WO2015137506A1 - Encre pour impression jet d'encre de type durcissement actif à la lumière, procédé de remplissage et procédé de formation d'image - Google Patents

Encre pour impression jet d'encre de type durcissement actif à la lumière, procédé de remplissage et procédé de formation d'image Download PDF

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WO2015137506A1
WO2015137506A1 PCT/JP2015/057574 JP2015057574W WO2015137506A1 WO 2015137506 A1 WO2015137506 A1 WO 2015137506A1 JP 2015057574 W JP2015057574 W JP 2015057574W WO 2015137506 A1 WO2015137506 A1 WO 2015137506A1
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  • the present invention relates to an actinic ray curable inkjet ink.
  • the present invention also relates to a method for filling an ink pack with an actinic ray curable inkjet ink.
  • the present invention relates to an image forming method using an actinic ray curable inkjet ink.
  • 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 jet 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.
  • Patent Document 1 includes a carrier composition containing one or more radiation curable compounds and a drug capable of reversibly gelling the carrier composition, and the drug is transferred to the carrier composition at an ink discharge temperature.
  • a radiation curable hot melt ink jet ink that is soluble and that produces a gelled carrier when the drug is below the discharge temperature.
  • the gelled carrier composition is a gel that is mechanically broken into gels.
  • the radiation curable hot melt ink jet ink is disclosed, characterized in that it is a thixotropic composition having a recovery time longer than 60 seconds after the viscosity is stepped down.
  • At least one curable wax that can be cured by free radical polymerization; and a liquid at a temperature of about 20 to about 25 ° C., the total weight of the curable paste ink composition At least one curable liquid component present in an amount of less than about 20% by weight; optionally a non-curable wax; at least one free radical photoinitiator or photoinitiating moiety; at least one curable A gelling agent; and optionally a colorant, and this component forms a curable ink composition that is a paste at a first temperature, wherein the first temperature is from about 20 to about 25 ° C .; This component forms a liquid composition at a second temperature, the second temperature being greater than about 40 ° C .; the at least one curable wax is an acrylate, methacrylate, alkene, Radiation curable paste ink composition comprising a functional group of nyl, allyl ether, wherein at least one liquid component is selected from the group consisting of monofunctional
  • Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 droplets that have undergone an instantaneous phase change when landed on a recording medium, such as plain paper, with an ink obtained by adding a gelling agent to an actinic ray curable compound.
  • a recording medium such as plain paper
  • an ink obtained by adding a gelling agent to an actinic ray curable compound.
  • the inkjet ink to which the gelling agent is added the gel collapses before transportation or before being put into a printing machine such as an inkjet recording apparatus, and the gelling agent and the liquid component (from the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink to the gelling agent).
  • separation from the removed component occurs and density unevenness occurs in the image.
  • the gel collapses and separation of the gelling agent and the liquid component occurs, the work efficiency when filling the ink pack with the inkjet ink is reduced. There is a problem of doing.
  • the present invention prevents the separation of the gelling agent and the liquid component (the component obtained by removing the gelling agent from the actinic ray curable ink-jet ink), and provides good image quality that does not cause density unevenness in the image. It is an object of the present invention to provide an actinic ray curable inkjet ink from which In addition, the present invention prevents the separation of the gelling agent and the liquid component (the component obtained by removing the gelling agent from the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink), and increases the working efficiency when filling the ink pack. An object of the present invention is to provide a type inkjet ink.
  • the present invention prevents the separation of the gelling agent and the liquid component (the component obtained by removing the gelling agent from the actinic radiation curable ink-jet ink), thereby increasing the working efficiency.
  • An object is to provide a filling method for filling.
  • the present invention prevents the separation of the gelling agent and the liquid component (the component obtained by removing the gelling agent from the actinic ray curable ink-jet ink), and provides an activity capable of obtaining a good image quality without causing density unevenness in the image. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image forming method using a light curable inkjet ink.
  • the present inventors have conducted the present invention, that is, separation of the gelling agent from the liquid component (the component obtained by removing the gelling agent from the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink).
