octanol / water partition coefficient and is known as an important parameter representing the hydrophilicity / hydrophobicity of a molecule.
- the “ClogP value” is a logP value calculated by calculation.
- the ClogP value can be calculated by a fragment method, an atomic approach method, or the like. More specifically, ClogP values can be calculated in the literature (C. Hansch and A. Leo, “Substituent Constants for Correlation Analysis in Chemistry and Biology” (John Wiley & Sons, New York, 69). Or the following commercially available software package 1 or 2 may be used.
- Software Package 1 MedChem Software (Release 3.54, Aug. 1991, Medicinal Chemistry Project, Pomona College, Clarmont, CA)
- Software package 2 Chem Draw Ultra ver. 8.0. (April 2003, CambridgeSoft Corporation, USA)
- the numerical value of the ClogP value described in the present specification and the like is a “ClogP value” calculated using the software package 2.
- the (meth) acrylate compound may be a polymerizable oligomer.
- polymerizable oligomers include epoxy (meth) acrylate oligomers, aliphatic urethane (meth) acrylate oligomers, aromatic urethane (meth) acrylate oligomers, polyester (meth) acrylate oligomers, and linear (meth) acrylic oligomers. included.
- the cationically polymerizable compound can be an epoxy compound, a vinyl ether compound, an oxetane compound, or the like. Only one kind of cationic polymerizable compound may be contained in the actinic ray curable inkjet ink, or two or more kinds thereof may be contained.
- the epoxy compound is an aromatic epoxide, an alicyclic epoxide, an aliphatic epoxide, or the like, and an aromatic epoxide or an alicyclic epoxide is preferable in order to increase curability.
- the aromatic epoxide may be a di- or polyglycidyl ether obtained by reacting a polyhydric phenol or an alkylene oxide adduct thereof with epichlorohydrin.
- examples of the polyhydric phenol to be reacted or its alkylene oxide adduct include bisphenol A or its alkylene oxide adduct.
- the alkylene oxide in the alkylene oxide adduct can be ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and the like.
- the alicyclic epoxide can be a cycloalkane oxide-containing compound obtained by epoxidizing a cycloalkane-containing compound with an oxidizing agent such as hydrogen peroxide or peracid.
- the cycloalkane in the cycloalkane oxide-containing compound can be cyclohexene or cyclopentene.
- the aliphatic epoxide can be a di- or polyglycidyl ether obtained by reacting an aliphatic polyhydric alcohol or an alkylene oxide adduct thereof with epichlorohydrin.
- the aliphatic polyhydric alcohol include ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, alkylene glycol such as 1,6-hexanediol, and the like.
- the alkylene oxide in the alkylene oxide adduct can be ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, and the like.
- vinyl ether compounds include ethyl vinyl ether, n-butyl vinyl ether, isobutyl vinyl ether, octadecyl vinyl ether, cyclohexyl vinyl ether, hydroxybutyl vinyl ether, 2-ethylhexyl vinyl ether, cyclohexanedimethanol monovinyl ether, n-propyl vinyl ether, isopropyl vinyl ether, isopropenyl ether.
- monovinyl ether compounds such as -o-propylene carbonate, dodecyl vinyl ether, diethylene glycol monovinyl ether, octadecyl vinyl ether; Diethylene glycol divinyl ether, diethylene glycol divinyl ether, triethylene glycol divinyl ether, propylene glycol divinyl ether, dipropylene glycol divinyl ether, butanediol divinyl ether, hexanediol divinyl ether, cyclohexane dimethanol divinyl ether, trimethylolpropane trivinyl ether, etc. Or a trivinyl ether compound etc. are contained. Of these vinyl ether compounds, di- or trivinyl ether compounds are preferred in view of curability and adhesion.
- the oxetane compound is a compound having an oxetane ring, and examples thereof include oxetane compounds described in JP-A Nos. 2001-220526, 2001-310937, and JP-A-2005-255821.
- the compound represented by the general formula (1) described in paragraph No. 0089 of JP-A No. 2005-255821 the compound represented by the general formula (2) described in paragraph No. 0092 of the same publication
- the paragraph Examples include a compound represented by general formula (7) of number 0107, a compound represented by general formula (8) of paragraph number 0109, a compound represented by general formula (9) of paragraph number 0116, and the like.
- the general formulas (1), (2), (7), (8), and (9) described in JP-A-2005-255821 are shown below.
- the content of the actinic ray curable compound in the actinic ray curable inkjet ink is preferably 1 to 97% by mass, and more preferably 30 to 95% by mass.
- Wax is generally defined as an organic substance that is solid at room temperature and liquid when heated.
- the melting point of the wax is preferably 30 ° C. or higher and lower than 150 ° C.
- the wax contained in the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink is at least 1) dissolved in the actinic radiation curable compound at a temperature higher than the gelation temperature, and 2) crystallized in the ink at a temperature below the gelation temperature. It is preferable.
- the wax in the present invention does not contain fatty acids.
- the “sol-gel phase transition temperature” refers to the temperature at the change (transition) point at which the sol state changes to the gel state (transition), and the gel transition temperature, gel dissolution temperature, gel softening temperature, sol-gel transition point, It is synonymous with the term called gel point.
- the structure in which the actinic ray curable compound is encapsulated in the space three-dimensionally surrounded by the plate crystal is sometimes referred to as “card house structure”.
- the liquid actinic radiation curable compound can be retained and the ink droplets can be pinned. Thereby, coalescence of droplets can be suppressed.
- the actinic ray curable compound dissolved in the ink and the wax are compatible.
- the actinic ray curable compound dissolved in the ink and the wax are phase-separated, it may be difficult to form a card house structure.
- wax is not particularly limited.
- Preferred examples of wax include Aliphatic ketones such as dilignoceryl ketone, dibehenyl ketone, distearyl ketone, dieicosyl ketone, dipalmityl ketone, dilauryl ketone, dimyristyl ketone, myristyl palmityl ketone, palmityl stearyl ketone, etc.
- Fatty acid esters such as benenyl behenate, icosyl icosanoate, stearyl stearate, palmityl stearate, cetyl palmitate, myristyl myristate, cetyl myristate, myristyl serinate, etc.
- SS (manufactured by Kao Corporation, melting point 60 ° C.), EMALEXCC-18 (manufactured by Nippon Emulsion Co., Ltd.), Amreps PC (manufactured by Higher Alcohol Industry Co., Ltd.), EXCEPARL MY-M (manufactured by Kao Corporation), SPALM ACETI (NOF Corporation) Company-made), EMALEX CC-10 (manufactured by Nippon Emulsion Co., Ltd.), etc.); Petroleum waxes such as paraffin wax, microcrystalline wax, petrolactam; Plant waxes such as candelilla wax, carnauba wax, rice wax, wood wax, jojoba oil, jojoba solid wax, and jojoba ester; Animal waxes such as beeswax, lanolin and whale wax; Mineral waxes such as montan wax and hydrogenated wax; Hydrogenated castor oil or hydrogenated castor oil derivative; Modified waxes such as montan wax derivatives
- aliphatic ketones As the wax, aliphatic ketones, fatty acid esters, higher alcohols, and fatty acid amides are particularly preferable, and aliphatic ketones or fatty acid esters are more preferable.
- Particularly preferred waxes include compounds represented by the following general formulas (G1) and (G2).
- General formula (G1) R1-CO-R2
- General formula (G2) R3-COO-R4
- R1 to R4 each independently represents an alkyl chain having a straight chain portion having 12 or more carbon atoms and which may have a branch.
- General formula (G1) is referred to as an aliphatic ketone, and general formula (G2) is referred to as a fatty acid ester. These waxes are preferable because the ink droplets can be gelled more stably (with good reproducibility), and coalescence of ink droplets (dots) landed on the recording medium can be suppressed.
- the sol-gel transition temperature of the ink-jet ink is arbitrarily set, but is preferably in the range of 30 to 100 ° C. from the viewpoints of stable ejection properties of ink droplets, adverse effects associated with high-temperature heating, and the like.
