申请人:Konica Minolta, Inc.
公开号:EP3045507A1
公开(公告)日:2016-07-20
Provided are an active-energy-ray-curing inkjet ink which has excellent discharge stability and does not cause a local thermal polymerization reaction, and an image formation method using the same. The present invention pertains to an active-light-curing inkjet ink which contains a photopolymerizable compound, a photoinitiator, and a gelling agent, and which undergoes a reversible sol-gel phase transition due to temperature, wherein the photopolymerizable compound contains one or more combinations of: a compound (A) having at least n number (n being an integer of 2 or greater) of (meth)acrylate ester units, represented by the indicated formula, and having a molecular weight in the range of 280-1500; and a compound (B) having n-1 number of (meth)acrylate ester units and a hydroxyl group, represented by the indicated formula, and having a molecular weight in the range of 280-1500 (In the formula, n represents an integer of 2 or more, and R repres - ents n number of hydrocarbon groups which may be branched, are straight-chain-shaped or ring-shaped, and may contain an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom. n is the same integer and R represents the same structure in both compounds (A and B).) Furthermore, in the one or more combinations of the compound (A) and the compound (B), the amount of the compound (B) contained is 5-15 mass% of the total mass of the compound (A) corresponding to the compound (B), the amount of the gelling agent contained is 0.5-7.0 mass% in relation to the total mass of the ink, and the gelling temperature is 50°C or higher.
本发明提供了一种放电稳定性极佳且不会引起局部热聚合反应的主动光固化喷墨墨水,以及使用该墨水的图像形成方法。本发明涉及一种主动光固化喷墨墨水,该墨水包含一种可光聚合的化合物、一种光引发剂和一种胶凝剂,并且会因温度而发生可逆的溶胶-凝胶相变,其中可光聚合的化合物包含以下一种或多种组合:具有至少 n 个(n 为 2 或更大的整数)(甲基)丙烯酸酯单元的化合物 (A),其分子式如所示,分子量在 280-1500 之间;具有 n-1 个(甲基)丙烯酸酯单元和一个羟基的化合物 (B),由所示式表示,分子量在 280-1500 之间(式中,n 表示 2 个或 2 个以上的整数,R 表示 n 个烃基,这些烃基可以是支链、直链形或环形,可以含有一个氧原子或一个氮原子。在两种化合物(A 和 B)中,n 是相同的整数,R 代表相同的结构)。此外,在化合物(A)和化合物(B)的一种或多种组合中,化合物(B)的含量为与化合物(B)对应的化合物(A)总质量的 5-15 质量%,胶凝剂的含量为油墨总质量的 0.5-7.0 质量%,胶凝温度为 50°C 或更高。