  • the present inventors have completed an invention relating to an actinic ray curable inkjet ink capable of preventing the above, a filling method for filling the ink pack with the inkjet ink, and an image forming method using the inkjet ink.
  • An actinic ray curable inkjet ink that reversibly undergoes a sol-gel phase change depending on temperature, comprising at least one gelling agent and at least one monomer, wherein the at least one monomer is 25 A monomer A having a viscosity at 50 ° C.
  • the at least one monomer includes a monomer B having a viscosity at 25 ° C.
  • the actinic ray curable inkjet ink according to item (1) wherein the content of the monomer B is 20% by mass or more based on the total mass of the inkjet ink.
  • the at least one gelling agent comprises a compound represented by the following general formula (G1) or a compound represented by the general formula (G2)
  • the actinic ray curable inkjet ink according to item (2) is a compound represented by the following general formula (G1) or a compound represented by the general formula (G2)
  • the at least one gelling agent contains two kinds of compounds represented by the following general formula (G1) and a compound represented by the general formula (G2) in combination.
  • the actinic ray curable inkjet ink according to item (1) or item (2).
  • active light that prevents separation of the gelling agent and the liquid component (component obtained by removing the gelling agent from the actinic radiation curable ink-jet ink) and provides a good image quality with no density unevenness in the image is obtained.
  • a curable inkjet ink is provided.
  • the separation of the gelling agent and the liquid component (the component obtained by removing the gelling agent from the actinic ray curable inkjet ink) is prevented, and the working efficiency when filling the ink pack is increased.
  • a light curable inkjet ink is provided.
  • the present invention prevents the separation of the gelling agent and the liquid component (the component obtained by removing the gelling agent from the actinic radiation curable ink-jet ink), thereby increasing the working efficiency.
  • a filling method for filling is provided.
  • the present invention prevents the separation of the gelling agent and the liquid component (the component obtained by removing the gelling agent from the actinic ray curable ink-jet ink), and provides an activity capable of obtaining a good image quality without causing density unevenness in the image.
  • An image forming method using a photocurable ink-jet ink is provided.
  • FIG. 1A is a side view showing an example of a configuration of a main part of an ink jet recording apparatus 10 of a line recording type, which is one aspect of an ink jet recording apparatus in which an actinic ray curable ink jet ink according to the present invention is used. is there.
  • FIG. 1B is a top view showing an example of a configuration of a main part of a line recording type inkjet recording apparatus 10 which is one aspect of an inkjet recording apparatus in which the actinic ray curable inkjet ink according to the present invention is used. is there.
  • FIG. 2 is a top view showing an example of a configuration of a main part of a serial recording type inkjet recording apparatus 20 in which the actinic ray curable inkjet ink according to the present invention is used.
  • Actinic ray curable inkjet ink is an inkjet ink that reversibly undergoes sol-gel phase transition depending on temperature, and is at least one kind of ink A gelling agent and at least one monomer are included, and at least one monomer includes monomer A having a viscosity at 25 ° C. of 50 cp or more, and the content of monomer A is the total mass of the inkjet ink.
  • the viscosity before shearing the inkjet ink is 50 Pa ⁇ s or more and 2000 Pa ⁇ s or less, and the inkjet ink is sheared and / or stirred to be filled in the ink pack.
  • the inkjet ink according to the present invention can prevent separation of the gelling agent and the liquid component (the liquid component is a component obtained by removing the gelling agent from the inkjet ink; the same shall apply hereinafter).
  • the liquid component is a component obtained by removing the gelling agent from the inkjet ink; the same shall apply hereinafter.
  • the actinic ray curable inkjet ink according to the present invention at least when the inkjet ink is filled in the ink pack, the gelling agent and the liquid component are not separated.
  • the working efficiency when filling the ink pack with the ink jet ink is increased.
  • the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink according to the present invention is not separated into at least a gelling agent and a liquid component when filled in the ink pack, and therefore the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink according to the present invention has uniform fluidity. The operator can smoothly and efficiently fill the ink pack with the inkjet ink.