- the sol-gel transition temperature is preferably between the ink temperature in the ink jet recording head and the temperature of the recording medium.
- the sol-gel transition temperature is measured by, for example, placing a gel-like test piece on a heat plate, heating the heat plate, measuring the temperature at which the shape of the test piece collapses, and obtaining this as the sol-gel phase transition temperature. be able to. It can also be measured using a commercially available viscoelasticity measuring device (for example, Physica viscoelasticity measuring device MCR300).
- the sol-gel transition temperature can be adjusted by the type and amount of the photopolymerizable compound described below.
- the ink according to the embodiment contains a predetermined amount of wax (gelling agent), the ink is ejected from the inkjet recording head and landed on the recording medium as ink droplets to reach a temperature lower than the sol-gel phase transition temperature. If it falls, it will be in a gel state rapidly. For this reason, mixing of dots and dot coalescence are suppressed, and high image quality can be formed during high-speed printing. Thereafter, the gelled ink droplets are irradiated with light and cured, whereby the ink droplets are fixed on the recording medium to form a strong image film.
- wax gelling agent
- the ink droplets that have landed on the recording medium are quickly gelled, so that the ink droplets do not diffuse on the recording medium, so that oxygen in the environment is unlikely to enter the ink droplets.
- curing is less susceptible to oxygen inhibition.
- the content of the wax in the actinic ray curable inkjet ink is 1 to 8% by mass, and more preferably 1 to 4% by mass with respect to the total mass of the ink.
- the total amount thereof is preferably in the above range.
- the wax content is less than 1% by mass, there is a possibility that the actinic ray curable inkjet ink does not sufficiently undergo sol-gel phase transition.
- the wax content exceeds 10% by mass, the ink ejectability from the inkjet head may deteriorate.
- Method to reduce the amount of fatty acid in wax for example, a method of adding an alcohol constituting the wax to the wax can be mentioned. As a specific embodiment, a method for reducing the amount of fatty acid in the fatty acid ester is shown below.
- R3-COO-R4 of the general formula (G2) is a fatty acid ester
- a fatty acid is R3-COOH
- an alcohol is R4-OH
- Alcohol R4-OH
- concentrated sulfuric acid and solvent (octadecene) are added to obtain a mixture.
- the resulting mixture is charged to a Dean Starks apparatus. Thereafter, the mixture is heated and stirred to remove water produced by reaction in the system. The mixture is then cooled to any temperature and the crystals in the ester are removed.
- recrystallization is repeated with a mixed solution of hexane and methanol to remove 1-octadecene contained in the crystal.
- the amount of fatty acid in the fatty acid ester can be reduced.
- the amount of fatty acid in the aliphatic ketone can also be reduced by the same method.
- the ink according to the embodiment preferably contains 0.0001 to 0.10% by mass of fatty acid based on the total mass of the wax.
- the ink according to the embodiment preferably contains 0.01 to 10 mass ppm of fatty acid with respect to the total mass of the ink.
- the fatty acid is preferably a compound having 12 or more carbon atoms. Specific examples of fatty acids include behenic acid (C 22 H 44 O 2 ), arachidic acid (C 20 H 40 O 2 ), stearic acid (C 18 H 36 O 2 ), palmitic acid (C 16 H 32 O 2 ).
- LUNAC BA Myristic acid (C 14 H 28 O 2 ), lauric acid (C 12 H 24 O 2 ), oleic acid (C 18 H 34 O 2 ), and erucic acid (C 22 H 42 O 2 ), such as LUNAC BA , LUNAC S-90V, LUNAC S-98, LUNAC P-70, LUNAC P-95, LUNAC MY-98, LUNAC L-70, LUNAC L-98 (all manufactured by Kao Corporation), NAA-222S beads, NAA-222 Powder, Beads stearic acid sakura, Beads stearic acid Tsubaki, Powdered stearic acid sakura, Powdered stearic acid Tsubaki, NAA-160, NAA-142, NAA-122 NAA-34, NAA-35, erucic acid (all manufactured by NOF Corporation) and the like.
- the total mass of the fatty acid relative to the total mass of the wax is less than 0.0001% by mass, the surface slippage of the ink is deteriorated when the ink is ejected onto the recording medium, and so-called paper jam is likely to occur.
- the total mass of the fatty acid with respect to the total mass of the wax exceeds 0.10% by mass, the dispersion stability of the ink is lowered, and bleeding may occur in the recording medium.
- the amount of fatty acid contained in the ink can be measured by, for example, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) or gas chromatography (GC). These detection methods are merely examples, and the method for detecting fatty acids in the present invention is not limited to HPLC or GC. The typical detection conditions for HPLC and GC are described below.
- the actinic ray curable inkjet ink may further contain a photopolymerization initiator.
- a photopolymerization initiator may ordinarily not be included.
- a photopolymerization initiator is preferably contained.
- the photopolymerization initiator includes an intramolecular bond cleavage type and an intramolecular hydrogen abstraction type.
- intramolecular bond cleavage type photopolymerization initiators include diethoxyacetophenone, 2-hydroxy-2-methyl-1-phenylpropan-1-one, benzyldimethyl ketal, 1- (4-isopropylphenyl) -2.
- intramolecular hydrogen abstraction type photopolymerization initiators examples include benzophenone, methyl 4-phenylbenzophenone o-benzoylbenzoate, 4,4′-dichlorobenzophenone, hydroxybenzophenone, 4-benzoyl-4′-methyl-diphenyl.
- Benzophenones such as sulfide, acrylated benzophenone, 3,3 ′, 4,4′-tetra (t-butylperoxycarbonyl) benzophenone, 3,3′-dimethyl-4-methoxybenzophenone; 2-isopropylthioxanthone, 2,4 -Thioxanthone series such as dimethylthioxanthone, 2,4-diethylthioxanthone, 2,4-dichlorothioxanthone; Aminobenzophenone series such as Michler ketone, 4,4'-diethylaminobenzophenone; 10-butyl-2-chloroacridone, 2-ethyl Anthraquinone, 9,10-phenanthrene Quinone, include camphor quinone and the like.
- the content of the photopolymerization initiator in the actinic ray curable inkjet ink is preferably 0.01 to 10% by mass, although it depends on the actinic ray and the type of the actinic ray curable compound.
- the actinic ray curable inkjet ink may contain a photoacid generator as a photopolymerization initiator.
- photoacid generators include chemically amplified photoresists and compounds used for photocationic polymerization (Organic Electronics Materials Study Group, “Organic Materials for Imaging”, Bunshin Publishing (1993), 187. See page 192).
- the actinic ray curable ink-jet ink may further contain a photopolymerization initiator auxiliary agent or a polymerization inhibitor, if necessary.
- the photopolymerization initiator assistant may be a tertiary amine compound, preferably an aromatic tertiary amine compound.
- aromatic tertiary amine compounds include N, N-dimethylaniline, N, N-diethylaniline, N, N-dimethyl-p-toluidine, N, N-dimethylamino-p-benzoic acid ethyl ester, N, N-dimethylamino-p-benzoic acid isoamyl ethyl ester, N, N-dihydroxyethylaniline, triethylamine, N, N-dimethylhexylamine and the like are included.
- N, N-dimethylamino-p-benzoic acid ethyl ester and N, N-dimethylamino-p-benzoic acid isoamyl ethyl ester are preferred. Only one kind of these compounds may be contained in the actinic ray curable inkjet ink, or two or more kinds thereof may be contained.
