Ink jet printing clear ink composition, ink jet printing ink set, and ink jet printing method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11318754-B2
Application number	US-201916354403-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2019
Priority date	Mar 16, 2018
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

An ink jet printing clear ink composition includes resin particles; a lubricant; and water. The resin particles includes a urethane resin having a cross-linking group, and the clear ink composition is formed into a dried coating film having a Young's modulus of 5 to 70 MPa.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An ink jet printing clear ink composition comprising:
resin particles;
a lubricant;
a metal hydroxide;
water; and
a cross-linking agent
wherein the cross-linking agent is at least one selected from the group consisting of an isocyanate-based cross-linking agent, an oxazoline-based cross-linking agent, and a carbodiimide-based cross-linking agent,
the resin particles includes an urethane resin having a cross-linking group,
a content of the lubricant with respect to the total mass of the clear ink composition is 3 to 5 percent by mass; and
the ink jet printing clear ink composition is configured to be formed into a dried coating film having a Young's modulus of 5 to 70 MPa.

2. The ink jet printing clear ink composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein the urethane resin having a cross-linking group has a polycarbonate skeleton.

3. The ink jet printing clear ink composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein the content of the resin particles with respect to the total mass of the clear ink composition is 7 to 20 percent by mass.

4. The ink jet printing clear ink composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein the lubricant has a melting point of 90° C. to 150° C.

5. The ink jet printing clear ink composition according to claim 1 ,
wherein the cross-linking group is at least one of a blocked isocyanate group and a silanol group.

6. An ink jet printing ink set comprising:
the ink jet printing clear ink composition according to claim 1 ; and
an ink jet printing color ink composition containing a pigment, resin particles, and water.

7. An ink jet printing ink set comprising:
the ink jet printing clear ink composition according to claim 2 ; and
an ink jet printing color ink composition containing a pigment, resin particles, and water.

8. An ink jet printing ink set comprising:
the ink jet printing clear ink composition according to claim 3 ; and
an ink jet printing color ink composition containing a pigment, resin particles, and water.

9. An ink jet printing ink set comprising:
the ink jet printing clear ink composition according to claim 4 ; and
an ink jet printing color ink composition containing a pigment, resin particles, and water.

10. The ink jet printing ink set according to claim 6 ,
wherein the resin particles in the color ink composition includes an urethane resin having a cross-linking group.

11. The ink jet printing ink set according to claim 6 ,
wherein the total of the content of the resin particles in the color ink composition and the content of the resin particles in the clear ink composition with respect to a solid component of the pigment in the color ink composition is 1.8 to 4.5 on a mass ratio basis.

12. An ink jet printing method comprising:
forming an image by ejecting the clear ink composition and the color ink composition of the ink jet printing ink set according to claim 6 to a cloth using an ink jet recording apparatus.

13. The ink jet printing method according to claim 12 ,
wherein in the forming an image, the clear ink composition and the color ink composition are simultaneously ejected.

14. The ink jet printing method according to claim 12 ,
wherein in the forming an image, the clear ink composition and the color ink composition are ejected in the same scan.

15. The ink jet printing method according to claim 12 ,
wherein an adhesion amount of the clear ink composition per unit area of the cloth with respect to an adhesion amount of the color ink composition per unit area of the cloth is 0.25 to 0.60 on a mass ratio basis.

16. The ink jet printing method according to claim 12 ,
wherein an adhesion amount of the clear ink composition per unit area of the cloth is 10 to 40 g/m 2 .

17. The ink jet printing method according to claim 12 , further comprising:
drying the image by heating,
wherein the drying is performed at a drying temperature of 120° C. or more.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Sugiyama Takako
• Ohashi Masakazu
• Chidate Kosuke

Classifications

• B41J3/4078 Primary

  Printing on textile · CPC title

• B41J2/2114 Primary

  Ejecting specialized liquids, e.g. transparent or processing liquids (B41J2/211 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C09D11/30 Primary

  Inkjet printing inks · CPC title

• D06P1/5285

  Polyurethanes; Polyurea; Polyguanides · CPC title

• C09D11/12

  based on waxes or bitumen · CPC title