  • the actinic ray curable inkjet ink according to the present invention contains at least one gelling agent. At least one gelling agent has a function of reversibly sol-gel phase transition of the actinic ray curable inkjet ink according to the present invention depending on temperature.
  • the gelling agent may be soluble in at least one monomer at a temperature higher than the gelling temperature, and may be crystallized in the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink according to the present invention at a temperature equal to or lower than the gelling temperature.
  • a plate-like crystal which is a crystallized product of the gelling agent forms a space three-dimensionally and includes at least one monomer in the space. It is preferable.
  • a structure in which at least one monomer is encapsulated in a space three-dimensionally surrounded by a plate-like crystal is sometimes referred to as a “card house structure”.
  • the card house structure is formed, at least one monomer of the liquid can be retained, and a droplet of the actinic ray curable inkjet ink can be pinned. Thereby, coalescence of droplets can be suppressed.
  • At least one monomer dissolved in the ink and at least one gelling agent are compatible.
  • at least one monomer dissolved in the ink and at least one gelling agent are phase-separated, it may be difficult to form a card house structure.
  • the actinic ray curable ink-jet ink according to the present invention contains one kind, preferably two or more kinds of gelling agents in combination, and particularly in the case of a crystalline gelling agent, the crystals remain in the monomer even after the gel collapses. Can be mixed uniformly, and separation of the gelling agent and the liquid component can be effectively prevented.
  • the compatibility between the photopolymerizable compound and the gelling agent is good in the sol-like ink (at high temperature). It is necessary to be. Furthermore, in order to stably suppress coalescence of droplets even during high-speed printing, after the inkjet ink droplets have landed on the recording medium, the gelling agent quickly crystallizes to form a strong card house structure. It is preferable.
  • gelling agents include An aliphatic ketone compound; Aliphatic ester compounds; 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, paraffin wax derivatives, microcrystalline wax derivatives or polyethylene wax derivatives; Higher fatty acids such as behenic acid, arachidic acid, stearic acid, palmitic acid, myristic acid, lauric acid, oleic acid, and erucic acid; Higher alcohols such as stearyl alcohol and behenyl alcohol; Hydroxystearic acid such as 12-hydroxystearic acid; 12-hydroxystearic acid derivative
  • Amide compounds such as N-lauroyl-L-glutamic acid dibutylamide and N- (2-ethylhexanoyl) -L-glutamic acid dibutylamide (available from Ajinomoto Fine Techno); Dibenzylidene sorbitols such as 1,3: 2,4-bis-O-benzylidene-D-glucitol (available from Gelol D Shin Nippon Rika); Low molecular oil gelling agents described in JP-A-2005-126507, JP-A-2005-255821 and JP-A-2010-111170; Etc. are included.
  • the actinic ray curable inkjet ink according to the present invention preferably contains a compound containing a linear alkyl group having 12 or more carbon atoms as a gelling agent.
  • the gelling agent contains a linear alkyl group having 12 or more carbon atoms, the aforementioned “card house structure” is easily formed.
  • the structure of the gelling agent may have a branched chain.
  • the gelling agent containing a linear alkyl group having 12 or more carbon atoms include aliphatic ketone compounds, aliphatic ester compounds, higher fatty acids, higher alcohols having a linear alkyl group having 12 or more carbon atoms, Fatty acid amides and the like are included.
  • a gelling agent having a polar group such as —OH or —COOH at the end of the alkyl chain has poor stability in a sol-like ink, and may precipitate or phase-separate.
  • the gelling agent may gradually bleed out with time from the cured film of the ink. Therefore, the gelling agent is preferably an aliphatic ketone compound or an aliphatic ester compound.
  • the at least one gelling agent contained in the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink according to the present invention preferably contains a compound represented by the following general formula (G1) or a compound represented by the following general formula (G2).
  • at least one gelling agent contained in the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink according to the present invention includes two kinds of compounds represented by the following general formula (G1) and the following general formula (G2). It is preferable to include it in combination.
  • the compound represented by the general formula (G1) and the compound represented by the following general formula (G2) are as follows.