- polymerization inhibitors include (alkyl) phenol, hydroquinone, catechol, resorcin, p-methoxyphenol, t-butylcatechol, t-butylhydroquinone, pyrogallol, 1,1-picrylhydrazyl, phenothiazine, p-benzoquinone , Nitrosobenzene, 2,5-di-t-butyl-p-benzoquinone, dithiobenzoyl disulfide, picric acid, cuperone, aluminum N-nitrosophenylhydroxylamine, tri-p-nitrophenylmethyl, N- (3-oxyanilino- 1,3-dimethylbutylidene) aniline oxide, dibutylcresol, cyclohexanone oxime cresol, guaiacol, o-isopropylphenol, butyraloxime, methyl ethyl ketoxime, cyclohexanone oxime
- the actinic ray curable inkjet ink may further contain a coloring material as necessary.
- the coloring material can be a dye or a pigment, but is preferably a pigment because it has good dispersibility with respect to the components of the ink and is excellent in weather resistance.
- the pigment is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, an organic pigment or an inorganic pigment having the following numbers described in the color index.
- red or magenta pigments examples include Pigment Red 3, 5, 19, 22, 31, 38, 43, 48: 1, 48: 2, 48: 3, 48: 4, 48: 5, 49: 1, 53. : 1, 57: 1, 57: 2, 58: 4, 63: 1, 81, 81: 1, 81: 2, 81: 3, 81: 4, 88, 104, 108, 112, 122, 123, 144 146, 149, 166, 168, 169, 170, 177, 178, 179, 184, 185, 208, 216, 226, 257, Pigment Violet 3, 19, 23, 29, 30, 37, 50, 88, Pigment Orange 13, 16, 20, 36, etc. are included.
- Examples of blue or cyan pigments include Pigment Blue 1, 15, 15: 1, 15: 2, 15: 3, 15: 4, 15: 6, 16, 17-1, 22, 27, 28, 29, 36. , 60 and the like.
- Examples of green pigments include Pigment Green 7, 26, 36, and 50.
- Examples of yellow pigments include Pigment Yellow 1, 3, 12, 13, 14, 17, 34, 35, 37, 55, 74, 81, 83, 93, 94, 95, 97, 108, 109, 110, 137. 138, 139, 153, 154, 155, 157, 166, 167, 168, 180, 185, 193 and the like.
- Examples of the black pigment include Pigment Black 7, 28, 26 and the like.
- Examples of commercially available pigments include chromofine yellow 2080, 5900, 5930, AF-1300, 2700L, chromofine orange 3700L, 6730, chromofine scarlet 6750, chromofine magenta 6880, 6886, 6891N, 6790, 6887, chromo Fine Violet RE, Chromo Fine Red 6820, 6830, Chromo Fine Blue HS-3, 5187, 5108, 5197, 5085N, SR-5020, 5026, 5050, 4920, 4927, 4937, 4824, 4933GN-EP, 4940, 4973, 5205, 5208, 5214, 5221, 5000P, Chromofine Green 2GN, 2GO, 2G-550D, 5310, 5370, 6830, Chromofine Black A-1103, Seika Fast Yellow 10GH, A-3, 2035, 2054, 2200, 2270, 2300, 2400 (B), 2500, 2600, ZAY
- the pigment can be dispersed by, for example, a ball mill, sand mill, attritor, roll mill, agitator, Henschel mixer, colloid mill, ultrasonic homogenizer, pearl mill, wet jet mill, paint shaker, or the like.
- the pigment is dispersed so that the average particle diameter of the pigment particles is preferably 0.08 to 0.5 ⁇ m, and the maximum particle diameter is preferably 0.3 to 10 ⁇ m, more preferably 0.3 to 3 ⁇ m. Is preferred.
- the dispersion of the pigment is adjusted by the selection of the pigment, the dispersant, and the dispersion medium, the dispersion conditions, the filtration conditions, and the like.
- the actinic ray curable inkjet ink may further contain a dispersant in order to enhance the dispersibility of the pigment.
- the dispersant include a hydroxyl group-containing carboxylic acid ester, a salt of a long chain polyaminoamide and a high molecular weight acid ester, a salt of a high molecular weight polycarboxylic acid, a salt of a long chain polyaminoamide and a polar acid ester, a high molecular weight unsaturated acid ester , Polymer copolymer, modified polyurethane, modified polyacrylate, polyether ester type anionic activator, naphthalene sulfonic acid formalin condensate salt, aromatic sulfonic acid formalin condensate salt, polyoxyethylene alkyl phosphate ester, polyoxyethylene Nonylphenyl ether, stearylamine acetate and the like are included.
- Examples of commercially available dispersants include Avecia's Solspers
- the actinic ray curable inkjet ink may further contain a dispersion aid as necessary.
- the dispersion aid may be selected according to the pigment.
- the total amount of the dispersant and the dispersion aid is preferably 1 to 50% by mass with respect to the total mass of the pigment.
- the actinic ray curable inkjet ink may further include a dispersion medium for dispersing the pigment as necessary.
- a solvent may be included in the ink as a dispersion medium, in order to suppress the residual solvent in the formed image, the actinic ray curable compound (particularly a monomer having a low viscosity) as described above is the dispersion medium. It is preferable.
- the dye can be an oil-soluble dye or the like.
- oil-soluble dyes include the following various dyes.
- magenta dyes include MS Magenta VP, MS Magenta HM-1450, MS Magenta HSo-147 (above, manufactured by Mitsui Toatsu), AIZENSOT Red-1, AIZEN SOT Red-2, AIZEN SOTRed-3, AIZEN SOT Pink-1, SPIRON Red GEH SPECIAL (above, manufactured by Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.), RESOLIN Red FB 200%, MACROLEX Red Violet R, MACROLEX ROT5B (above, manufactured by Bayer Japan Co., Ltd.), KAYASET Red B, KAYA 802 (above, Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.), PHLOXIN, ROSE Bengal, ACID Red (above, Manufactured by Iva Kasei), HSR-31, DIARESIN Red K (manufactured by Mitsubishi Kasei Corp
- cyan dyes examples include MS Cyan HM-1238, MS Cyan HSo-16, Cyan HSo-144, MS Cyan VPG (manufactured by Mitsui Toatsu), AIZEN SOT Blue-4 (manufactured by Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.), RESOLIN BR. Blue BGLN 200%, MACROLEX Blue RR, CERES Blue GN, SIRIUS SUPRATURQ. Blue Z-BGL, SIRIUS SUTRA TURQ. Blue FB-LL 330% (from Bayer Japan), KAYASET Blue FR, KAYASET Blue N, KAYASET Blue 814, Turq.
- Blue GL-5 200 Light Blue BGL-5 200 (Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd.), DAIWA Blue 7000, Olesol Fast Blue GL (Daiwa Kasei Co., Ltd.), DIARESIN Blue P (Mitsubishi Chemical Co., Ltd.), SUDA Blue 670, NEOPEN Blue 808, ZAPON Blue 806 (above, manufactured by BASF Japan Ltd.) and the like are included.
- yellow dyes examples include MS Yellow HSm-41, Yellow KX-7, Yellow EX-27 (Mitsui Toatsu), AIZEN SOT Yellow-1, AIZEN SOT Yellow W-3, AIZEN SOT Yellow-6 (above, Hodogaya (Manufactured by Kagakusha), MACROLEX Yellow 6G, MACROLEX FLUOR.
- black dyes examples include MS Black VPC (Mitsui Toatsu Co., Ltd.), AIZEN SOT Black-1, AIZEN SOT Black-5 (above, manufactured by Hodogaya Chemical Co., Ltd.), RESORIN Black GSN 200%, RESOLIN BlackBS (above, Bayer Japan), KAYASET Black AN (Nippon Kayaku), DAIWA Black MSC (Daiwa Kasei), HSB-202 (Mitsubishi Kasei), NEPTUNE Black X60, NEOPEN Black X58 (above, BASF) Japan product).
- the content of the pigment or dye is preferably 0.1 to 20% by mass, more preferably 0.4 to 10% by mass with respect to the actinic ray curable inkjet ink. This is because if the content of the pigment or dye is too small, the color of the resulting image is not sufficient, and if it is too large, the viscosity of the ink increases and the jetting property decreases.