  • General formula (G2): R 3 —COO—R 4 In the general formulas (G1) and (G2), R 1 to R 4 each independently represents a hydrocarbon group containing a straight chain portion having 12 or more carbon atoms.)
  • the hydrocarbon groups represented by R 1 and R 2 are each independently preferably an aliphatic hydrocarbon group including a linear portion having 12 to 25 carbon atoms. If the straight chain portion contained in the aliphatic hydrocarbon group represented by R 1 and R 2 has less than 12 carbon atoms, it does not function as a gelling agent because it does not have sufficient crystallinity. In this card house structure, there is a possibility that a sufficient space for encapsulating the photopolymerizable compound cannot be formed. On the other hand, if the number of carbon atoms in the straight chain portion contained in the aliphatic hydrocarbon group exceeds 25, the melting point becomes too high, so that the ink may not be dissolved in the ink unless the ink discharge temperature is increased.
  • Examples of the aliphatic ketone compound represented by the general formula (G1) include dilignoceryl ketone (C24-C24), dibehenyl ketone (C22-C22, melting point 88 ° C.), distearyl ketone (C18-C18, 84 ° C.), dieicosyl ketone (C20-C20), dipalmityl ketone (C16-C16, melting point 80 ° C.), dimyristyl ketone (C14-C14), dilauryl ketone (C12-C12, melting point 68 ° C.) , Lauryl myristyl ketone (C12-C14), lauryl palmityl ketone (C12-C16), myristyl palmityl ketone (C14-C16), myristyl stearyl ketone (C14-C18), myristyl behenyl ketone (C14-C22), palmityl Stearyl
  • Examples of commercial products of the compound represented by the general formula (G1) include 18-Pentriacontanon (made by Alfa Aeser), Hentriacontan-16-on (made by Alfa Aeser), Kao wax T1 (made by Kao Corporation) and the like. Is included.
  • the aliphatic ketone compound contained in the ink may be only one type or a mixture of two or more types.
  • the hydrocarbon group represented by R 3 and R 4 is not particularly limited, but is preferably an aliphatic hydrocarbon group including a straight chain portion having 12 to 26 carbon atoms. .
  • the gelling agent is formed in the same manner as the compound represented by the general formula (G1).
  • the above-mentioned card house structure can be formed while having the necessary crystallinity, and the melting point does not become too high.
  • Examples of the aliphatic ester compound represented by the formula (G2) include behenyl behenate (C21-C22, melting point 70 ° C.), icosyl icosanoate (C19-C20), stearyl stearate (C17-C18, melting point 60 ° C.).
  • Examples of commercially available aliphatic ester compounds represented by the formula (G2) include Unistar M-2222SL (manufactured by NOF Corporation), EXCEPARL SS (manufactured by Kao Corporation, melting point 60 ° C.), EMALEX CC-18 ( Nippon Emulsion Co., Ltd.), Amreps PC (manufactured by Higher Alcohol Industry Co., Ltd.), Exepar MY-M (Kao Co., Ltd.), Spalm Acechi (Nissho Co., Ltd.), EMALEX CC-10 (Nihon Emulsion Co., Ltd.) Is included. Since these commercial products are often a mixture of two or more types, they may be separated and purified as necessary.
  • the aliphatic ester compound contained in at least one gelling agent in the present invention may be only one kind or a mixture of two or more kinds.
  • the content of at least one gelling agent contained in the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink according to the present invention is preferably less than 5% by mass relative to the total mass of the inkjet ink, and is “less than 3.5% by mass”. Is more preferable.
  • the content of at least one gelling agent is less than 5% by mass with respect to the total mass of the ink-jet ink, it is included in the actinic ray curable ink-jet ink according to the present invention at least when filling the ink pack, Separation of at least one gelling agent and the liquid component can be more effectively prevented.
  • the actinic ray curable inkjet ink according to the present invention includes at least one monomer, and the at least one monomer includes monomer A.
  • the ink-jet ink according to the present invention preferably contains at least one monomer, and at least one monomer contains monomer B.
  • the monomer A is a monomer having a viscosity of 50 cp or more at 25 ° C.
  • the viscosity of the monomer A at 25 ° C. is 50 cp or more, at least when the ink is filled in the ink pack, the actinic ray curable inkjet ink according to the present invention is used. Separation between the contained at least one gelling agent and the liquid component can be effectively prevented.
  • the content of the monomer A is 40% by mass or more, preferably 45% by mass or more, and more preferably 50% by mass or more with respect to the total mass of the inkjet ink.
  • the content of the monomer A is preferably 45% by mass or more, at least when the ink pack is filled, at least one gelling agent and a liquid component contained in the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink according to the present invention. Separation can be prevented more effectively.
  • Monomer B has a viscosity at 25 ° C. of 50 cp or more, a ClogP value of 4.5 or more and less than 7, and a molecular weight of 300 or more.
  • the viscosity of the monomer B at 25 ° C. is preferably 60 cp or more, and more preferably 70 cp or more at 25 ° C.
  • the viscosity of the monomer B at 25 ° C. is preferably 60 cp or more, at least when the ink pack is filled, at least one gelling agent contained in the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink according to the present invention and the liquid component are separated. Can be prevented more effectively.
  • the ClogP value of monomer B is preferably 4.5 or more and less than 5.5.
  • the ClogP value of the monomer B is preferably 4.5 or more and less than 5.5, at least one gelling agent contained in the actinic ray curable ink-jet ink according to the present invention is used when the ink pack is filled. Separation from the liquid component can be more effectively prevented.
  • 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 for the base 10 is shown. 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.
  • 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 are calculated in the literature (C. Hansch and A. Leo, “Substitutants Constants for Correlation Analysis in Chemistry and Biology” (John Wiley & Sons 69, described in John Wiley & Sons 69). Or the following commercially available software package 1 or 2 may be used.
  • 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 molecular weight of the monomer B is preferably 400 or more, and more preferably 450 or more.
  • the molecular weight of the monomer B is preferably 400 or more, at least when the ink pack is filled, at least one gelling agent and the liquid component contained in the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink according to the present invention are more separated. It can be effectively prevented.
  • the content of the monomer B is 20% by mass or more, preferably 25% by mass or more, and more preferably 30% by mass or more with respect to the total mass of the inkjet ink.
  • the content of the monomer B is preferably 25% by mass or more, at least when the ink pack is filled, at least one gelling agent and a liquid component contained in the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink according to the present invention. Separation can be prevented more effectively.
  • the viscosity of the monomer A and the monomer B is measured in a rotation mode using, for example, an apparatus MCR-300 (manufactured by Physica) (a cone plate uses 75 ⁇ ). Ten points are measured every 10 seconds at 25 ° C. and a shear rate of 1000 1 / s, and the viscosity when the seven points are averaged from the last measurement point is taken as the viscosity of monomers A and B.
  • Monomer A and monomer B are photopolymerizable compounds that are 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.
  • Monomer A and monomer B are radically polymerizable compounds or cationically polymerizable compounds, preferably radically polymerizable compounds.
  • the radical polymerizable compound is a compound (monomer) having an ethylenically unsaturated bond capable of radical polymerization.
  • a radically polymerizable compound may be used independently and may be used in combination of 2 or more type.
  • 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.
  • “(meth) acrylate” refers to both and / or “acrylate” and “methacrylate”
  • (meth) acryl” refers to both and / or “acryl” and “methacryl”.
  • monomer A The relationship between monomer A and monomer B will be described. If one specific monomeric compound corresponds to monomer B, it also corresponds to monomer A. Further, one specific monomer compound does not correspond to the monomer B, but may correspond to the monomer A. That is, monomer B is included in monomer A.
  • monomer A and monomer B examples include alkoxylated neopentyl glycol diacrylate (viscosity 131), polyethylene glycol # 600 dimethacrylate (viscosity 77.2, molecular weight 770), polyethylene glycol # 400 diacrylate (viscosity 59.4).
  • the viscosity of the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink according to the present invention is 50 Pa ⁇ s or more and 2000 Pa ⁇ s or less before the inkjet ink is sheared and / or stirred, and the inkjet ink is sheared and filled into an ink pack.