- the actinic ray curable inkjet ink may further contain other components as necessary.
- Other components may be various additives, other resins, and the like.
- the additive include a surfactant, a leveling additive, a matting agent, an ultraviolet absorber, an infrared absorber, an antibacterial agent, and a basic compound for enhancing the storage stability of the ink.
- basic compounds include basic alkali metal compounds, basic alkaline earth metal compounds, basic organic compounds such as amines, and the like.
- other resins include resins for adjusting the physical properties of the cured film, such as polyester resins, polyurethane resins, vinyl resins, acrylic resins, rubber resins, and waxes. It is.
- the actinic ray curable inkjet ink can be obtained by mixing the actinic ray curable compound, the wax, the liquid component, and any of the components under heating. It is preferable to filter the obtained liquid mixture with a predetermined filter.
- the actinic ray curable ink-jet ink is an ink that reversibly undergoes a sol-gel phase transition with temperature. Since the sol-gel phase transition type actinic ray curable ink is a sol at a high temperature (for example, about 80 ° C.), it can be ejected from an ink jet recording head. When actinic ray curable inkjet ink is ejected at a high temperature, ink droplets (dots) land on the recording medium, and then naturally cool to gel. Thereby, coalescence of adjacent dots can be suppressed and image quality can be improved.
- a high temperature for example, about 80 ° C.
- the viscosity of the ink at a high temperature is not more than a certain level.
- the viscosity of the actinic ray curable inkjet ink at 80 ° C. is preferably 3 to 20 mPa ⁇ s.
- the viscosity of the ink at normal temperature after landing is a certain level or more.
- the viscosity at 25 ° C. of the actinic ray curable inkjet ink is preferably 1000 mPa ⁇ s or more.
- the gelation temperature of the sol-gel phase transition ink is preferably 40 ° C. or higher and 70 ° C. or lower, and more preferably 50 ° C. or higher and 65 ° C. or lower. If the gelation temperature of the ink exceeds 70 ° C. when the ejection temperature is in the vicinity of 80 ° C., gelation tends to occur at the time of ejection, resulting in poor ejection properties. On the other hand, if the gelation temperature is less than 40 ° C., the gelation does not occur immediately after landing on the recording medium.
- the gelation temperature is a temperature at which the fluidity decreases due to gelation in the process of cooling the ink in the sol state.
- the viscosity at 80 ° C., the viscosity at 25 ° C. and the gelation temperature of the sol-gel phase transition type ink can be determined by measuring the temperature change of the dynamic viscoelasticity of the ink with a rheometer. Specifically, a temperature change curve of viscosity is obtained when the ink is heated to 100 ° C. and cooled to 20 ° C. under conditions of a shear rate of 11.7 (1 / s) and a temperature decrease rate of 0.1 ° C./s. . And the viscosity in 80 degreeC and the viscosity in 25 degreeC can be calculated
- the gelation temperature can be determined as the temperature at which the viscosity becomes 200 mPa ⁇ s in the temperature change curve of the viscosity.
- the rheometer can be a stress control type rheometer Physica MCR series manufactured by Anton Paar.
- the cone plate can have a diameter of 75 mm and a cone angle of 1.0 °.
- the sol-gel phase transition type ink has an ink temperature of (gelation temperature + 10) ° C. to (increase temperature) of the ink when filled in the ejection recording head in order to improve the ejection property of the ink from the ejection recording head.
- the gelling temperature is preferably set to +30) ° C.
- the temperature of the ink in the ejection recording head is less than (gelation temperature + 10) ° C.
- the ink is gelled in the ejection recording head or on the nozzle surface, and the ink ejection property is likely to deteriorate.
- the temperature of the ink in the ejection recording head exceeds (gelation temperature + 30) ° C., the ink becomes too high, and the ink component may deteriorate.
- the inkjet recording method includes: 1) a step of ejecting the above-described actinic ray curable inkjet ink onto a recording medium; and 2) a step of irradiating the ink landed on the recording medium with an actinic ray to cure the above-described ink. Including.
- the inkjet ink stored in the ejection recording head may be ejected as droplets toward the recording medium through the nozzles.
- the temperature of the inkjet ink stored in the ejection recording head is set to a temperature at which the content of the wax contained in the ink is equal to or lower than the saturated dissolution amount of the wax in the ink. That is, the wax is dissolved as much as possible in the inkjet ink stored in the ejection recording head.
- the ink that has landed on the recording medium is irradiated with light.
- the light irradiated according to the kind of actinic-light curable compound and may be an ultraviolet-ray, an electron beam, etc.
- Actinic ray curable ink jet recording apparatuses include a line recording method (single pass recording method) and a serial recording method.
- the line recording method is preferable from the viewpoint of high-speed recording, although it may be selected according to the required image resolution and recording speed.
- FIG. 1A is a side view illustrating an example of a configuration of a main part of an ink jet recording apparatus of a line recording type
- FIG. 1B is a top view thereof.
- the ink jet recording apparatus 10 includes a head carriage 16 that accommodates a plurality of ink ejection recording heads 14 and the entire width of the recording medium 12, and the head carriage 16 (the recording medium of the recording medium).
- the actinic ray irradiation unit 18 disposed on the downstream side in the transport direction) and the temperature control unit 19 disposed on the lower surface of the recording medium 12 are provided.
- the head carriage 16 is fixedly arranged so as to cover the entire width of the recording medium 12, and accommodates a plurality of ink ejection recording heads 14 provided for each color.
- Ink is supplied to the ink ejection recording head 14.
- the ink may be supplied directly or by the ink supply means 30 from the ink cartridge 31 or the like that is detachably attached to the inkjet recording apparatus 10.
- a plurality of ink ejection recording heads 14 are arranged in the transport direction of the recording medium 12 for each color.
- the number of ink ejection recording heads 14 arranged in the conveyance direction of the recording medium 12 is set according to the nozzle density of the ink ejection recording head 14 and the resolution of the print image. For example, when an image having a resolution of 1440 dpi is formed using the ink ejection recording head 14 having a droplet amount of 2 pl and a nozzle density of 360 dpi, four ink ejection recording heads 14 are provided in the transport direction of the recording medium 12. What is necessary is just to shift and arrange.
- the two ink discharge recording heads 14 may be arranged in a shifted manner.
- dpi represents the number of ink droplets (dots) per 2.54 cm.
- the actinic ray irradiation unit 18 covers the entire width of the recording medium 12 and is arranged on the downstream side of the head carriage 16 in the conveyance direction of the recording medium.
- the actinic ray irradiation unit 18 irradiates the droplets ejected by the ink ejection recording head 14 and landed on the recording medium with actinic rays to cure the droplets.
- examples of the active light irradiation unit 18 include a fluorescent tube (low pressure mercury lamp, germicidal lamp), a cold cathode tube, an ultraviolet laser, and an operating pressure of several hundred Pa to 1 MPa. These include low pressure, medium pressure, high pressure mercury lamps, metal halide lamps and LEDs. From the viewpoint of curability, ultraviolet irradiation means for irradiating ultraviolet rays having an illuminance of 100 mW / cm 2 or more; specifically, high-pressure mercury lamps, metal halide lamps, and LEDs are preferable, and LEDs are more preferable from the viewpoint of low power consumption. Specifically, a 395 nm, water-cooled LED manufactured by Phoseon Technology can be used.
- examples of the actinic ray irradiating unit 18 include electron beam irradiating means such as a scanning method, a curtain beam method, and a broad beam method. Therefore, a curtain beam type electron beam irradiation means is preferable.
- Examples of electron beam irradiation means include “Curetron EBC-200-20-30” manufactured by Nissin High Voltage Co., Ltd., “Min-EB” manufactured by AIT Co., Ltd., and the like.
- the temperature control unit 19 is disposed on the lower surface of the recording medium 12 and maintains the recording medium 12 at a predetermined temperature.
- the temperature control unit 19 can be, for example, various heaters.