  • the viscosity when it is used is 20 Pa ⁇ s or less.
  • the viscosity before shearing and / or stirring the ink-jet ink is the viscosity at room temperature when the dissolved ink-jet ink (80 ° C. to 90 ° C.) is cooled to room temperature without shearing and / or stirring. means.
  • the viscosity when ink jet ink is sheared and / or stirred and filled into the ink pack is when shearing and / or stirring is performed and the gelling agent and the monomer in the ink jet ink are in a uniform state.
  • the viscosity of the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink according to the present invention may be 50 Pa ⁇ s or more and 2000 Pa ⁇ s or less in any given state, and the viscosity after shearing may be 20 Pa ⁇ s or less.
  • the viscosity before shearing and / or stirring the ink-jet ink is 50 Pa ⁇ s or more and 2000 Pa ⁇ s or less, at least when it is filled in the ink pack, at least contained in the actinic radiation curable ink-jet ink according to the present invention, Separation of one kind of gelling agent and liquid component can be effectively prevented.
  • the ink When the ink is sheared and / or stirred and filled into the ink pack with a viscosity of 20 Pa ⁇ s or less, at least when the ink is filled into the ink pack, it is contained in the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink according to the present invention. Separation of at least one gelling agent and the liquid component can be effectively prevented.
  • the shearing and stirring may be performed by any method as long as the effects of the present invention are achieved.
  • a preferable method of shearing and stirring while the inkjet ink in a dissolved state (80 ° C. to 90 ° C.) is cooled to 50 ° C. or lower, Examples of the method include shearing and / or stirring.
  • the crystal before forming a strong card house structure, the crystal can be made into a single form, and the storage stability and work efficiency can be further improved.
  • shearing and / or stirring is performed after cooling, the crystals may be difficult to become single, and the storage stability may not be further improved.
  • workability and the like may be reduced.
  • it is preserving it means that the gelling agent and the liquid component (the component obtained by removing the gelling agent from the actinic ray curable ink-jet ink) are not easily separated.
  • the viscosity before shearing the inkjet ink is measured in an oscillation mode using, for example, an apparatus MCR-300 (manufactured by Physica) (a cone plate uses 75 ⁇ ). Cooling from 90 ° C. to 30 ° C. at a speed of 0.1 ° C./second, while cooling, the complex viscosity at a strain of 5% and an angular frequency of 10 rad / s is measured every 2 seconds, and the complex viscosity at 30 ° C. is measured. The viscosity before shearing the inkjet ink.
  • the viscosity when ink-jet ink is sheared and filled into the ink pack is measured in the oscillation mode using, for example, the apparatus MCR-300 (manufactured by Physica) (the cone plate uses 75 ⁇ ).
  • the complex viscosity is measured at a strain of 5% and an angular frequency of 10 rad / s. 30 points are measured every 2 seconds, and the value obtained by averaging 5 points from the last point is taken as the viscosity when ink-jet ink is sheared and filled into the ink pack.
  • the actinic radiation curable inkjet ink according to the present invention 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 -Hydroxy-2-methylpropan-1-one, 4- (2-hydroxyethoxy) phenyl- (2-hydroxy-2-propyl) ketone, 1-hydroxycyclohexyl-phenylketone, 2-methyl-2-morpholino (4 Acetophenones such as -thiomethylphenyl) propan-1-one and 2-benzyl-2-dimethylamino-1- (4-morpholinophenyl) -butanone; benzoins such as benzoin, benzoin methyl ether and benzoin isopropyl ether; 2 , 4,6-Trimethylbenzo
  • intramolecular hydrogen abstraction type photopolymerization initiators 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's ketone, 4,4'-diethylaminobenzophenone; 10-Butyl-2-chloroaclide
  • the content of the photopolymerization initiator in the actinic ray curable inkjet ink according to the present invention is preferably 0.01% by mass to 10% by mass, although it depends on the actinic ray and the type of the actinic ray curable compound. It is more preferably 2 to 8% by mass.