- the recording medium 12 is conveyed between the head carriage 16 and the temperature control unit 19 of the inkjet recording apparatus 10.
- the recording medium 12 is adjusted to a predetermined temperature by the temperature control unit 19.
- high-temperature ink is ejected from the ink ejection recording head 14 of the head carriage 16 and adhered (landed) on the recording medium 12.
- the actinic ray irradiating unit 18 irradiates the ink droplets attached on the recording medium 12 with an actinic ray to cure.
- the temperature of the ink in the ink ejection recording head 14 is 10 to 30 ° C. higher than the gelation temperature of the ink in order to improve ink ejection properties. It is preferable to set the temperature.
- the ink temperature in the ink discharge recording head 14 is less than (gelation temperature + 10) ° C., the ink is gelled in the ink discharge recording head 14 or on the nozzle surface, and the ink ejection property is likely to be lowered.
- the temperature of the ink in the ink ejection recording head 14 exceeds (gelling temperature + 30) ° C., the ink becomes too high, and the ink component may deteriorate.
- the amount of droplets ejected from each nozzle of the ink ejection recording head 14 is preferably 1 pl to 10 pl in order to form a high resolution image, although it depends on the resolution of the image. More preferably, it is 0.5 to 4.0 pl.
- Irradiation with actinic rays is performed within 10 seconds, preferably within 0.001 seconds to 5 seconds, more preferably after the ink droplets are deposited on the recording medium, in order to prevent adjacent ink droplets from coalescing. It is preferable to carry out within 0.01 second to 2 seconds. Irradiation with actinic rays is preferably performed after ink is ejected from all the ink ejection recording heads 14 accommodated in the head carriage 16.
- the acceleration voltage for electron beam irradiation is preferably 30 to 250 kV and more preferably 30 to 100 kV in order to perform sufficient curing.
- the electron beam irradiation amount is preferably 30 to 100 kGy, and more preferably 30 to 60 kGy.
- the total ink film thickness after curing is preferably 2 to 25 ⁇ m.
- the “total ink film thickness” is the maximum value of the ink film thickness drawn on the recording medium.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a main part of the serial recording type inkjet recording apparatus 20.
- the inkjet recording apparatus 20 has a width narrower than the entire width of the recording medium, instead of the head carriage 16 fixedly arranged so as to cover the entire width of the recording medium, and a plurality of ink ejection devices.
- 1A and 1B can be configured except that a head carriage 26 that accommodates the recording head 24 and a guide portion 27 for moving the head carriage 26 in the width direction of the recording medium 12 are provided.
- the head carriage 26 ejects ink from the ink ejection recording head 24 accommodated in the head carriage 26 while moving in the width direction of the recording medium 12 along the guide portion 27. After the head carriage 26 has completely moved in the width direction of the recording medium 12 (for each pass), the recording medium 12 is sent in the transport direction, and the actinic light irradiation unit 28 irradiates the active light. Except for these operations, an image is recorded in substantially the same manner as the line recording type inkjet recording apparatus 10 described above.
- actinic ray curable inkjet ink An actinic ray curable inkjet ink was prepared using the following components (wax, fatty acid, photopolymerizable compound, polymerization inhibitor, polymerization initiator, pigment dispersion).
- Pigment dispersion Preparation of Pigment Dispersion Liquid 1 (M: Magenta)
- the following dispersant, actinic ray curable compound and polymerization inhibitor were placed in a stainless beaker and dissolved by heating and stirring for 1 hour while heating on a 65 ° C hot plate. It was. After cooling the resulting solution to room temperature, 21 parts by mass of the following magenta pigment 1 was added, sealed in a glass bottle together with 200 g of zirconia beads having a diameter of 0.5 mm, and dispersed for 8 hours with a paint shaker. Thereafter, the zirconia beads were removed to prepare a pigment dispersion 1 having the following composition.
- Dispersant Azisper PB824 (manufactured by Ajinomoto Fine Techno Co., Ltd.) 9 parts by mass
- Actinic ray curable compound APG-200 (tripropylene glycol diacrylate, manufactured by Shin-Nakamura Chemical Co., Ltd.) 0.02 part by mass
- Magenta pigment 1 Pigment Red 122 (manufactured by Dainichi Seika, Chromo Fine Red 6112JC)
- a single color image was formed using the line-type inkjet recording apparatus 10 with the actinic ray curable inkjet ink obtained in each of Examples and Comparative Examples.
- the temperature of the ink discharge recording head 14 of the ink jet recording apparatus 10 was set to 80 ° C. Further, the temperature control unit 19 was used to adjust the temperature so that the temperature of the recording medium 12 was 7 ° C. to 20 ° C. lower than the sol-gel phase transition temperature of each ink. Then, a blank character, a solid image of 5 cm ⁇ 5 cm, or a density gradation patch was printed on the recording medium 12.
- the ink was cured by irradiating the image with ultraviolet light using an LED lamp (395 nm manufactured by Phoseon Technology, water-cooled LED) disposed in the downstream portion of the recording apparatus.
- the temperature of the recording medium when ink droplets land is preferably set to a temperature that is 7 to 20 degrees lower than the gelation temperature of the ink. If the temperature of the recording medium is too low, the ink droplets gel excessively and pinning, so that the ink droplets are not sufficiently leveled and the image gloss may be lowered. On the other hand, if the temperature of the recording medium is too high, the ink droplets are difficult to gel, and adjacent dots of the ink droplets may be mixed together. By appropriately adjusting the temperature of the recording medium, it is possible to achieve appropriate leveling and appropriate pinning so that adjacent dots of ink droplets do not mix with each other.
- a piezo head having a nozzle diameter of 20 ⁇ m and a nozzle number of 512 nozzles (256 nozzles ⁇ 2 rows, staggered arrangement, 1 row nozzle pitch 360 dpi) was used.
- the ejection conditions were such that the amount of one droplet was 2.5 pl, and ejection was performed at a droplet velocity of about 6 m / s, and recording was performed at a resolution of 1440 dpi ⁇ 1440 dpi.
- the recording speed was 500 mm / s.
- Image formation was performed in an environment of 23 ° C. and 55% RH.
- dpi represents the number of dots per 2.54 cm.
- the inks of Examples 1 to 11 containing the wax and the fatty acid have good results in all the evaluation items. From the comparison between the inks of Examples 2 and 3 and the inks of Examples 1 and 4 to 11, it can be seen that the smaller the wax content, the better the injection stability. On the other hand, the ink of Comparative Example 1 containing neither wax nor fatty acid had poor surface slipperiness and uneven density. In Comparative Example 3 containing only the wax, the density unevenness was good, but the surface slipperiness was poor. In Comparative Example 5 containing only a less amount of wax than the prescribed amount, the surface slipperiness was poor and in addition, density unevenness occurred.
- Comparative Example 2 also contains only wax, but in addition to poor surface slipperiness, injection stability is poor and density unevenness occurs.
- inks of Comparative Examples 4 and 9 containing a predetermined amount of wax but having a fatty acid content outside the predetermined amount bleeding occurred because the amount of fatty acid in Comparative Example 4 was too large at 1 part by mass.
- the amount of fatty acid was The surface slipperiness was poor because of too little.
- Comparative Example 6 containing only a predetermined amount of fatty acid uneven concentration occurred, gelation did not occur, and surface slipperiness deteriorated due to poor curing due to oxygen inhibition.
- Comparative Example 7 containing a predetermined amount of fatty acid but having too little wax outside the predetermined amount also had the same result as Comparative Example 6.