  • the actinic ray curable inkjet ink according to the present invention 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 inkjet ink according to the present invention may further contain a photopolymerization initiator auxiliary agent, a polymerization inhibitor, and the like, 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. These compounds may be used alone or in combination of two or more.
  • 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 ink-jet 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 such that the volume 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. It is preferable.
  • 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 according to the present invention 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
  • the actinic ray curable inkjet ink according to the present invention may further contain a dispersion aid as necessary.
  • the dispersion aid may be selected according to the pigment.
  • the total amount of the dispersing agent and the dispersing aid is preferably 1 to 50% by mass with respect to the pigment.
  • the actinic ray curable inkjet ink according to the present invention may further include a dispersion medium for dispersing the pigment, if necessary.
  • a solvent may be included in the ink as a dispersion medium.
  • the actinic ray curable compound (particularly a monomer having a low viscosity) is used as 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 K, RED A 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.) 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 according to the present invention 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 according to the present invention is obtained by mixing at least one gelling agent and at least one monomer, and a colorant and a photopolymerization initiator suitably contained under heating.
  • a pigment dispersion in which a color material (particularly a pigment) is dispersed in a part of the photopolymerizable compound is prepared and mixed with the pigment dispersion and other ink components.
  • the obtained ink is preferably filtered through a predetermined filter.
  • the viscosity of the ink at a high temperature is preferably 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 filling method according to the present invention is a filling method in which the actinic ray curable inkjet ink of the present invention is filled in an ink pack, and the ink pack is sheared and / or stirred while cooling the inkjet ink of the present invention. It is characterized by filling. It is preferable to shear and / or stir the inkjet ink in a dissolved state (80 ° C. to 90 ° C.) while cooling to 50 ° C. or less, but the gelling agent and the liquid component do not separate before filling the ink pack. In order to obtain a uniform state, it is preferable to cool to at least 70 ° C. to 50 ° C. and to shear and / or stir. In order to further enhance the effect of the present invention, it is preferable that the inkjet ink of the present invention is sheared and / or stirred while being cooled to 40 ° C. or lower, preferably 30 ° C. or lower.
  • An image forming method includes a step of ejecting the actinic ray curable inkjet ink of the present invention onto a recording medium, a step of irradiating the ink ejected onto the recording medium with an actinic ray to cure the ink, , Including.
  • the inkjet ink stored in the ejection recording head may be ejected as droplets toward the recording medium through the nozzles.
  • 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.
  • the recording medium may be paper or a resin film.
  • paper examples include coated paper for printing, coated paper B for printing, and the like.
  • the resin film examples include a polyethylene terephthalate film and a vinyl chloride film.
  • Actinic ray curable inkjet 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. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a main part of a line recording type inkjet recording apparatus.
  • Fig.1 (a) is a side view
  • FIG.1 (b) is a top view.
  • the inkjet recording apparatus 10 covers a head carriage 16 that accommodates a plurality of ejection recording heads 14 and the entire width of the recording medium 12, and is downstream of the head carriage 16 (the conveyance direction of the recording medium).
  • the actinic ray irradiation unit 18 disposed on the side and the temperature control unit 19 disposed on the lower surface of the recording medium 12 are provided.
  • the head carriage 16 is fixedly disposed so as to cover the entire width of the recording medium 12, and accommodates a plurality of ejection recording heads 14 provided for each color.
  • Ink is supplied to the ejection recording head 14.
  • the ink may be supplied directly or by an ink supply unit (not shown) from an ink cartridge (not shown) that is detachably attached to the inkjet recording apparatus 10.
  • a plurality of ejection recording heads 14 are arranged in the transport direction of the recording medium 12 for each color.
  • the number of ejection recording heads 14 arranged in the conveyance direction of the recording medium 12 is set according to the nozzle density of the 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 ejection recording head 14 having a droplet amount of 2 pl and a nozzle density of 360 dpi, the four ejection recording heads 14 are shifted with respect to the conveyance direction of the recording medium 12. What is necessary is just to arrange.