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2.インク全質量に対するワックス全質量が1質量%~4質量%であることを特徴とする上記1に記載の活性光線硬化型インクジェットインク。
3.ワックスが、下記一般式(G1)及び(G2)で表される化合物うちの少なくとも一種の化合物であることを特徴とする上記1又は2に記載の活性光線硬化型インクジェットインク。
一般式(G1):R1-CO-R2
一般式(G2):R3-COO-R4
(式中、R1~R4は、それぞれ独立に、炭素原子数12以上の直鎖部分を持ち、かつ分岐を持ってもよいアルキル鎖を表す。)
4.脂肪酸が、炭素原子数12以上の化合物であることを特徴とする上記1~3のいずれか1項に記載の活性光線硬化型インクジェットインク。
5.上記1~5のいずれか1項に記載の活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクを用いた画像形成方法であって、活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクが記録媒体に着弾する時の記録媒体の温度を、活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクのゾルゲル相転移温度の-20℃~-7℃の範囲内にする画像形成方法。
本発明者らは、所定のワックスを用いることで、記録媒体に吐出したときのインクの表面滑り性の向上を図りつつ、ブリーディングの問題も解決できることを知見した。本発明は上記知見に基づくものである。即ち、実施形態に係る活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクは、活性光線硬化性化合物と、インク全質量に対するワックス全質量が1~8質量%である少なくとも一つのワックスと、該ワックス全質量に対する脂肪酸全質量が0.0001~0.10質量%である脂肪酸とを含む。以下各成分の説明を通じて実施形態に係るインクの詳細を説明する。
活性光線硬化性化合物は、活性光線により架橋または重合する光重合性化合物である。活性光線は、例えば電子線、紫外線、α線、γ線、およびエックス線等であり、好ましくは紫外線および電子線である。活性光線硬化性化合物は、ラジカル重合性化合物またはカチオン重合性化合物であり、好ましくはラジカル重合性化合物である。
トリエチレングリコールジ(メタ)アクリレート、テトラエチレングリコールジ(メタ)アクリレート、ポリエチレングリコールジ(メタ)アクリレート、トリプロピレングリコールジ(メタ)アクリレート、ポリプロピレングリコールジ(メタ)アクリレート、1,4-ブタンジオールジ(メタ)アクリレート、1,6-ヘキサンジオールジ(メタ)アクリレート、1,9-ノナンジオールジ(メタ)アクリレート、ネオペンチルグリコールジ(メタ)アクリレート、ジメチロール-トリシクロデカンジ(メタ)アクリレート、ビスフェノールAのPO付加物ジ(メタ)アクリレート、ヒドロキシピバリン酸ネオペンチルグリコールジ(メタ)アクリレート、ポリテトラメチレングリコールジ(メタ)アクリレート等の二官能モノマー;
トリメチロールプロパントリ(メタ)アクリレート、ペンタエリスリトールトリ(メタ)アクリレート、ペンタエリスリトールテトラ(メタ)アクリレート、ジペンタエリスリトールヘキサ(メタ)アクリレート、ジトリメチロールプロパンテトラ(メタ)アクリレート、グリセリンプロポキシトリ(メタ)アクリレート、ペンタエリスリトールエトキシテトラ(メタ)アクリレート等の三官能以上の多官能モノマー等が含まれる。
なお、本明細書において、「(メタ)アクリレート」には、アクリレートモノマーおよび/またはアクリレートオリゴマー、メタアクリレートモノマーおよび/またはメタアクリレートオリゴマーが含まれる。
ソフトウェアパッケージ1:MedChem Software (Release 3.54,1991年8月、Medicinal Chemistry Project, Pomona College,Claremont,CA)
ソフトウェアパッケージ2:Chem Draw Ultra ver.8.0.(2003年4月、CambridgeSoft Corporation,USA)
エチレングリコールジビニルエーテル、ジエチレングリコールジビニルエーテル、トリエチレングリコールジビニルエーテル、プロピレングリコールジビニルエーテル、ジプロピレングリコールジビニルエーテル、ブタンジオールジビニルエーテル、ヘキサンジオールジビニルエーテル、シクロヘキサンジメタノールジビニルエーテル、トリメチロールプロパントリビニルエーテル等のジまたはトリビニルエーテル化合物等が含まれる。これらのビニルエーテル化合物のうち、硬化性や密着性などを考慮すると、ジまたはトリビニルエーテル化合物が好ましい。
「ワックス」とは、一般に常温で固体、加熱すると液体となる有機物と定義されるものである。ワックスの融点は、好ましくは融点が30℃以上150℃未満である。活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクに含まれるワックスは、少なくとも1)ゲル化温度よりも高い温度で、活性光線硬化性化合物に溶解すること、2)ゲル化温度以下の温度で、インク中で結晶化すること、が好ましい。
なお、本発明におけるワックスには脂肪酸は含まれない。
ジリグノセリルケトン、ジベヘニルケトン、ジステアリルケトン、ジエイコシルケトン、ジパルミチルケトン、ジラウリルケトン、ジミリスチルケトン、ミリスチルパルミチルケトン、パルミチルステアリルケトン等の脂肪族ケトン(例えば18-Pentatriacontanon(AlfaAeser社製)、Hentriacontan-16-on(Alfa Aeser社製)、カオーワックスT1(花王株式会社製)等);
ベヘニン酸ベヘニル、イコサン酸イコシル、ステアリン酸ステアリル、ステアリン酸パルミチル、パルミチン酸セチル、ミリスチン酸ミリスチル、ミリスチン酸セチル、セロチン酸ミリシル等の脂肪酸エステル(例えばユニスターM-2222SL(日油株式会社製)、エキセパールSS(花王株式会社製、融点60℃)、EMALEXCC-18(日本エマルジョン株式会社製)、アムレプスPC(高級アルコール工業株式会社製)、エキセパールMY-M(花王株式会社製)、スパームアセチ(日油株式会社製)、EMALEX CC-10(日本エマルジョン株式会社製)等);
パラフィンワックス、マイクロクリスタリンワックス、ペトロラクタム等の石油系ワックス;
キャンデリラワックス、カルナウバワックス、ライスワックス、木ロウ、ホホバ油、ホホバ固体ロウ、およびホホバエステル等の植物系ワックス;
ミツロウ、ラノリンおよび鯨ロウ等の動物系ワックス;
モンタンワックス、および水素化ワックス等の鉱物系ワックス;
硬化ヒマシ油または硬化ヒマシ油誘導体;
モンタンワックス誘導体、パラフィンワックス誘導体、マイクロクリスタリンワックス誘導体またはポリエチレンワックス誘導体等の変性ワックス;
ステアリルアルコール、ベヘニルアルコール等の高級アルコール;
12-ヒドロキシステアリン酸誘導体;ラウリン酸アミド、ステアリン酸アミド、ベヘン酸アミド、オレイン酸アミド、エルカ酸アミド、リシノール酸アミド、12-ヒドロキシステアリン酸アミド等の脂肪酸アミド(例えば日本化成社製 ニッカアマイドシリーズ、伊藤製油社製 ITOWAXシリーズ、花王社製 FATTYAMIDシリーズ等);
N-ステアリルステアリン酸アミド、N-オレイルパルミチン酸アミド等のN-置換脂肪酸アミド;
N,N'-エチレンビスステアリルアミド、N,N'-エチレンビス-12-ヒドロキシステアリルアミド、およびN,N'-キシリレンビスステアリルアミド等の特殊脂肪酸アミド;
ドデシルアミン、テトラデシルアミンまたはオクタデシルアミンなどの高級アミン;
ステアリルステアリン酸、オレイルパルミチン酸、グリセリン脂肪酸エステル、ソルビタン脂肪酸エステル、プロピレングリコール脂肪酸エステル、エチレングリコール脂肪酸エステル、ポリオキシエチレン脂肪酸エステル等の脂肪酸エステル化合物(例えば日本エマルジョン社製 EMALLEXシリーズ、理研ビタミン社製 リケマールシリーズ、理研ビタミン社製 ポエムシリーズ等);
ショ糖ステアリン酸、ショ糖パルミチン酸等のショ糖脂肪酸のエステル(例えばリョートーシュガーエステルシリーズ 三菱化学フーズ社製);
ポリエチレンワックス、α-オレフィン無水マレイン酸共重合体ワックス等の合成ワックス(Baker-Petrolite社製 UNILINシリーズ等);
ダイマージオール(CRODA社製 PRIPORシリーズ等)等が含まれる。
これらのワックスは、活性光線硬化型インクジェットインク中に、一種のみが含まれていてもよく、二種類以上が含まれていてもよい。
一般式(G1):R1-CO-R2
一般式(G2):R3-COO-R4
式中、R1~R4は、それぞれ独立に、炭素原子数12以上の直鎖部分を持ち、かつ分岐を持っても良いアルキル鎖を表す。
ワックス中の脂肪酸量を減らす方法としては、例えば、ワックスにそのワックスを構成するアルコールを添加する方法が挙げられる。具体的な態様として、脂肪酸エステル中の脂肪酸量を減らす方法を以下に示す。
例えば、一般式(G2)のR3-COO-R4を脂肪酸エステルとし、脂肪酸をR3-COOHとし、アルコールをR4―OHとした場合、脂肪酸を含有する脂肪酸エステル(R3-COO-R4/R3-COOH)に、アルコール(R4―OH)と、濃硫酸と、溶媒(オクタデセン)とを添加して混合物を得る。得られた混合物をディーンスタークス装置に充填する。その後、混合物を加熱、攪拌することにより、系内で反応して出来た水を抜き取る。次に、混合物を任意の温度まで冷却し、エステル中の結晶を取り出す。さらにヘキサンとメタノールの混合溶液で再結晶を繰り返して結晶中に含まれる1-オクタデセンを取り除く。以上のようにして脂肪酸エステル中の脂肪酸量を減らすことができる。なお、脂肪族ケトン中の脂肪酸量も同様の方法で減らすことができる。
また、ワックス中の脂肪酸量を減らす方法で目的のワックスを得るのではなく、全てを原料から合成することも可能である。その際、脂肪酸はアルコールより少ない量を配合することで目的の脂肪酸エステルが得られる。
実施形態に係るインクは、ワックスの全質量に対して0.0001~0.10質量%の脂肪酸を含むことが好ましい。また、実施形態に係るインクは、インクの全質量に対して0.01~10質量ppmの脂肪酸を含むことが好ましい。
脂肪酸は、炭素原子数12以上の化合物であることが好ましい。
脂肪酸の具体例としては、ベヘン酸(C22H44O2)、アラキジン酸(C20H40O2)、ステアリン酸(C18H36O2)、パルミチン酸(C16H32O2)、ミリスチン酸(C14H28O2)、ラウリン酸(C12H24O2)、オレイン酸(C18H34O2)、およびエルカ酸(C22H42O2)、例えば、ルナックBA、ルナックS-90V、ルナックS-98、ルナックP-70、ルナックP-95、ルナックMY-98、ルナックL-70、ルナックL-98(全て花王社製)、NAA-222Sビーズ、NAA-222粉末、ビーズステアリン酸さくら、ビーズステアリン酸つばき、粉末ステアリン酸さくら、粉末ステアリン酸つばき、NAA-160、NAA-142、NAA-122、NAA-34、NAA-35、エルカ酸(全て日油社製)等が挙げられる。
インク中に含まれる脂肪酸の量は、たとえば、高速液体クロマトグラフィー(HPLC)またはガスクロマトグラフィー(GC)によって測定することができる。なお、これらの検出方法は一例であり、本発明において脂肪酸を検出する方法はHPLCまたはGCに限定されるものではない。以下に、HPLCおよびGCの代表的な検出条件を記載する。
装置:HP1100シリーズHPLC
カラム:InertsilODS-3(4.6mmid,150mm、5μm),40℃
溶離液A/B:0.1M酢酸アンモニウム緩衝液pH5.0/メタノール
グラジエントB:90%-100%(15-30min)
流速:0.8ml/min
注入量:10μl
検出:ESI-MS又はELSD
装置:Agilent6890GC
カラム:DB-Wax 30m×0.25mmi.d.、0.25μm
オーブン温度:50℃(1min)-25℃/min-200℃-3 ℃/min-230℃(18min)
注入口温度:250℃
注入量:1μL
スプリット比:1/50
キャリアガス:ヘリウム
検出器:FID又はAgilent 5973 MSD
活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクには、光重合開始剤がさらに含まれていてもよい。具体的には、活性光線が電子線である場合は、通常、光重合開始剤は含まれなくてもよいが、活性光線が紫外線である場合は、光重合開始剤が含まれることが好ましい。
活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクには、必要に応じて色材がさらに含まれていてもよい。色材は、染料または顔料でありうるが、インクの構成成分に対して良好な分散性を有し、かつ耐候性に優れることから、顔料が好ましい。顔料は、特に限定されないが、例えばカラーインデックスに記載される下記番号の有機顔料または無機顔料でありうる。
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活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクには、必要に応じて他の成分がさらに含まれていてもよい。他の成分は、各種添加剤や他の樹脂等であってよい。添加剤の例には、界面活性剤、レベリング添加剤、マット剤、紫外線吸収剤、赤外線吸収剤、抗菌剤、インクの保存安定性を高めるための塩基性化合物等も含まれる。塩基性化合物の例には、塩基性アルカリ金属化合物、塩基性アルカリ土類金属化合物、アミンなどの塩基性有機化合物などが含まれる。他の樹脂の例には、硬化膜の物性を調整するための樹脂などが含まれ、例えばポリエステル系樹脂、ポリウレタン系樹脂、ビニル系樹脂、アクリル系樹脂、ゴム系樹脂、およびワックス類等が含まれる。
活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクは、前述のように、温度により可逆的にゾルゲル相転移するインクである。ゾルゲル相転移型の活性光線硬化型インクは、高温(例えば80℃程度)ではゾルであるため、インクジェット記録ヘッドから吐出することができる。高温下で活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクを吐出すると、インク滴(ドット)が記録媒体に着弾した後、自然冷却されてゲル化する。これにより、隣り合うドット同士の合一を抑制し、画質を高めることができる。
インクジェット記録方法は、1)上述の活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクを記録媒体に射出する工程と、2)記録媒体に着弾したインクに活性光線を照射して、上述のインクを硬化させる工程と、を含む。
以下の成分(ワックス、脂肪酸、光重合性化合物、重合禁止剤、重合開始剤、顔料分散液)を用いて、活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクを調製した。
ジステアリルケトン(カオーワックスT1、花王社製)
ジパルミチルケトン(Hentriacontan-16-on、試薬(Arfa Aeser)社製)
ジミリスチルケトン(14-Heptacosanone、試薬(東京化成工業社製))
ジラウリルケトン(12-tricosanone、試薬(Arfa Aeser)社製)
ベヘン酸ベヘニル(後述の方法で合成した。)
イコサン酸イコシル(後述の方法と同様にして合成した。)
ステアリン酸ステアリル(エキセパールSS、花王社製)
パルミチン酸セチル(アムレプスPC、高級アルコール工業社製)
ベヘン酸(ルナックBA、花王社製)
アラキジン酸(エイコサン酸、試薬(純正化学社製))
ステアリン酸(ルナックS-90V、花王社製)
パルミチン酸(ルナックP-95、花王社製)
6EO変性トリメチロールプロパントリアクリレート(SR499、SARTOMER)
ポリエチレングリコール#600ジアクリレート(A-600,新中村化学)
トリプロピレングリコールジアクリレート(M-220、東亜合成)
Irgastab UV10(チバスペシャリティケミカル)
[重合開始剤]
DAROCURE TPO(チバスペシャリティケミカル)