  • 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 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. On the other hand, the recording medium 12 is adjusted to a predetermined temperature by the temperature control unit 19. Next, high-temperature ink is ejected from the ejection recording head 14 of the head carriage 16 and adhered (landed) on the recording medium 12. Then, 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 ejection recording head 14 is 10 to 30 ° C. higher than the gelation temperature of the ink in order to improve the ink ejection property. It is preferably set.
  • the ink temperature in the ejection recording head 14 is less than (gelation temperature + 10) ° C., the ink gels in the ejection recording head 14 or on the nozzle surface, and the ink ejection property is likely to deteriorate.
  • the temperature of the ink in the ejection recording head 14 exceeds (gelation temperature + 30) ° C., the ink becomes too high, and the ink component may deteriorate.
  • the amount of droplets ejected from each nozzle of the ejection recording head 14 depends on the resolution of the image, it is preferably 1 pl to 10 pl in order to form a high resolution image. More preferably, it is from 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 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 ejection recordings. Except for having a head carriage 26 that houses the head 24 and a guide portion 27 for moving the head carriage 26 in the width direction of the recording medium 12, the configuration can be the same as in FIG.
  • the head carriage 26 is ejected from the 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 fed in the transport direction. 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 (gelator (wax), polymerizable compound, polymerization inhibitor, polymerization initiator, pigment dispersion).
  • 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. The resulting solution was cooled to room temperature, then the following magenta pigment 1 was added, put into a glass bottle together with 200 g of zirconia beads having a diameter of 0.5 mm, and sealed with a paint shaker for 8 hours. 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 EM-223 (tripropylene glycol diacrylate, manufactured by Choko Chemical Co., Ltd.) 70 parts by mass
  • Polymerization inhibitor Irgastab UV10 (Ciba Japan) 0.02 parts by mass
  • Magenta pigment 1 Pigment Red 122 (manufactured by Dainichi Seika, Chromofine Red 6112JC) 21 parts by mass
  • a single color image was formed using the line type ink jet recording apparatus with the actinic ray curable ink jet ink obtained in each of the examples (Examples 1 to 12) and Comparative Examples 1 to 5.
  • the temperature of the inkjet head of the inkjet recording apparatus was set to 80 ° C.
  • a blank character, a solid image of 5 cm ⁇ 5 cm, or a density gradation patch was printed on the recording medium.
  • 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.
  • a piezo head having a nozzle diameter of 20 ⁇ m and 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.
  • Examples 2 to 12 is 50 cp or more, ClogP value is 4.5 or more and less than 7, and molecular weight is 300 20% by mass or more (Examples 2 to 12), the use of a ketone and an ester as a gelling agent (wax) (Examples 3 and 4), and the gelling agent (wax) as a ketone and an ester
  • the content of the gelling agent (wax) is reduced to 3.5% by mass or less (Examples 7 to 12) in order of transport test rank. It became.
  • the actinic ray curable inkjet ink of the present invention has good work efficiency and does not cause density unevenness, so that the image quality is good and is suitable for forming an image on a recording medium.

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La présente invention a pour objet une encre pour impression jet d'encre de type durcissement actif à la lumière par laquelle peut être obtenue une qualité d'image favorable, de telle sorte qu'aucune densité irrégulière n'est obtenue dans des images en empêchant la séparation d'un agent gélifiant et d'un composant liquide. Ladite encre pour impression jet d'encre de type durcissement actif à la lumière subit des transitions de phase sol-gel réversible en fonction de la température, et est caractérisée par les éléments suivants : elle comprend au moins un type d'agent gélifiant et au moins un type de monomère; l'au moins un type de monomère comprend un monomère A qui présente une viscosité d'au moins 50 cp à 25 °C; la teneur du monomère A est d'au moins 40 % en masse par rapport au pourcentage massique total de l'encre pour impression jet d'encre; la viscosité de l'encre pour impression jet d'encre avant cisaillement étant comprise entre 50 Pa·s et 2 000 Pa·s; et la viscosité de l'encre pour impression jet d'encre en cisaillement et remplissage dans une cartouche d'encre ne dépassant pas 20 Pa·s.
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