市販のベヘン酸とベヘニルアルコールからベヘン酸ベヘニルを合成する方法を説明する。市販のベヘン酸6.81g/0.020mol、ベヘニルアルコール6.86/0.021mol、濃硫酸0.38ml、オクタデセン300mlを混合して混合物を得た。得られた混合物をディーンスタークス装置に充填した。その後、混合物を110℃で1時間加熱、攪拌することにより、系内で反応して出来た水を抜き取った。次に、混合物を任意の温度まで冷却し、エステル中の結晶を取り出した。さらにヘキサンとメタノールの混合溶液で再結晶を繰り返して結晶中に含まれる1-オクタデセンを取り除いた。
[ワックス中の脂肪酸量を減らす方法]
市販のベヘン酸ベヘニルに5質量%以上の脂肪酸が含まれていた場合を説明する。
まず、ベヘン酸ベヘニル12.7g/0.02mol(うち0.34g/0.001mol以上はベヘン酸)、ベヘニルアルコール1.3g/0.002mol、濃硫酸0.38ml、オクタデセン300mlを混合して混合物を得た。得られた混合物をディーンスタークス装置に充填した。その後、混合物を110℃で1時間加熱、攪拌することにより、系内で反応して出来た水を抜き取った。次に、混合物を任意の温度まで冷却し、混合物中の結晶を取り出した。さらにヘキサンとメタノールの混合溶液で再結晶を繰り返して結晶中に含まれる1-オクタデセンを取り除いた。
顔料分散液1(M:マゼンタ)の調製
下記の分散剤、活性光線硬化性化合物および重合禁止剤を、ステンレスビーカーに入れ、65℃のホットプレート上で加熱しながら1時間加熱攪拌して溶解させた。得られた溶液を室温まで冷却後、下記のマゼンタ顔料1を21質量部加えて、直径0.5mmのジルコニアビーズ200gとともにガラス瓶に入れて密栓し、ペイントシェーカーにて8時間分散処理した。その後、ジルコニアビーズを除去して、下記組成の顔料分散液1を調製した。
〔顔料分散液1の組成〕
分散剤:アジスパーPB824(味の素ファインテクノ社製) 9質量部
活性光線硬化性化合物:APG-200(トリプロピレングリコールジアクリレート、新中村化学社製) 70質量部
重合禁止剤:Irgastab UV10(チバ・ジャパン社製) 0.02質量部
マゼンタ顔料1:Pigment Red 122(大日精化製、クロモファインレッド6112JC)
表1に示された組成に従って、ワックス、光重合性化合物、重合禁止剤、重合開始剤、顔料分散液1を混合して得た混合物を80℃に加熱して撹拌した。得られた溶液を加熱下において#3000の金属メッシュフィルタで濾過した後、冷却してインクを調製した。表1において、各成分の配合量の単位は質量部である。
インク中に含まれる脂肪酸の質量は、以下の条件でHPLCにより測定した。表1には、測定した脂肪酸の質量の、インク全質量に対する割合を示している。
装置:HP1100シリーズHPLC
カラム:InertsilODS-3(4.6mmid,150mm、5μm),40℃
溶離液A/B:0.1M酢酸アンモニウム緩衝液pH5.0/メタノール
グラジエントB:90%-100%(15-30min)
流速:0.8ml/min
注入量:10μl
検出:ELSD
各実施例および比較例で得られた活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクで、ライン型のインクジェット記録装置10を用いて単色画像を形成した。インクジェット記録装置10のインク吐出用記録ヘッド14の温度は80℃に設定した。また温度制御部19を用いて、記録媒体12の温度が各インクのゾルゲル相転移温度より7℃から20℃低い温度になるように温度調整を行った。そして記録媒体12に、抜き文字、5cm×5cmのベタ画像、または濃度階調パッチを印字した。画像を形成した後、記録装置の下流部に配置したLEDランプ(Phoseon Technology社製395nm、水冷LED)で、画像に紫外線を照射してインクを硬化した。
(ブリーディングの評価)
上記方法によって、記録媒体である印刷用コート紙A(OKトップコート 米坪量128g/m2 王子製紙社製)に形成した5cm×5cmのベタ画像を、25℃と5℃の環境下でそれぞれ1ヶ月間保管した。各温度で保管後の画像を目視観察し、下記の基準に従ってブリーディングを評価した。
○:画像表面に析出物が認められない。
△:画像表面に薄らとした析出物が存在しており、目視で確認できる。
×:画像表面が粉上の物質で覆われており、目視で明らかに確認できる。
上記方法によって、記録媒体である印刷用コート紙A(OKトップコート 米坪量128g/m2 王子製紙社製)に形成した5cm×5cmのベタ画像を、ゴム手袋を装着した指の腹で一定の力を加え擦り、下記の基準に従って表面滑り性を評価した。
○:指に引っかかりがなく、擦れる音もしない。
×:指に引っかかりが起こり、擦ると音がする。
上記調製した各インクを搭載したインクジェット記録装置で、インクジェットヘッドからインク出射を行い、ノズル欠および出射曲がりの有無について目視観察を行い、下記の基準に則り、射出安定性の評価を行った。
○:ノズル欠の発生が全く認められなかった
△:全ノズル512中、1~4個のノズルでノズル欠が認められた
×:全ノズル512中、5個以上のノズルでノズル欠が認められた
上記方法によって、記録媒体である印刷用コート紙A(OKトップコート 米坪量128g/m2 王子製紙社製)に印字した5cm×5cmのベタ画像を目視評価し、下記の評価基準に従って濃度ムラの評価を行った。
○:15cm離れた位置から観測して、画像に濃度ムラが認められない
△:15cm離れた位置から観測すると、画像の一部において濃度ムラが認められるが、30cm離した位置からは、濃度ムラが認められない
×:30cm離した位置から観測して、画像に濃度ムラが認められる
これに対して、ワックスも脂肪酸も含まない比較例1のインクは、表面滑り性が悪く、また濃度むらが生じた。ワックスのみを含む比較例3では、濃度むらは良好であるが表面滑り性が悪かった。規定量より少ない量のワックスのみを含む比較例5では、表面滑り性が悪いことに加えて濃度むらが生じた。比較例2もワックスのみを含むが表面滑り性が悪いことに加え射出安定性が悪く、濃度むらが生じている。
所定量のワックスを含むが脂肪酸の含有量が所定量外の比較例4、9のインクでは、比較例4では脂肪酸量が1質量部と多すぎるためブリーディングが生じ、比較例9では脂肪酸量が少なすぎるため表面滑り性が悪かった。所定量の脂肪酸のみを含む比較例6では、濃度むらが生じ、ゲル化が起こらず酸素阻害による硬化不良のため表面滑り性も悪くなった。所定量の脂肪酸を含むが、ワックスが所定量外で少なすぎる比較例7も比較例6と同様の結果となった。
12 記録媒体
14、24 インク吐出用記録ヘッド
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19 温度制御部
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Claims (5)
- 活性光線硬化性化合物と、
インク全質量に対するワックス全質量が1~8質量%である少なくとも1種のワックスと、
前記ワックス全質量に対する脂肪酸全質量が0.0001~0.10質量%である脂肪酸とを含むことを特徴とする活性光線硬化型インクジェットインク。 - 前記インク全質量に対する前記ワックス全質量が1~4質量%であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の活性光線硬化型インクジェットインク。
- 前記ワックスが、下記一般式(G1)及び(G2)で表される化合物うちの少なくとも一種の化合物であることを特徴とする請求項1又は請求項2に記載の活性光線硬化型インクジェットインク。
一般式(G1):R1-CO-R2
一般式(G2):R3-COO-R4
(式中、R1~R4は、それぞれ独立に、炭素原子数12以上の直鎖部分を持ち、かつ分岐を持ってもよいアルキル鎖を表す。) - 前記脂肪酸が、炭素原子数12以上の化合物であることを特徴とする請求項1~3のいずれか1項に記載の活性光線硬化型インクジェットインク。
- 請求項1~4のいずれか1項に記載の活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクを用いた画像形成方法であって、
前記活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクが記録媒体に着弾する時の記録媒体の温度を、前記活性光線硬化型インクジェットインクのゾルゲル相転移温度の-20℃~-7℃の範囲内にすることを特徴とする画像形成方法。
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